William Calvin "Will" Bass

  Generelle notater:

When Will was courting Lizzie both families lived in Abesville, Missouri. The Bass family lived up "Bass Hollow" southeast of Abesville. The Simmons familie lived northeast of Abesville near the Christian-Stone county line. Will rode a horse or walked across the fields to go see Lizzie. They were married in the home of her parents; both fathers were witnesses to the ceremony. They lived in Stone county most of their married life and were parents of nine children.

William and Elizabeth (Lizzie) move to North Hayes, Reno County, Kansas by 1930. Lived in Garber, Missouri in 1942.

Farmer, died age 69 years 11 months 9 days, died of Apoplexy. Death Certificate # 10802, informant: Mrs. Lizzie Bass, Garber, Taney Co., MO.

Will giftet seg med Nancy Elizabeth Simmons, datter av Francis Marion Simmons og Malinda Cordelia Hagewood, den 20 jan 1895 i Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri. (Nancy Elizabeth Simmons ble født den 28 jul 1877 i Hickory County, Missouri, USA, døde den 2 feb 1960 i Branson, Taney, Missouri og ble begravet den 20 feb 1960 i Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri.)