Diza Jane Bass

Daughter of Ephriam Alexander Bass and Dicey Jones of Bassfield, Mississippi. First wife of Rev. David Ingram Purser.

Ivan Ernest Bass names four children: Maude (married Rev. R.H. Folmer), Mollie (married Rev. R.L. Bivins), William (died in his youth), and Brittain Birdsong Purser, lawyer, married Ethel Hunigate.

• Bass Family History: Esau Bass (Revolutionary Soldier) His Brother, Jonathan Bass, and Their Descendants_ by Ivan Ernest Bass, 1955, p. 340-341.

Other sources including Find A Grave show that they had six children, three of whom died young:

Prentiss Erastus Purser 1865–1877

Frederick Harrison Purser 1868–1878

Maude Celeste Purser Folmar 1870–1941

William Purser 1872–1884

Brittain Birdsong Purser 1875–1933

Mollie Purser Bivins 1877–1952

"Mr. Purser has been twice married, and among all the successful events of his career these alliances have been the chiefest. On October 7, 1864, he was married to Miss Dicy Jane Bass, of Covington County, Mississippi, a lady of fine person, intellectual, cultivated, brilliant, a devout Christian and an earnest worker in the Master's cause, and eminently "a keeper at home." To the tact and management of this worthy wife of his youth does our subject attribute, in a large degree, his success in life as a minister of Christ. She was the mother of six children, three of whom have departed this life. She died September 13, 1879.

His second marriage was with Miss Sallie A. Moody, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on June 28, 1883. Miss Moody had already reached distinction in the higher relations of social life, and that distinction was based on family elevation, wealth and cultivation, earnest piety, and active Christian enterprise. She was the daughter of Judge Washington Moody, a man of noble standing in the city of Tuscaloosa and in the State, and the only sister of an only brother, Mr. Frank Moody, now president of the First National Bank in that city. Cheerful and graceful everywhere, she is especially so in her charming home, where hospitality abounds and good nature rules. Her Christian character may be seen in her devout conversation, generous liberality, and active effort. She is, at this, time in charge of a Sabbath-school class of nearly one hundred men, and this energy has been true of her work in both Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. She is now the mother of two children — a daughter and a son."

- from Jefferson County and Birmingham Alabama: History and Biographical, edited by John Witherspoon Dubose and published in 1887 by Teeple & Smith / Caldwell Printing Works, Birmingham, Alabama

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See also History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 4, by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921 (Googlebooks)

Find A Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27597416/diza-jane-purser

Damascus Cemetery records (she is recorded as Jennie Purser)

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