Arthur Bryan Bass was born on February 5, 1894 in Tarboro, North Carolina to Henry Turner Bass and Adah Mayo Pippen Bass. He had at least four brothers, Spencer, Mabrey, Walter, and Charles. His father died when Arthur was nine, and the boys lived with their mother on Church Street in Tarboro. During his early twenties Arthur worked in Albany, Georgia as a foreman for the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, a company that specialized in agricultural chemicals. He fought in World War I, and by 1920, he had returned to Tarboro, making a living as a manager at a cotton warehouse.
He continued working at the cotton warehouse in the 1930s, marrying Sarah Robinson. Sarah and Arthur had twin sons, Henry Turner Bass and John Lewis Bass, born on September 4, 1934.
The farm that concerns most of Arthur Bass’s diary is a group of farms that he purchased during the 1930s through 1950s. He did not live on the farm, but continued to live in Tarboro, where he was born.
Below is a photograph taken in 1955 of Arthury Bryan Bass and his wife, Sarah Robinson, courtesy of his grandchildren.
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