tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post9202512548487722553..comments2024-02-28T13:55:37.847-08:00Comments on My Ancestor's Name: Finding Uncle SephusAngela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-82256476404849748102016-06-23T19:19:51.871-07:002016-06-23T19:19:51.871-07:00Thanks for your message about your Bass line from ...Thanks for your message about your Bass line from TN. Our families may have known each other at some time. Note however that our family is an African American family that for many years lived in Fayette County TX. Napier Bass an elder brother to Sephus was taken there in the 1860s before the war ended. Sephus joined him later after the family was attacked in the 1880s, in Elkton TN where they lived.<br /><br />Another branch of the Bass family ended up in SW Arkansas in the years after the Civil War as well. Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-42071408910523304892016-06-23T18:48:28.425-07:002016-06-23T18:48:28.425-07:00Hello, even though I am a Price my mom side of the...Hello, even though I am a Price my mom side of the family were Bass, they were from Pulaski, Giles co. TN. That moved to texas. I have found a Ephron Bass who was my g, g, grandfather, there is also a Ephraim Bass who lived as they say a few houses down, some notes say he was my g, g, g, grandfather, I have been trying to put this the two together, every way they come up as family. Ephraim Bass is listed as Mulatto. My great grand father was George Washington Bass he married Emma Jane Atkins, while my grandmother was living she told me that Emma was a Indian and George was white, I have a picture of George and Emma and this is true. They had two boys who where born in Pulaski TN. James Malon Bass 1/04/1890, and George Washington Bass jr. 10/13/1890. They moved to Texas and had more kids J. Well Bass 1893, Clarence Stanley Bass SR. 11/28/1895, DeWitt Talmadge Bass 1/02/1899, Theodore Ezell Bass SR. 3/12/1903, Theophilus Jack Bass abt 1904, and my grandmother Memria Bass 3/05/1906 Emma pass away having the baby girl Sara Bass both of which died during delivery complication in 8/27/1919. I remember as a kid going to the Telico Cemetery for picnic every year around May, this is where I heard of Sara, my uncle Jack tried to tell me about there history but as a kid not all he told me is remebered. Uncle Jack was well off and lived in Fort Worth, Texas. If any of these names have been heard are brought up, please inform me. A Selphus was spoke of but I just remember the name what kin if any I don't know. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870064933361276984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-39796800227153602932016-05-29T13:02:12.417-07:002016-05-29T13:02:12.417-07:00Wow! What a truly amazing story, and what great de...Wow! What a truly amazing story, and what great detective work. These stories are priceless for all of us - thank you for sharing! I am a white male, descended from underground railroad operators in Ohio (not that it matters!). I am currently helping a friend, Mildred Terry, with her family history. She is a great-great granddaughter of the John Silas Bass you mentioned in this story, and that is how I found this wonderful story. John Silas Bass was a truly amazing person - after gaining his freedom, he completed high school, then became a teacher, taught for a few years, then went back to school - medical school - and became one of our nations first black physicians. I'm sure you know the story, but if not, let me know and I'll send you a link. <br /><br />Truly, this entire family is very remarkable. Mildred is elderly, but can read very well. She will delight in reading these stories. You could do an entire "American Experience" show on PBS about this family. <br /><br />Do you have a photo of John Silas Bass? <br /><br />What you are doing and sharing is so very important, and has made a deep impact on my life. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119287221067215970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-39032701630238876272016-01-19T14:41:46.608-08:002016-01-19T14:41:46.608-08:00I will keep you posted if I can ever figure out an...I will keep you posted if I can ever figure out anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-42319084343891113452016-01-18T18:36:06.744-08:002016-01-18T18:36:06.744-08:00Hello,
Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing yo...Hello,<br /><br />Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing your own story! I hope to hear more about your findings!<br /><br />Feel free to share more, as it sounds quite interesting! It comes as no surprise to learn of your own discoveries through DNA, and the fact that you are willing to explore them more in depth is a good thing! <br /><br />Would love to have more about it!<br />Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-21561389705050874742016-01-18T16:46:23.470-08:002016-01-18T16:46:23.470-08:00This is a fascinating, fascinating story, and I am...This is a fascinating, fascinating story, and I am in awe of your research. You have kind of given me some pointers about how I can research a topic I'm very interested in. I'm posting anonymously, and when I tell you how I found this blog you will understand why - I don't want to offend anyone. When I got my DNA tested by ancestry.com, I was shocked to find out I had a number of black cousins. And yes, my family came from the South and apparently owned slaves. I didn't really know that - I always assumed they were poor.<br /><br />I am a writer, and I feel like it is time that this story be told. I look around me at all the whites I know, and I realize that there are blacks I am waaay more closely related to. I think that is important. Race in this country is, frankly, kind of a made-up concept. I've been in touch with a couple of my distant black cousins, and one of them is a documentary film maker. We're all three fascinated by this general story and want to tell it. Here's the thing - with that group of "cousins," we know in theory what the connection is because of other people that we are all three connected to genetically. Historically, though, we just can't figure it out.<br /><br />So that leads me to your blog and why I am reading it. I won't go into all the details, but one thing led to another and I found out I'm about a fourth cousin to someone named Bass who is in your family group. What got me, though, is that this name had come up before and I was very puzzled at that time, because they lived in rural southeast Kansas, in the same general vicinity as my own great-great grandparents, who moved there in the 1880s from Tennessee. It didn't make sense - the connection HAD to be further back - but it seemed like an interesting coincidence.<br /><br />Now, this other connection has come up - I have old, old photos of a black family with the same surname as my great-great grandparents - and I thought it would be cool to see if I could find some descendants and give them the photos. I thought to look in my ancestry.com DNA matches for an African-American with that surname in his or her family tree, and bingo! I still have no idea how it all fits together, but it all led me to your blog! <br /><br />So, basically, I thought you might get a kick out of my story. Please don't hesitate to tell me if you think I ought to let sleeping dogs lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-67713741440137487762013-02-02T17:45:41.244-08:002013-02-02T17:45:41.244-08:00Male descendants of Union Soldiers can join SUVCW
...Male descendants of Union Soldiers can join SUVCW<br /><br />http://www.suvcw.org/member.htm<br /><br />Female descendants of Union Soldiers can join DUVCW <br /><br />http://www.duvcw.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-81107009268112737742012-06-24T06:40:44.973-07:002012-06-24T06:40:44.973-07:00Thanks so much, Nancy! There are so many stories t...Thanks so much, Nancy! There are so many stories that lie buried in the soil. Our task is to find them and to tell them.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-33802850815538579292012-06-23T20:48:35.100-07:002012-06-23T20:48:35.100-07:00Thank you so much for your story and your research...Thank you so much for your story and your research. My ancestors were with the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (U.S.A.) also taken at Sulphur Trestle, but imprisoned at Cahaba. My g-g grandfather was killed on the Sultana when he and his 2 sons were finally released. I love the stories!Nancy Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-38557807187179074012011-02-10T20:53:40.454-08:002011-02-10T20:53:40.454-08:00This is great, I have visited Sulphur Creek. My g ...This is great, I have visited Sulphur Creek. My g g grandfather Sampson Bishop and his son in law Cornelius Davis were soldiers in the 111. I would love to share with you and exchange stories. My family is from Marshall County Lewisburg, TN one county over from Giles county - Colby BiggersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553043755410163794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-63876616682389464042011-01-02T19:12:52.575-08:002011-01-02T19:12:52.575-08:00This story, like others had said had me on the edg...This story, like others had said had me on the edge of my seat, because i found it, while researching my own ancestor... and guess what!?...he was there, ny ancestor, with yours, another member of the ALabama 111th, at the battle of sulphur branch trestle. My G-g-grandfather Henry Harville Johnson and his brother Charles. My ancestor, accord to his statement in his pension records says they, colored detachment captured, was whipped out of the blockhouse at the fort guarding the bridge and they sent to prison for 8 months and nearly starved. And guess where my ancestor was born... in Giles, TN on the farm of Dr Thomas Harville. What a coincidence? How proud I am for us both of our ancestor's bravery and courage in serving their country at such a perilous time in their lives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-38901703039770452612011-01-02T16:56:33.629-08:002011-01-02T16:56:33.629-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-84998972446935105522010-09-29T17:29:42.066-07:002010-09-29T17:29:42.066-07:00Thank you so much, Espahan. Learning about this un...Thank you so much, Espahan. Learning about this uncle whose name was not spoken for so long was a humbling experience. There are so many stories from the past and what a joy to have the chance to discover some of them.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-37224482769626995962010-09-27T20:34:46.344-07:002010-09-27T20:34:46.344-07:00Angela, what a wonderful true story. I was pulled ...Angela, what a wonderful true story. I was pulled in immediately by your search for your long unspoken relative, Sephus. You are certainly a skilled detective. It is amazing the history lessons we learn while looking for family members. Genealogy research has proven to be a marvelous way of furthering my education. I have learned so many things I never learned in school.Espahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925812767850812062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-17456173216769222272010-09-01T18:33:06.100-07:002010-09-01T18:33:06.100-07:00Thank you Sara. Actually there is a possibility t...Thank you Sara. Actually there is a possibility that while in Tennessee, Uncle Sephus did use the name Josephus Bass. An early marriage record reflected that. I would love to hear about your Josephus.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-52755010681392333232010-08-31T15:51:25.118-07:002010-08-31T15:51:25.118-07:00I read your story and loved it. It's great tha...I read your story and loved it. It's great that you found Sephus Bass. My great-great grandfather was Josephus C. Bass from Missouri. I had run across this while searching for Josephus. Keep up the good work. I am continuing to try to learn all about my Josephus. <br /><br />Thanks,<br />Sara BassAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-67716834945244620702010-08-04T17:58:30.654-07:002010-08-04T17:58:30.654-07:00Amen!!! May Sephus Bass be remembered!Amen!!! May Sephus Bass be remembered!Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-31040196286454015402010-07-30T15:18:45.387-07:002010-07-30T15:18:45.387-07:00What a wonderful story! I am so glad that your unc...What a wonderful story! I am so glad that your uncle made it safely to Texas. May his name be called for generations to come.Cheryll Toney Holleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-58910696899636510782010-07-28T15:11:54.621-07:002010-07-28T15:11:54.621-07:00Thanks, Terrence! I too was happy to found him and...Thanks, Terrence! I too was happy to found him and living with loved ones around him, as well.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-58596605495772121562010-07-28T14:42:50.813-07:002010-07-28T14:42:50.813-07:00Thanks for sharing this story Angela. I was so exc...Thanks for sharing this story Angela. I was so excited to see that your Uncle Sephas made if safely to Texas.<br />I need to plan a trip to the National Archives to do some research too.Terrence Garnetthttp://tgarnett.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-18785031328948610822010-07-28T10:42:07.020-07:002010-07-28T10:42:07.020-07:00Thank you Vicky for your warm words! Uncle Sephus ...Thank you Vicky for your warm words! Uncle Sephus heard you I am sure. These men with their remarkable history continue to make my genealogical journey so special.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-35573149161292291142010-07-28T10:28:05.264-07:002010-07-28T10:28:05.264-07:00What a wonderful and compelling story Angela. You ...What a wonderful and compelling story Angela. You do have such a way of putting your readers on the scene and involving them in the moment in time. Uncle Sephus, you and the rest of the Bass men are my heroes...Ms Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-31757497502652088262010-07-28T08:02:06.469-07:002010-07-28T08:02:06.469-07:00Why thank you so much for reading about my Uncle S...Why thank you so much for reading about my Uncle Sephus. This man, long forgotten by one branch can now be reclaimed. I have been so blessed by this journey to tell his story. I encourage others to ask the questions and follow those paths, that appear, for they lead to wonderful places.<br />-Angela-Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-88016081521613327002010-07-28T07:36:12.271-07:002010-07-28T07:36:12.271-07:00MY,my,my! DIVA TEACHER Angela, again I am speechle...MY,my,my! DIVA TEACHER Angela, again I am speechless. What a saga you have shared and based on your acumen for thorough research, ability to hear from oral history what others miss and your love for your people. Thank you,thank you,thank you for writing and sharing with us. I am inspired! EV PaceEV Pacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-54091711601327382292010-07-28T05:59:30.031-07:002010-07-28T05:59:30.031-07:00Thanks Renate, finding Uncle Sephus and telling hi...Thanks Renate, finding Uncle Sephus and telling his story is one of the most incredible adventures that I have had. The story still has some new dimensions and I still research this line, as well, but the opportunity to find him and know that he did survive and did make it to Texas---and that his life did not end tragically--well that was such a joy to learn. Thanks for reading it and I am glad that you enjoyed it!<br />-Angela-Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.com