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- Charles Clarence Bass and Josiah Luster Bass moved from Tennessee to Griffin, Georgia and developed a large mercantile business in Griffin and Rome, Georgia.
1860 Federal Census of DeKalb County, Tennessee (August 16, 1860)
Ezekiel W. Bass - 37 - Male - Tennessee - Farmer 7000 3000
Susan - 29 - Female - Tennessee
John A. - 14 - Male - Tennessee
Thomas - 13 - Male - Tennessee
William - 11 - Male - Tennessee
Josiah - 9 - Male - Tennessee
Jordan - 6 - Male - Tennessee
Henry - 3 - Male - Tennessee
1870 Federal Census of DeKalb County, Tennessee (August 17, 1870)
Ezekiel Bass - 47 - Male - Tennessee - Farmer 10,000 1900
Susan - 37 - Female - Tennessee - Keeps House
Thomas - 21 - Male - Tennessee 200
William - 20 - Male - Tennessee
Josiah - 17 - Male - Tennessee
Jordan - 15 - Male - Tennessee
Henry - 13 - Male - Tennessee
Charles - 11 - Male - Tennessee
Rachael - 9 - Female - Tennessee
Ezekiel - 3 - Male - Tennessee
Sallie - 9/12 - Female - Tennessee
and two hired hands
Living next door
1870 Federal Census of DeKalb County, Tennessee (August 17, 1870)
John A. Bass - 27 - Male - Tennessee - Farmer 3500 1800
Sarah - 23 - Female - Tennessee - Keeps House
Hershel - 3 - Male - Tennessee
Ezekiel - 1 - Male - Tennessee
and two hired hands
Who’s Who in Finance, Georgia
Josiah Luster Bass
Merchant, bank; born in DeKalb County, Tennessee, (February 20, 1853: son of E.W. and Susan (Lawrence) Bass; educated Samuel Baily Male Institute, Griffin, Georgia; married Mattie Simpson; three children. Engaged in retail mercantile business, Griffin, Georgia, 1878; 1888 removed to Rome, Georgia, engaging in another retail business which later merged into a wholesale business, under the firm name of Bass & Heard; president Rome Insurance Company, Rome Soil Pipe Company, Commercial Fire Brick Company, Rome Gas, Bass Dry Goods Company, Atlanta, Bass & Heard Merchantile Company, Anniston, Alabama; vice-president American Bank and Trust Company, Rome & Northern Railroad; director Exchange Bank of Rome. Served as captain, Griffin Light Guard, Griffin, Georgia, several years. Democrat: missionary Baptist. President Board of Trustees Shorter Female College, Rome, Georgia, to which he has given property worth $50,000 or more. Past Grand Master Odd Fellows. Address: Rome.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1853 - 1931 (78 years)