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John Lawrence Bass

John Lawrence Bass

Male 1873 - 1899  (25 years)

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  • Name John Lawrence Bass 
    Born 22 Jul 1873  Old Major Moore place on Crane Creek, Stone County, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Feb 1899  Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20813  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2019 

    Father John Shannon Bass,   b. 26 May 1847, Taney County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1936, Reed Springs, Stone, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Clarinda Clementine "Clarie" Massey,   b. 4 Jan 1852, Campell Twp, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1950, Lowry City, St. Clair County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1870  Crane, Stone, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John L. Bass died at the home of his parents, near Ponce de Leon, February 22nd. 1899. John was about 26 years of age, was a good, moral young man, and his loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him.

      A friends tribute

      John Lawrence Bass was born July 22nd, 1873, at the Old Major Moore place on Crane Creek, Stone County, MO, and remained in the county of his birth except four years his father and family were sojourning in Western Kansas and the state of Texas, in his youthful days.

      He spent the year 1897 in Greenwood county, Kansas, with two brothers, Theophilus and William C. Theophilus and John returned to the old homestead last December, and was in the vigor of life unitl Sunday night Feb y 19; with a complication of bowel troubles, he departed this life at 9 o clock p.m. Feb 22d, 1899, in the presence of the family, except Wm.C. who is yet in Greenwood County, Kansas.

      Johnny was a single man, and leaves a father, mother, three brothers and three sisters, to mourn his loss, together with a host of friends, as he only had to form acquaintance to make a friend.

      His body was laid to rest in the beautiful little cemetery at Ponce de Leon, Friday Feb 24, 1899. The funeral services were conducted bu Rev. Wesley Henry, which was short and impressive.

      As we grew older and our loved ones leave this world for the glorious beyond we feel that our excistence here is less tedious, this world grows less and the prospect of a glorious future grows brighter. The hope of a glorious meeting of the loved ones gone before, where broken hearts are healed and partings are unknown.