Ely Meredith Bass

1821 - 1882  (60 years)

• Name	Ely Meredith Bass
  Born	4 May 1821	Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Feb 1882	Bass farm, Boone, MO
  Person ID	I20880	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Lawrence Bass,   b. 17 Nov 1780, Baltimore, Maryland ,   d. 27 Apr 1856, Boone, Missouri, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Nancy Patton,   b. 1786, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 1874, Henry, Missouri, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1803	Davidson Co., TN, USA
  Family ID	F6726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline M. Dozier,   b. 5 Jun 1827, Callaway Co., Missouri ,   d. 1866, Cedar, Boone, Missouri  (Age 38 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1849	Callaway Co., Missouri
  Children	1. William Lawrence Bass,   b. 28 May 1860, Cedar City, Boone, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Efton Ely Bass,   b. Nov 1862, Cedar, Boone, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F11271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Alexander,   b. 1 Feb 1850, Bloomfield, Missouri ,   d. 7 Jan 1944, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1870	Boone, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Robert Alexander Bass,   b. 8 Mar 1877, Cedar City, Boone, Missouri ,   d. 1951, Denver, CO  (Age 73 years)   2. Mary Elizabeth Bass,   b. 28 Jun 1880, Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1917, St Louis Independent city, Missouri  (Age 36 years)   3. Carrie Susan Bass,   b. 28 Jun 1880, Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1917, St Louis Independent city, Missouri  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F11270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lived near Ashland, Boone County, Missouri. Was considered the wealthiest man in Boone and neighbouring counties for a period of great many years. He owned a large estate and was an extensive stock breeder, and had 45 slaves who were quartered in twelwe cabins. He used his wealth and influence to good purpose and was very generous in his charities. He hired teachers from the east to teach his children, but he also invited children of his neighbors and poor families to participate. Eli Bass was a member of "The Committee of Three" to contract and superintend the erection of the main edifice of the State University, and was one of the first Board of Curators by an Act of the General Assembly, February 11, 1839. After his brother Theophilus died, Eli came to Taney County and took two of the children back to Boone County to educate them; Mary going to Howard-Payne College at Fayette, while John entered an Academy at Ashland.