Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Summary
The unexampled Paramount+ seriesLawmen : Bass Reevesfeatures a realistic depiction of the existent - aliveness Old West law officer , including his family life . As depict in the first three episodes of the serial publication , Bass Reeves ' fable start as a slave who was forced to fight for the Confederate Army during the United States Civil War under Colonel George R. Reeves . Bass Reeves ' heroics on the field of honor were noticed by George Reeves , whom Bass would eventually miss slaveholding from in 1864.Bass lived in Indigenous Territory until the end of the war and reunite with his one true dear , Nellie Jennie .
Jennie inLawmen : Bass Reevesbecomes Bass ’s married woman and finally has multiple children with him . The two are depicted in the series encounter while both are slave under George Reeves in Grayson County , Texas . When Bass reunites with Jennie after they are both liberate , he is stunned to find out that he has a daughter with Jennie name Sally . Sally is the oldest youngster of Jennie and Bass Reeves and is the only one of their children who is give an item-by-item subplot in Lawmen : Bass Reeves . However , Bass and Jennie ’s first fry was actually named Sarah .
Bass Reeves & Nellie Jennie Had 11 Children
The real - spirit Bass Reeves and Nellie Jennie had a totality of eleven children together throughout their matrimony , which end in 1896 with Jennie ’s passing . After their first child Sarah was born in 1861 , the couple had 10 more child from 1866 to 1882.The kids in order were name : Sarah , Robert , Harriet , Georgie , Newland , Edgar , William , Benjamin , Alice Mae , Lula , and Homer . It appears that Sarah ( Sally ) , Robert , Harriet , Georgie , and Newland have been describe so far inLawmen : Bass Reeves .
Bass Reeves would eventually remarry after Jennie ’s death in 1896 to Winnie Foreman Sumner . The two got espouse in 1900 and had one child together describe Bass Reeves Jr. Like Jennie , Winnie had been deliver into slavery before she married a piece named Benjamin Sumner . Bass also reportedly had a baby named Jane Reeves who is not chronicle inLawmen : Bass Reevesbut could potentially appear later in the serial .
What Happened To Bass Reeves' Children In Real Life
None of Bass Reeves ' eleven tike with his Jennie ever did anything as remarkable as what he was able-bodied to do in his lifetime , which ended in 1910 . Sarah got married in the early 1900s and had two children . Robert Reeves did abide by in his Fatherhood ’s footsteps but was wipe out on the job . Several of Bass ’s sons , including Newland , Edgar , and Benjamin , went to prison for several geezerhood . Benjamin was notably arrest by Bass himself for killing his wife .
Not much else is known about the balance of Bass Reeves ' children , including Bass Reeves Jr. Several of them were not include in Bass ’s will for unknown reasons , including Georgie and Newland . Lula tragically pass in 1889 at the age of 17 from epilepsy . The oldest of Bass Reeves ' children , Alice Mae , hold out to 1966 . Bass Reeves himself died of Bright ’s disease after serving more than 35 years as a Deputy U.S. Marshal . It ’s uncertain how many of Bass ’s children will be boast by the end ofLawmen : Bass Reeves .
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