Biographical Sketch of Thomas Bass, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Thomas Bass is a son of Thomas and Nancy (Compton) Bass, natives of 
Green County, KY., where they were married and lived until 1825, en-
gaged in farming; they then moved to Washington County, MO., where 
the father followed mining, being very successful until his death in
1840, his widow surviving until 1873.  In their family of twelve 
children Thomas was the seventh son, and was born in Washington County
in 1830.  He was reared to the occupation of mining, and enjoyed but
few educational advantages.  In 1850 he married Sarah Gibson, who was 
born in Franklin County, MO., in 1829.  Having farmed in Washington 
County until 1860, he moved to Crawford County and settled twelve 
miles east of Steelville.  He has now been a resident of the county
twenty-eight years, and his principal occupation has been farming,
though at different times he has conducted a hotel at Steelville.  He
has served in Washington and Crawford Counties as justice of the peace
for about twenty years, and has been a member of the Masonic fraternity
for thirty-three years.  Mr. and Mrs. Bass are members of the Baptist 
Church, and of their seven children six are living, five sons and one
daughter, the sons all being business men of Crawford County.

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