Richard Bass was born about 1824 in North Carolina; and died.
Notes:
Per the History "Refugio" by Hobart Huson, p.595 "Mrs. Jane P.O'Connor conducted a private school at Lamar in 1862....families of means sent their children their to board...(the Bass children were first on the list of those who attended -- children of Frances and Richard Bass, she was the daughter of Frances Blackburn Means and Congressman William Addision Means.)
(Research):Census Listings:
1860 Census
Texas, San Patrico County, Chiltipin
Enumerated 11 July 1860
Page 101, Stamped 372
667-667
Richard Bass 36 M Stockraiser $--- $397 North Carolina
Frances Bass 23 F Tx
William Bass 6 M Tx
Richard Bass 4 M Tx
Mary Bass 1 F Tx