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to Clifton and lived with Laura for several
years and became actively involved in the
community. Alice died in 1919 in Clifton and
is buried in the Bass lot.
Laura Bass was part of a large and very
close-knit family scattered through Oklaho-
ma and Texas. They visited often, traveling
on the Santa Fe. Although initially a Baptist,
Laura later became a devout member of the
First Presbyterian Church where she partici-
pated wholeheartedly in the ladies activities.
She also strongly supported the Magazine
Club.
Laura provided a home during the Depres-
sion and World War II for her youngest son,
Ralph, and his family, who continued to make
their home with her following Ralph's passing
in 1934.
Although Laura had a quality of sternness
and could be demanding at times, she is best
remembered as a staunch, concerned, and
caring member of the community, and a
loving mother, mother-in-law, and grand-
mother.
by Ralph 0. BassBASS, RALPH 0.
Kendall Bass
Bass Family, Second Generation in
Bosque County
Laura and A.K. Bass had two children.
Amos Kendall Jr. was born at Independence,
Texas, in 1886, but the family moved to
Clifton in 1889 and Ralph Oswald was born
there in 1890. Kendall and Ralph grew up in
the Bass home built in 1892. They graduated
from Clifton High School; Kendall finishing
in 1908 in mechanical engineering and Ralph
in 1910 with a B.S. in electrical engineering.
Ralph was too young to enter A&M and spent
his first two years at Austin College and at
Allen Academy.
Kendall married Mary Virginia Thompson
in 1910. "Virgie" grew up in Eulogy and4 W
Ralph 0. Bass
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Meridian where her father was county judge.
Kendall and Ralph, with help from their
mother, acquired the Old Mill and converted
it into a hydroelectric plant, providing Clif-
ton and Meridian with their first electric
lighting and power. Ralph spent a year or so
in California with the electric utility there. In
World War I he served as an artillery officer.
Kendall and Virgie left Bosque County
after the war. He did electrical contracting in
several places, Olney, Breckenridge, East-
land, before locating permanently in Ama-
rillo. Both were buried there in 1969. Kendall
and his nephew owned the Bass farm after his
mother's death in 1944. The farming was
done by Clay and Gertrude Canuteson who
had been tenants for many years. The farm
was sold to Elmore Tennison in the 1950's.
Ralph returned to Clifton after the war and
bought the Bosque Mill & Elevator Co. His
nickname was "Spredder", and a daily ritual
was to gather with cronies at the "Corner
Drug Store" to discuss world affairs. Cronies
included John Godager, Jodie Grimland,
Ralph Helm, Cecil Hurst, Dr. Moore, Alf
Price, Spruce Schow, and Lee Stewart to
name a few.
In 1925 Ralph married Travis Sedberry
Grimland, widow of Jodie Grimland. Travis
had a 9-year old son, Joe (Joseph Rush).
Ralph and Travis married in Dallas where she
was teaching classical piano. They planned to
live elsewhere, but Ralph's business dictated
they make Clifton their home.
They had three children: Laura Annette
died at birth in 1927, Ralph Oswald, Jr. in
1929, and William Kendall in 1930.
Ralph was fun-loving and especially fond
of the automobiles of that period. He often
toured Mexico and western states on dirt and
gravel highways of that time.
The "crash of 1929" created a severe
problem at "the Mill". The Great Depression
of the early 1930's coincided with the failure
of Ralph's health and that of son, "Billy K."
Ralph spent most of 1934 in veteran hospitals
and passed away in Ft. Bayard, New Mexico,
that year. Billy K. died the following summer,N
and both are buried in Clifton.
by Ralph 0. Bass
BASYE FAMILY
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(See photo next page)
William Harrison Basye was born in 1844,
and died in 1888, at Huron, Texas. He
married Mary Isabella Ogden at Hillsboro.
He operated a gin at Kopperl in the 1880's.
Eight children were born to this marriage:
(1) Adna E. Basye (9/21/1871-2/18/51) is
buried at Whitney, Texas. Adna married Lee
Williams at Kopperl in 1913. They had a
child, Mary Williams.
(2) Mary Anna Basye (11/24/1873-2/23/50)
is buried at Houston. She married James
Allen Davis in 1901 at Kopperl. Their
children were: Jetta Mae Davis, Hannah
Belle Davis, and James Allen Davis, Jr.
(3) Nannie J. Basye, died in infancy.
(4) Edmond Franklin Basye, born in
Bosque County in 1877, died in 1960, and is
buried at Whitney, Texas.
(5) Rosa Evelyn Basye was born in 1880,
died at Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1970, and is
buried at Altus, Okla. Rosa married Jesse E.
Parks in 1901.
(6) Charles Ezekiel Basye was born in 1883,
died in 1957, and is buried at Houston.
Charles married Ruth Taylor.
(7) Sarah C. Basye was born in Erath
County, in 1886. She died in 1969 and is
buried in the Whitney Cemetery.
(8) William Harrison Basye Jr. was born in
1888. He died in Louisiana in 1971 and is
buried at Houston. William married Martha
Lela Taylor in 1911.
After William Basye's death, the Basye
family moved to Kimball Bend. His widow
married Charles Rague.
by Col. Chester M. Willingham
BATEMAN
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Tennessee Bateman Jones Hadley, oldest
daughter of Bruce Atwood Bateman and
Adella Adelaide Martin Bateman, was born
in 1898. She spent her early years and school
days at Kimball. Tennessee married Robert
Ray Jones in 1917. One daughter, Elna
Evelyn, was born to them in 1918. After a few
years they were divorced in Johnson County.
Tennessee and Elna moved back to the
family home at Kimball, where she raised
turkeys and sewed to support herself and the
child.
In 1930 Tennessee married Jess Hadley.
They lived on the old Hadley farm for several
years. In 1931 they had a son, Kenneth Allen
Hadley. The next year they sold the home
place and moved to Kimball Bend. Their
second son, James Bruce, was born in 1937
at a farm near Grandview.
Later, after managing a stock farm for Dr.
Knox, Jess and Tennessee moved, and lived
on a small acreage close to Cleburne until her
death in 1960.
Jess then moved to Alvarado to live with
their son, James Bruce, until Jess's death in
1967. James Bruce was killed in a car accident
in 1968.
Jess, Tennessee and James Bruce are all
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Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91038/m1/157/?q=campbell: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.