Ivan Ernest Bass was born near Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, on July 29, 1877. He was the son of farmer and pecan-nursery owner Isaac Esau Bass and his wife, Mary Eliza Wilkes Bass. One of eight children, Bass graduated from Columbia High School and entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, on May 20, 1897. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the academy on June 7, 1901. After serving two years as a midshipman, Bass received a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Navy.
On November 26, 1915, Bass married Florence Victoria Bouché of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. During his long naval career, Bass served as head of the machinery division of the Boston and New York navy yards and as engineer of the Asiatic fleet. He was awarded the Silver Star for meritorious service during World War I. Bass was eventually promoted to the rank of rear admiral on March 1, 1934. He applied for retirement in August of 1941, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, Bass requested to be placed back on active duty. He remained on active duty until his retirement on December 31, 1947.
Bass was an avid genealogical researcher who published two books on the Bass and Wilkes families of Mississippi. He continued his research until his death at the age of ninety on November 1, 1967.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the genealogical research and personal papers of Rear Admiral Ivan Ernest Bass. The collection is focused on his research for the books, Esau Bass (Revolutionary Soldier), His Brother, Jonathan Bass, and Their Descendants and Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, and his research on the allied Allen, Arundell, Buckley, Conyers, Cranford, Harris, Jordan, Mason, and Pace families.
On November 26, 1915, Bass married Florence Victoria Bouché of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. During his long naval career, Bass served as head of the machinery division of the Boston and New York navy yards and as engineer of the Asiatic fleet. He was awarded the Silver Star for meritorious service during World War I. Bass was eventually promoted to the rank of rear admiral on March 1, 1934. He applied for retirement in August of 1941, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, Bass requested to be placed back on active duty. He remained on active duty until his retirement on December 31, 1947.
Bass was an avid genealogical researcher who published two books on the Bass and Wilkes families of Mississippi. He continued his research until his death at the age of ninety on November 1, 1967.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the genealogical research and personal papers of Rear Admiral Ivan Ernest Bass. The collection is focused on his research for the books, Esau Bass (Revolutionary Soldier), His Brother, Jonathan Bass, and Their Descendants and Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, and his research on the allied Allen, Arundell, Buckley, Conyers, Cranford, Harris, Jordan, Mason, and Pace families.
Ivan Ernest Bass was born near Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, on July 29, 1877. He was the son of farmer and pecan-nursery owner Isaac Esau Bass and his wife, Mary Eliza Wilkes Bass. One of eight children, Bass graduated from Columbia High School and entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, on May 20, 1897. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the academy on June 7, 1901. After serving two years as a midshipman, Bass received a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Navy.
On November 26, 1915, Bass married Florence Victoria Bouché of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. During his long naval career, Bass served as head of the machinery division of the Boston and New York navy yards and as engineer of the Asiatic fleet. He was awarded the Silver Star for meritorious service during World War I. Bass was eventually promoted to the rank of rear admiral on March 1, 1934. He applied for retirement in August of 1941, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, Bass requested to be placed back on active duty. He remained on active duty until his retirement on December 31, 1947.
Bass was an avid genealogical researcher who published two books on the Bass and Wilkes families of Mississippi. He continued his research until his death at the age of ninety on November 1, 1967.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the genealogical research and personal papers of Rear Admiral Ivan Ernest Bass. The collection is focused on his research for the books, Esau Bass (Revolutionary Soldier), His Brother, Jonathan Bass, and Their Descendants and Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, and his research on the allied Allen, Arundell, Buckley, Conyers, Cranford, Harris, Jordan, Mason, and Pace families.
On November 26, 1915, Bass married Florence Victoria Bouché of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. During his long naval career, Bass served as head of the machinery division of the Boston and New York navy yards and as engineer of the Asiatic fleet. He was awarded the Silver Star for meritorious service during World War I. Bass was eventually promoted to the rank of rear admiral on March 1, 1934. He applied for retirement in August of 1941, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, Bass requested to be placed back on active duty. He remained on active duty until his retirement on December 31, 1947.
Bass was an avid genealogical researcher who published two books on the Bass and Wilkes families of Mississippi. He continued his research until his death at the age of ninety on November 1, 1967.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the genealogical research and personal papers of Rear Admiral Ivan Ernest Bass. The collection is focused on his research for the books, Esau Bass (Revolutionary Soldier), His Brother, Jonathan Bass, and Their Descendants and Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, and his research on the allied Allen, Arundell, Buckley, Conyers, Cranford, Harris, Jordan, Mason, and Pace families.
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