James Nattie Bass b. 27 Apr 1832 Dobson, North Carolina, USA d. 28 Feb 1916 Dayton, Iowa, USA

1832 - 1916 (83 years)

Name	James Nattie Bass
Born	27 Apr 1832	Dobson, North Carolina, USA
Gender	Male
Died	28 Feb 1916	Dayton, Iowa, USA
Buried	Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Webster County, Iowa, United States
Person ID	I10691	Family Tree \| Byers Side of My Family
Last Modified	25 May 2024

Family 1 Cassy Elizabeth Holloway, b. 24 Mar 1837, North Carolina, USA , d. 3 Feb 1901, Dayton, Iowa, USA (Age 63 years)

Married 26 Feb 1857

Children

	1. Mary Bass, b. 1858, Iowa, USA
	2. Rachel A. Bass, b. 1861, Iowa, USA
	3. Ada Bass, b. 1863, Iowa, USA
	4. Sherman William Bass, b. 1865, Iowa, USA
	5. Grant Bass, b. 1868, Iowa, USA
	6. Ella Sarah Bass, b. 1870, Iowa, USA
	7. Miles Bass, b. 1875, Iowa, USA
	8. Mind E. Bass, b. 1878, Iowa, USA
	9. Baby Bass, b. 1880, Iowa, USA

Family ID F3708 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Ann Maria Gates, b. 14 Feb 1845, Kingston, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 Feb 1935, Dayton, Iowa, USA (Age 89 years)
Married	1 Mar 1906	Boone, Iowa, USA
Family ID	F3638	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 27 Apr 1832 - Dobson, North Carolina, USA
	Married - 1 Mar 1906 - Boone, Iowa, USA
	Died - 28 Feb 1916 - Dayton, Iowa, USA
	Buried - - Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Webster County, Iowa, United States

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Census
1910 US Census
Dayton, Iowa

Notes

JAMES BASS
Among the residents of Dayton who came to Webster county when it was a frontier district and substantially contributed toward the upbuilding and development of the community is James Bass, who owns over eight hundred acres of land in Veil and Dayton townships, much of which he bought directly from the government, in addition to some valuable Dayton property. He was born in North Carolina, April 27. 1832, and is a son of Edward and Mary (Saffley) Bass. He is of English and Irish extraction and represents the third generation of his family in America, his paternal grandfather being a veteran of the Revolutionary war and having participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1835 Edward Bass removed with his family to Indiana and engaged in farming. Twenty years later he came to Iowa, purchasing two hundred and forty acres of land in Boone county, to which he subsequently added another twenty acres of timber land. There both he and the mother passed the remainder of their lives, his death occurring on the 3d of February, 1883, at the venerable age of ninety-four years, "his natal day having been the 17th of January, 1789. The mother survived him for three years, passing away July 15, 1886.

HISTORY OF WEBSTER COUNTY 115
James Bass, who was a child of three years when his parents left North Carolina, was reared to manhood in Owen county, Indiana. In the acquirement of his education he attended the subscription schools of that state until he was fourteen when he laid aside his text-books and began assisting his father with the work of the farm. He remained at home until he attained his majority, then started out to make his own way in the world. In the fall of 1852, he came to Iowa, settling in Webster county. As he had never learned a trade, he went to work as a farm hand, being unfamiliar with any other ccupation. Although he received meager wages, he was thrifty and temperate in his habits and soon accumulated sufficient capital to enable him to buy eighty acres of government land, for which he paid from a dollar and a quarter to a dollar and a half per acre. It was located seven miles northeast of Dayton in Yell township and has ever since been in possession of Mr. Bass and is known as the old homestead. He energetically applied himself to putting this under cultivation, meeting with such lucrative returns from his farming that he was able from time to time to increase his holdings until he now owns eight hundred acres of farming land, which he is renting. He resided on his homestead until March, 1869. when he withdrew from the active work of the fields and removed to Dayton. He has ever since made this city his home and owns a very pleasant residence on Main street, where he is living.

Mr. Bass was married in 1857 to Miss Cassie Halloway, who was born in North Carolina on the 24th of March, 1837, and died in Dayton on the 3d of February, 1901. Her parents were also natives of North Carolina, and there the mother passed away many years ago. The father subsequently came to Webster county and made his home with our subject until just before the Civil war when he was married again. He died in February, 1881, and is buried in the Beem cemetery, near Lehigh, this county. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bass. Mary Jane, the widow of Taylor Scott, who lives at Gowrie, this county, has seven children: Hubert, Nellie, Grace, Clifton, Cassie, Wilson and Leo. Rachel A. married Charles C. Miller, a school teacher of New Mexico. Addie, the wife of Thomas Bragg, a farmer south of Gowrie. has five children. Sherman, who conducts a pool and billiard hall in Dayton, married Julia Cascbolt and they have three children: Orville. Efifie and Fay. Grant, who works in a cafe at Boone. Towa. married Cora Guthrie and they have three children : Halsey, Sylvia and Maxine. Miles, a rural mail carrier, married Jennie Nelson and they also have three children : Raymond, Marie and Mildred. Mina, the wife of Will Nichols, a traveling salesman of New Mexico, has two children, Velma and an infant. Elsie, who married Fred C. Esch, a clerk of Wyoming, has one child, Dorothy Adeline. Ella married Dr. L. E. Estick of Rockwell City, Iowa, and they have one child, Lewis Howard. On the 1st of March, 1906, Mr. Bass married Mrs. Anna Butler, a native of Canada and a daughter of John and Caroline Eliza (Bryant) Gates. The father, who was of Dutch extraction, was born in Kingston, Canada, and the mother in Ogdensburg, New York. He was a son of John Gates, who homesteaded one hundred acres of land, where the Kingston Market now stands in Ontario, Canada. When the War of 1812 broke out he went to the front and is supposed to have been killed at the Battle of the Windmill, at Prescott, Ontario, as he was never heard from afterward. His son, John Gates, the father of Anna Bass, was one of the successful agriculturists of Kingston, Ontario, and acquired one thousand acres of valuable land in Frontenac county, upon which the youngest son, George Gates, is now residing. Mrs. Bass inherited two hundred acres of land from her father, which is now rented to her eldest son, George Henry Ayerst. Mr. Gates passed away in Canada in 1889, and the mother, who was of Irish and American descent, came to Iowa and made her home with her son James Gates at Boone, until her death in 1901. Mrs. Bass was first married in 1861 to Francis Ayerst. of England. He died in Canada twenty-five years ago and she later became the wife of Charles Butler, a veteran of the Civil war and a native of the state of New York, where he likewise died. In 1904, she located in Boone, Iowa, and there she was married two years later to Mr. Bass.
Mr. Bass, who has been a resident of Iowa for sixty years, has many interesting reminiscences to relate of the pioneer days. After the Indian massacre at Spirit Lake, there was a rumor of an uprising among the natives in this section and three hundred men, of whom Mr. Bass was one, under command of Johnson McFarland and Joseph Thrift responded to the call to defend the settlers. They marched from Boonesboro to Webster City but as their services were not required they disbanded and returned home. In 1863, he again volunteered to fight the Indians under Captain Williams of Fort Dodge and went to Chain Lake to assist in constructing barracks for the protection of the settlers. Six months later they marched back to Fort Dodge and disbanded. On the 8th of November, 1864, he enlisted at Fort Dodge in Company K, Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry under Captain Slattman. Their regiment was ordered to report at Nashville, and there his company was detached and placed in the One Hundredth and Thirty-second New York Infantry. He had his first experience in battle at Fort Xegley, and from there they moved on Fort Lookout, and then anticipiated in the battles of Kingston and Goldsboro, North Carolina. At the latter point his company rejoined their old regiment, and passing under General Sherman's command marched to Raleigh. They were stationed there for two weeks before Johnson surrendered. Following this they had a two days review at that point, going from there to Washington, D. C, to participate in the grand review. His regiment was then ordered to report at Louisville, Kentucky, where they were stationed until July 9, 1865, when they were discharged. Air. Bass votes the democratic ticket and served as trustee in Yell township for several terms and was a school director there for many years. He is a member of Captain Dow-d Post, No. 329.
G. A. R., of Dayton and Airs. Bass belongs to the Women's Relief Corps and the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Bass who has attained the venerable age of eighty years, has the distinction of never having made a deed or given a mortgage and still owns every piece of property he ever purchased. Mr. Bass still enjoys the best of health and is well and vigorous and has remarkabIe eyesight. He takes great satisfaction in his achievements as he began life in early manhood without any capital, and by his own industry, perseverance and capable management acquired a competence that has long enabled him to live in retirement, and still enjoy all comforts of life.