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- Farmer. Member of the State Assembly in California.
1860, Shasta, California
JSP Bass first engaged in mining and subsequently dealt in mules and horses. The "Bass Place" mentioned in his obit was a large two story dwelling, with a fireplace in each room, and serced as a stopping place in the days of the Stagecoach on the old Oregon Stage Road.
JSP Bass had a mountain named for him, as well as a school, he had an interest in Calif Iron Mines, Inc. on McCloud River. His graddaughter Bertha Jonstone says: "He continued to have desire to mine and with five other men located a mine on the McCloud River near the mouth of the river where it empties into Pitt River. It was known as California Iron Mines, Inc. Grandfather's interest had passed on to his heirs until I owned .72. The mine was sold and after the cost of locating numerous heirs of all six original owners was deducted I received $1,111.47. The present owners plan to build a smelter near there or to barge the ore across the lake to Highway five. The company purchased a larger mining claim adjoining."
Title: Kaleidoscopic Family Bass, Author J.M. Wood Jr.
Semi-Weekly Searchlight, Redding, Shasta County, California, Dec 7th 1909:
DEATH CLAIMS SHASTA's MOST BELOVED PIONEER
JSP Bass died Sunday Morning in Chico at the age of 88 years.
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JSP Bass was born in the state of Missouri, Feb 2, 1821, making his age 88 years 9 monthes and 23 days. He came across the plains in the rush of 1849 and settled at Hangtown, now Placerville, where he mined for a year or two. That was the day when a miner was limited to a claim fifteen feet square. Mr. Bass came to Shasta county in 1851 and settled in Shasta, then one of the most stirring mining camps in the state, and for awhile operated a pack train between Shasta and Vreks (illegible line) had one daughter hos is now Mrs. Day Dunning (Nancy), living in Burbank. Mrs. James Bradley, living in Shasta in the earliest days, was made a widow when her husband was slain in a battle with the Indians. She had one son, Otho R. Bradley, blacksmith living in Santa Cruz. Mr. Bass and MRs. Bradley were married in Shasta October 26, 1852 and for forty-eight years, or until her death in 1900, they lived happily together. Herbert Bass, their first son, now the Montgomery Creek merchant, was the second white child born in Shasta county. Other children of the pinoeer couple are Seymore Bass, foreman of the United States fishery at Baird, Miss Caro Bass, living in Chico, and Mrs. Mary B. Walker, at whose home in Chico the pinoeer passed away.
In 1853 Mr. Bass bought the farm on Stillwater which for over half a century has been known as the "Bass place", and a famous stopping place in the days of the stage coach. There he and his wife lived for nearly fifty years. The pioneer endured great hardships in the early days and took an axtive partin in several engagements with the Indians in the days when the redskins fought with bow and arrow and the tomahawk. In a battle near the town of Shasta he was hit in the breast by an arrow. He plucked out tthe point and went on fighting.
The pioneer was always a Democrat. He was elected to the Legislature in 1880, but he seldom sought political honors, though he served one term as a supervisor. ...
The death of Mr. Bass recalls the fact that it was his horse which Joawuin Miller, the Poet, stole in the early days. Miller was indicted by the Grad Jury and was locked up in the county jail, but he escaped and was never prosexuted. There was no more upright citizen in Shasta county than JSP Bass. He was honorable in his business dealings and could brook no deceit in anyone with whom he came in contact. ..."
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