The most distinguished woman Sumner County has produced was Miss. Eugenie Bate, daughter of Colonel Humphrey Bate, great-granddaughter of Frank Weathered, sister of Major Henry C. Bate, of Nashville; of Dr. Humphrey Bate, of Sumner County; William Weathered Bate, of St. Augustine, Texans, and Mrs. Agnes Elizabeth Wright, of Murfreesboro, and cousin of the last senator William B. Bate. She was born near Bledsoe's Lick on September 6, 1826. She was a woman of great intellect, personal beauty, and charm of manner. She received a liberal education and married Council Rogers Bass, a wealthy Mississippi planter. Four children were born of this union, one of whom, Miss Ella, married the Marquis Incisa, and Italian nobleman, and died a year later. The other two daughters died before reaching the years of maturity. Her son, Council R. Bass Jr., served under General Forrest in his last campaign. He died on the home plantation early in 1879. After the death of her husband Mrs. Bass spend most of her time in Washington City, where she reigned as a belle and was famous for her beauty and her mental accomplishments, and where she met and married the Italian Ambassador, Chevalier Bertinatti. She returned with him to Italy, where they lived in the ancient castle of his family, Castella le Monte, near Turin. Count Bertinatti represented his country at several courts in Europe and in Turkey, and everywhere his Countess was a social favorite. She was a personal friend of the mother of the present Queen of The Netherlands, and of the ill-fated Carlotta, wife of the unfortunate Emperor of Mexico, Maximilian, and received from her a decoration in recognition of the efforts of Count Bertinatti in behalf of her husband. While residing in Italy, Madame Bertinatti cultivated her native talent for art, and through that means added to her fame. After the death of her husband Countess Bertinatti made her home in Italy, but made several visits to her native land, which she always loved. She left Italy in 1905 for a final visit, and after spending several months with her brother and sister, she took up her residence in Nashville, where she died on December 9, 1906, and now rests with her children in Oak Hill Cemetery, at Georgetown, D.C.. During the last nine years of her life her niece, Miss Pearl Wright, was her constant companion. She was with her in Italy, and after the death of her husband returned to America with her, and was with her when she died. Miss Wright now resides in Nashville.