Thomas Coke Bass
Thomas Coke Bass was born around 1830, either in Mississippi or Alabama. He moved to Sherman, Texas, in the late 1850s, and he earned a living as a lawyer. By 1860, he owned $100 of personal property. He supported secession during the winter of 1860-61.
In 1862, he received a commission as colonel of the 20th Texas Cavalry. The regiment served in Arkansas, Texas, and the Indian Territory. He returned to Sherman after the war and resumed his work as a lawyer. He also briefly edited the Sherman Courier in 1866. He married Ada Hocker on July 10, 1867, and their daughter Netty was born around 1868. By 1870, he owned $20,000 of real estate and $1,500 of personal property. He died of yellow fever in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 22, 1878.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4040) | Bass, Thomas Coke | 1830 | 1878-09-22 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Colonel
- Rank out: Colonel
- Rank highest: Colonel
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (11411) [writer] ~ Henderson C. Walker Discharge, 15 July 1862
Places - Records: 1
- (136) [death] ~ Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Regiments - Records: 1
- (1264) [officer] ~ 20th Texas Cavalry
SOURCES
1860 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Thomas C. Bass, available from Fold3.com; The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), 25 September 1878; Brian Hart, “Bass, Thomas Coke,” Texas State Historical Association, available from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bass-thomas-coke
