Bass Genealogy and Information

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Bass Bios

Locations

Madison County, Texas
Smith County, Texas

Notes

Johnnie C Bass, daughter of John Monroe Bass and Elizabeth Jefferson Sloan, married first Thomas Monroe Bass (a picture of their marriage license), son of Drury S. Bass and Elizabeth Emmaline Mathis, and second William L. Sanford. She and Thomas Monroe Bass were ranchers. Here is a picture of Johnnie C's grave.

Johnnie C and Thomas Monroe had one child:

• John Thomas Bass (1875-1953) m. Wanetta Vandiver Wigley

John Thomas was born in Calvert, Robertson County, Texas. Thomas Monroe Bass died of internal injuries from being stomped by a horse before his son was born.

Johnnie C and William Sanford had no children.

Locations

Robertson County, Texas
Limestone County, Texas
Smith County, Texas

Notes

John Thomas Bass was the son of Thomas Monroe Bass and Johnnie C Bass. He married Wanetta Vandiver Wigley, daughter of Almarine Vandiver Wigley and Kate Aubry Carroll. He was a sharecropper during the growing season and during the offseason, he worked on the railroads in Arkansas.

The children of John Thomas Bass and Wanetta Vandiver Wigley are still living.

Locations

Madison County, Texas

Notes

Thomas Monroe Bass, son of Drury S. Bass and Elizabeth Emmaline Mathis, married Johnnie C Bass (a picture of their marriage license), daughter of John Monroe Bass and Elizabeth Jefferson Sloan. He and Johnnie C Bass were ranchers. They made their living breaking horses. Thomas Monroe was thrown from a horse he was breaking and was stomped on by it. It took him several months, but he finally died of internal injuries. Here is a photo of him and a drawing of him.

Thomas Monroe and Johnnie C had one child:

• John Thomas Bass (1875-1953) m. Wanetta Vandiver Wigley

John Thomas was born in Calvert, Robertson County, Texas.

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