Elisha Bass (1820-1880) was born in Wilton, Maine, and died in Fairplay, Colorado. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1840 and afterwards worked as a lawyer representing the interests of mining companies, first in Brownsville, Texas, and then in Fairplay, Colorado. He married Elizabeth E. Bass (c.1835-1923) on February 13, 1856, in Wilton, Maine. He was a patient of Asa G. Eddy but there is no record of Bass having studied Christian Science.

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