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James Henry Bass, Jr.

Male 1846 - 1940  (93 years)

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  • Name James Henry Bass 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 10 Oct 1846  Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Mar 1940  Chesterfield County,Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Skinquarter Baptist Church Cemetery, Skinquarter, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Richmond Times Dispatch, Virginia, Thursday, March 21, 1940
      J.H. Bass, Chesterfield Veteran, Dies

      James Henry Bass, 94, believed to have been the last surviving veteran in Chesterfield County of the War Between the States, died at 5 P.M. Wednesday at the thoem of a nephew, J.A. Bass.
      He had lived with his nephew in Homeland, where he was born, for many years. Mr. Bass entered the war during its closing states and served in Trop G of the Third Battalion. He was only 17 at the time.
      A farmer by occupation, he never was married. He was the son of James Henry and Rebecca Goode Bass.
      Funeral Services Thursday
      In addition to the nephew at whose home he died, he is survived by another nephew, W.H. Bass of Richmond, and two nieces Miss Stella Bass of Richmond and Mrs. James H. Berry of San Antonio, Texas.
      Funeral services will be held at the grave in Skinquarter Baptist Church Cemetery at 3:45 P.M. Thursday. He had been a member of the church all his life.
    Person ID I51998  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2021 

    Father James Henry Bass,   b. 9 Nov 1811, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1886, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Goode,   b. 1812   d. 1856 (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F18191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart