d/o Presley Gray & Eliza Johnston
brother: Willie
sis: Sallie
sis: Effie
single, black, female
born into slavery
informant J R Bass Quincy, IL
Mother of, Tom Bass #23098
His Father was her White owner:
William Hayden Bass
son: James Ruben Bass #145094167
**although his memorial states 1867 as birth year, He was born April 1864 in Boone Co MO,**
married Mattie in 1885,
lived in Adams Co IL 1900 census
James 36 MO
Mattie 31 MO
James 14 MO
Modena 12 MO
Ozela-Hall 11 MO
*later a School Teacher in Indianapolis, IN*
Ruby 9 MO
Reuben L 8 MO (1887-1948)
*lived 1942 Indianapolis, IN*∼Born abt 1845 to Presley and Eliza (Johnson), Cornelia was raised as a slave on the farm of William Hayden Bass
While Cornelia was pregnant, William married Irene Hickman and then she became Irene's maid.
Her son Tom Bass became a famous horse trainer
A daughter; Crotia Ann Bass, lived with her most of her life.
I have not found a marriage record for Cornelia, and every record has her as single.
The 1910 Census has eight children six living
Known children are:
Reuben
Tom
Crotia
Jessie (male)
Givette
And her death certificate has E.R. Bass as the informant, he may be a son.
Certificate #33493
According to some sources Cornelia and William only had Tom, and in others he fathered all her children.
brother: Willie
sis: Sallie
sis: Effie
single, black, female
born into slavery
informant J R Bass Quincy, IL
Mother of, Tom Bass #23098
His Father was her White owner:
William Hayden Bass
son: James Ruben Bass #145094167
**although his memorial states 1867 as birth year, He was born April 1864 in Boone Co MO,**
married Mattie in 1885,
lived in Adams Co IL 1900 census
James 36 MO
Mattie 31 MO
James 14 MO
Modena 12 MO
Ozela-Hall 11 MO
*later a School Teacher in Indianapolis, IN*
Ruby 9 MO
Reuben L 8 MO (1887-1948)
*lived 1942 Indianapolis, IN*∼Born abt 1845 to Presley and Eliza (Johnson), Cornelia was raised as a slave on the farm of William Hayden Bass
While Cornelia was pregnant, William married Irene Hickman and then she became Irene's maid.
Her son Tom Bass became a famous horse trainer
A daughter; Crotia Ann Bass, lived with her most of her life.
I have not found a marriage record for Cornelia, and every record has her as single.
The 1910 Census has eight children six living
Known children are:
Reuben
Tom
Crotia
Jessie (male)
Givette
And her death certificate has E.R. Bass as the informant, he may be a son.
Certificate #33493
According to some sources Cornelia and William only had Tom, and in others he fathered all her children.
d/o Presley Gray & Eliza Johnston
brother: Willie
sis: Sallie
sis: Effie
single, black, female
born into slavery
informant J R Bass Quincy, IL
Mother of, Tom Bass #23098
His Father was her White owner:
William Hayden Bass
son: James Ruben Bass #145094167
**although his memorial states 1867 as birth year, He was born April 1864 in Boone Co MO,**
married Mattie in 1885,
lived in Adams Co IL 1900 census
James 36 MO
Mattie 31 MO
James 14 MO
Modena 12 MO
Ozela-Hall 11 MO
*later a School Teacher in Indianapolis, IN*
Ruby 9 MO
Reuben L 8 MO (1887-1948)
*lived 1942 Indianapolis, IN*∼Born abt 1845 to Presley and Eliza (Johnson), Cornelia was raised as a slave on the farm of William Hayden Bass
While Cornelia was pregnant, William married Irene Hickman and then she became Irene's maid.
Her son Tom Bass became a famous horse trainer
A daughter; Crotia Ann Bass, lived with her most of her life.
I have not found a marriage record for Cornelia, and every record has her as single.
The 1910 Census has eight children six living
Known children are:
Reuben
Tom
Crotia
Jessie (male)
Givette
And her death certificate has E.R. Bass as the informant, he may be a son.
Certificate #33493
According to some sources Cornelia and William only had Tom, and in others he fathered all her children.
brother: Willie
sis: Sallie
sis: Effie
single, black, female
born into slavery
informant J R Bass Quincy, IL
Mother of, Tom Bass #23098
His Father was her White owner:
William Hayden Bass
son: James Ruben Bass #145094167
**although his memorial states 1867 as birth year, He was born April 1864 in Boone Co MO,**
married Mattie in 1885,
lived in Adams Co IL 1900 census
James 36 MO
Mattie 31 MO
James 14 MO
Modena 12 MO
Ozela-Hall 11 MO
*later a School Teacher in Indianapolis, IN*
Ruby 9 MO
Reuben L 8 MO (1887-1948)
*lived 1942 Indianapolis, IN*∼Born abt 1845 to Presley and Eliza (Johnson), Cornelia was raised as a slave on the farm of William Hayden Bass
While Cornelia was pregnant, William married Irene Hickman and then she became Irene's maid.
Her son Tom Bass became a famous horse trainer
A daughter; Crotia Ann Bass, lived with her most of her life.
I have not found a marriage record for Cornelia, and every record has her as single.
The 1910 Census has eight children six living
Known children are:
Reuben
Tom
Crotia
Jessie (male)
Givette
And her death certificate has E.R. Bass as the informant, he may be a son.
Certificate #33493
According to some sources Cornelia and William only had Tom, and in others he fathered all her children.
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