Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Henry BASS

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Transcribed from Lawson, Publius V.  History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin:
its cities, towns, resources people. Chicago: C.F. Cooper and Company,
1908. v.2 p.873-874

Henry Bass, of the insurance firm of Bass, Langdon & Co., was born in
Oshkosh, Wis., August 12, 1862, being the son of Plazidus and Anna
(Victoria) Bass, the former a native of Switzerland, the latter of Germany.
They came to Toledo, O., in 1856, where they were married, and the
following year removed to Oshkosh, Wis.  Mr. Bass was a carpenter and
contractor, and at an early date constructed many buildings in the city of
Oshkosh.

Henry Bass received his primary education in his native city, attending the
old Fourth Ward school, the German-English Academy and the High chool.  He
early entered the drug business in Oshkosh, which he followed for some
twenty-five years, but owing to ill health, he engaged in the insurance
business in 1906, representing old line life and fire insurance companies
under the firm name of Bass, Langdon & Co.  He is prominently identified
with the Oshkosh Yacht Club and was its first secretary under the new
organization effected in 1898.  He is also a member of the Knights of
Pythias Lodge and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.