Hardy was born in 1849 to Milton Bass and Elizabeth Ann Culver. He had at least 10 siblings: Ann Elizabeth, William Henry, Herman S, Algernon Sidney, George Edmond, Caroline Grabrilla, Wesley Arnold, Mary Josephine, Sarah Ellen, and Martha Louisa.
Fact: Residence (1850) Hancock county, part of, Hancock, Georgia
Fact: Residence (23 Jan 1871) Devereaux Station, Hancock, Georgia
Fact: Residence (30 Sep 1871) Hancock, Georgia
He married on 15 Nov 1876 in Baldiwn County to Mariah Eleanor Jarratt, daughter of James Archelaus Jarratt Sr and Eleanor Harriett Clopton. He was about 27 years old. They had 5 children together:
Alice Othelia Bass
William Whitfield Bass
James Milton Bass Sr
Jack Sims Bass
Robert A Bass
Fact: Residence (1880) District 116, Hancock, Georgia
Fact: Residence (1900) Militia District 318, Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia
Fact: Residence (1910) Militia District 202, Telfair, Georgia
He passed away in 1913 at the age of 64.
Fact: Burial (1913) Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYP-RS8 : 12 April 2016), Hardy N Bass in household of Milton Bass, Hancock county, part of, Hancock, Georgia, United States; citing family 357, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWW4-18H : 17 July 2019), H. W. Bass and Elinor or Eleanor Jarratt, 15 Nov 1876; citing Marriage, Baldwin, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 415,156.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GQ-YVC : 22 August 2017), 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, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NJ-9TR : accessed 14 October 2019), H Whitfield Bass, Militia District 318, Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 9B, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,178.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 October 2019), memorial page for Hardy Whitfield Bass (1849–1913), Find A Grave Memorial no. 17859823, citing Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).
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