William Whitfield Bass (1880 - 1938)

Born 19 Jan 1880 in Hancock County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sallie Pearl (Proctor) Bass — married 27 Dec 1903 in Baldwin County, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1938 at age 58 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1880 to Hardy Whitfield Bass and Mariah Eleanor Jarrett. He had at least 4 siblings: Alice Othelia, James Milton Sr, Jack Sims, and Robert A.

• Fact: Military Service (19 Jan 1880) Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1880) District 116, Hancock, Georgia
• 1900 census record not found

He married on 27 Dec 1903 in Baldwin County to Sallie Pearl Proctor, daughter of Peter Daniel Proctor and Florence Americus Moore. He was about 23 years old. They had at least 4 children:

1. William Garnett Bass
2. Sarah Alice Bass
3. John Gordon Bass
4. Margaret E Bass

• Fact: Residence (1910) Militia District 202, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1920) McRae, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1930) McRae, Telfair, Georgia

He passed away in 1938 at the age of 58.

• Fact: Burial (1938) Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Allenwood, Baldwin County, Georgia

Links

FamilySearch PID: G3HR-XQP
Find A Grave: Memorial #13773404 Headstone Photo: Yes
Death Notice

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GQ-YVD : 22 August 2017), Milton Buss in household of Whitfield Buss, District 116, Hancock, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 48, sheet 274B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,151.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLX-P5Q : accessed 14 October 2019), William W Bass, Militia District 202, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 160, sheet 7B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 212; FHL microfilm 1,374,225.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZK-J28 : 23 August 2019), William Whitfield Bass, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJX8-W3R : accessed 14 October 2019), William W Bass, McRae, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing ED 110, sheet 17B, line 53, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 278; FHL microfilm 1,820,278.
• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXY-NL3 : 4 December 2018), W. W. Bass in entry for William Garnet Bass, 1923.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3CYX-K3Z : accessed 14 October 2019), William W Bass, McRae, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 5A, line 6, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 386; FHL microfilm 2,340,121.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 October 2019), memorial page for William Whitfield Bass (19 Jan 1880–27 Jan 1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 13773404, citing Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Allenwood, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).

See Also

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/87942165/person/48571451509/facts : accessed 13 October 2019), profile for William Whitfield BASS.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 October 2019, 14:55), entry for William Whitfield Bass(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G3HR-XQP); contributed by various users.