Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Illinois)
~31 Oct 1919 page 8
Oscar Stuard Bass eight child of Edwin and Emmaline J. Bass, both deceased, was born in Malden, May 19, 1854.
Bureau County, Illinois Historical and Biographical Sketches Published 1906
Oscar S. Bass, who is engaged in general farming in Berlin township, was born in Malden, Bureau county, May 19, 1854, and is descended from New England ancestry. His father, Edwin Bass, was born in Connecticut, January 28, 1816, and was married in 1842 to Emaline J. Stannard, whose birth occured in the state of New York May , 1824. They became early residents of Bureau county, settling within its borders during the pioneer epoch in its history. In their family were the following named: Caroline, deceased; Lucian; Luther G.; Sidney and Charlotte, both deceased; Oscar S.; Edwin; Heber and Howard, twins, also deceased; Wallace and Alonzo C.
Oscar S. Bass was reared on the old homestead farm and enjoyed excellent educational privileges. After attending the public schools he became a student in Chicago University, where he completed his course in 1880. The occupation to which he was reared he has made his life work, and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer of Berlin township, having two hundred acres of land which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. The fields are well tilled and there are good buildings and modern improvements on the place, which presents a neat and attractive appearance, indicative of the care and labor which Mr. Bass bestows upon his farm and also of his good business abilility.
Oscar Bass was united in marriage to Miss Cora M. Cottrell, who was born in Bureau county, August 27, 1861, her parents being Nicholas and Mary [Cole] Cottrell, both of whom were natives of Worthington, Massachusetts, where the father was born December 8, 1829, and the mother on the 7th of May, 1831. Mrs. Bass is a lady of superior culture, refinement and education, who completed her studies in Smith College, in Massachusetts. By her marriage she has become the mother of three children: Mary, born Jun 7, 1886; Gerald, January 4, 1889, and Helen, March 20, 1890. The eldest daughter will complete her education in Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where she is pursuing a classical course. It is the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Bass to supply their other children with good educational privileges. Theirs is a pleasant and attractrive home, standing in the midst of a fine farm of two hundred acres, and they are cordially received in the best homes where culture and intelligence are accepted as the passports to good society.
NOTE: a daughter was born in Chicago February 14, 1892 and passed away on February 28, 1892.
~31 Oct 1919 page 8
Oscar Stuard Bass eight child of Edwin and Emmaline J. Bass, both deceased, was born in Malden, May 19, 1854.
Bureau County, Illinois Historical and Biographical Sketches Published 1906
Oscar S. Bass, who is engaged in general farming in Berlin township, was born in Malden, Bureau county, May 19, 1854, and is descended from New England ancestry. His father, Edwin Bass, was born in Connecticut, January 28, 1816, and was married in 1842 to Emaline J. Stannard, whose birth occured in the state of New York May , 1824. They became early residents of Bureau county, settling within its borders during the pioneer epoch in its history. In their family were the following named: Caroline, deceased; Lucian; Luther G.; Sidney and Charlotte, both deceased; Oscar S.; Edwin; Heber and Howard, twins, also deceased; Wallace and Alonzo C.
Oscar S. Bass was reared on the old homestead farm and enjoyed excellent educational privileges. After attending the public schools he became a student in Chicago University, where he completed his course in 1880. The occupation to which he was reared he has made his life work, and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer of Berlin township, having two hundred acres of land which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. The fields are well tilled and there are good buildings and modern improvements on the place, which presents a neat and attractive appearance, indicative of the care and labor which Mr. Bass bestows upon his farm and also of his good business abilility.
Oscar Bass was united in marriage to Miss Cora M. Cottrell, who was born in Bureau county, August 27, 1861, her parents being Nicholas and Mary [Cole] Cottrell, both of whom were natives of Worthington, Massachusetts, where the father was born December 8, 1829, and the mother on the 7th of May, 1831. Mrs. Bass is a lady of superior culture, refinement and education, who completed her studies in Smith College, in Massachusetts. By her marriage she has become the mother of three children: Mary, born Jun 7, 1886; Gerald, January 4, 1889, and Helen, March 20, 1890. The eldest daughter will complete her education in Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where she is pursuing a classical course. It is the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Bass to supply their other children with good educational privileges. Theirs is a pleasant and attractrive home, standing in the midst of a fine farm of two hundred acres, and they are cordially received in the best homes where culture and intelligence are accepted as the passports to good society.
NOTE: a daughter was born in Chicago February 14, 1892 and passed away on February 28, 1892.
Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Illinois)
~31 Oct 1919 page 8
Oscar Stuard Bass eight child of Edwin and Emmaline J. Bass, both deceased, was born in Malden, May 19, 1854.
Bureau County, Illinois Historical and Biographical Sketches Published 1906
Oscar S. Bass, who is engaged in general farming in Berlin township, was born in Malden, Bureau county, May 19, 1854, and is descended from New England ancestry. His father, Edwin Bass, was born in Connecticut, January 28, 1816, and was married in 1842 to Emaline J. Stannard, whose birth occured in the state of New York May , 1824. They became early residents of Bureau county, settling within its borders during the pioneer epoch in its history. In their family were the following named: Caroline, deceased; Lucian; Luther G.; Sidney and Charlotte, both deceased; Oscar S.; Edwin; Heber and Howard, twins, also deceased; Wallace and Alonzo C.
Oscar S. Bass was reared on the old homestead farm and enjoyed excellent educational privileges. After attending the public schools he became a student in Chicago University, where he completed his course in 1880. The occupation to which he was reared he has made his life work, and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer of Berlin township, having two hundred acres of land which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. The fields are well tilled and there are good buildings and modern improvements on the place, which presents a neat and attractive appearance, indicative of the care and labor which Mr. Bass bestows upon his farm and also of his good business abilility.
Oscar Bass was united in marriage to Miss Cora M. Cottrell, who was born in Bureau county, August 27, 1861, her parents being Nicholas and Mary [Cole] Cottrell, both of whom were natives of Worthington, Massachusetts, where the father was born December 8, 1829, and the mother on the 7th of May, 1831. Mrs. Bass is a lady of superior culture, refinement and education, who completed her studies in Smith College, in Massachusetts. By her marriage she has become the mother of three children: Mary, born Jun 7, 1886; Gerald, January 4, 1889, and Helen, March 20, 1890. The eldest daughter will complete her education in Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where she is pursuing a classical course. It is the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Bass to supply their other children with good educational privileges. Theirs is a pleasant and attractrive home, standing in the midst of a fine farm of two hundred acres, and they are cordially received in the best homes where culture and intelligence are accepted as the passports to good society.
NOTE: a daughter was born in Chicago February 14, 1892 and passed away on February 28, 1892.
~31 Oct 1919 page 8
Oscar Stuard Bass eight child of Edwin and Emmaline J. Bass, both deceased, was born in Malden, May 19, 1854.
Bureau County, Illinois Historical and Biographical Sketches Published 1906
Oscar S. Bass, who is engaged in general farming in Berlin township, was born in Malden, Bureau county, May 19, 1854, and is descended from New England ancestry. His father, Edwin Bass, was born in Connecticut, January 28, 1816, and was married in 1842 to Emaline J. Stannard, whose birth occured in the state of New York May , 1824. They became early residents of Bureau county, settling within its borders during the pioneer epoch in its history. In their family were the following named: Caroline, deceased; Lucian; Luther G.; Sidney and Charlotte, both deceased; Oscar S.; Edwin; Heber and Howard, twins, also deceased; Wallace and Alonzo C.
Oscar S. Bass was reared on the old homestead farm and enjoyed excellent educational privileges. After attending the public schools he became a student in Chicago University, where he completed his course in 1880. The occupation to which he was reared he has made his life work, and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer of Berlin township, having two hundred acres of land which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. The fields are well tilled and there are good buildings and modern improvements on the place, which presents a neat and attractive appearance, indicative of the care and labor which Mr. Bass bestows upon his farm and also of his good business abilility.
Oscar Bass was united in marriage to Miss Cora M. Cottrell, who was born in Bureau county, August 27, 1861, her parents being Nicholas and Mary [Cole] Cottrell, both of whom were natives of Worthington, Massachusetts, where the father was born December 8, 1829, and the mother on the 7th of May, 1831. Mrs. Bass is a lady of superior culture, refinement and education, who completed her studies in Smith College, in Massachusetts. By her marriage she has become the mother of three children: Mary, born Jun 7, 1886; Gerald, January 4, 1889, and Helen, March 20, 1890. The eldest daughter will complete her education in Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where she is pursuing a classical course. It is the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Bass to supply their other children with good educational privileges. Theirs is a pleasant and attractrive home, standing in the midst of a fine farm of two hundred acres, and they are cordially received in the best homes where culture and intelligence are accepted as the passports to good society.
NOTE: a daughter was born in Chicago February 14, 1892 and passed away on February 28, 1892.
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