John Meredith Bass
John Meredith Bass | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 19, 1804 |
| Died | 1878 |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Banker Planter Politician |
| Spouse | Malvina Grundy |
| Parent | Peter Bass |
| Relatives | Felix Grundy (father-in-law) |
John Meredith Bass (1804–1878) was an American banker, planter and Whig politician.[1][2][3] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1833 to 1834, and again in 1869.[1][2]
Biography
Early life
He was born on January 19, 1804.[1] His father was Peter Bass.[1][4]
Career
He was the President of the Union Bank of Tennessee.[3][5] He also owned plantations in Louisiana and Arkansas.[3] As a Mayor of Nashville in 1833-34 and 1869, he was a Unionist/Whig.[6]
Personal life
On January 7, 1829, he married Malvina Grundy, daughter of Senator Felix Grundy, after she eloped at the age of eighteen.[3][4][7] He was a personal friend of slave trader John Armfield.[2] Like him, he owned a cottage in Beersheba Springs, Tennessee.[2] He died in 1878, and he is buried with his wife in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- ^ a b c d Robert S. Brandt, Touring Middle Tennessee Backroads, John F. Blair Publisher, 1995, p. 383 [1]
- ^ a b c d Publications, Issues 51-55, East Tennessee Historical Society, 1983
- ^ a b John Roderick Heller, Democracy's Lawyer: Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest, Louisiana State University Press, 2010, p. 173 [2]
- ^ Report from the President and Cashier of the Union Bank of Tennessee, to the Tennessee Legislature, November 15, 1843
- ^ Nashville Public Library: Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
- ^ Alfred Leland Crabb, Peabody and Alfred Leland Crabb: The story of Peabody as reflected in selected writings of Alfred Leland Crabb, Williams Press, 1977, p. 186
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