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Bates family of Virginia and Missouri
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- Frederick Bates (1777-1825) — of Missouri. Born in
Belmont, Goochland
County, Va., June 23,
1777. Son of Thomas Fleming Bates and Caroline (Woodson) Bates;
married 1819
to Nancy Ball; brother of Edward
Bates. Delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1820; Governor of
Missouri, 1824-25; died in office 1825. Died in Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 4,
1825. Interment at Thornhill
Cemetery in Faust Park, Near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo. Bates County,
Mo. is named for him.
- James Woodson Bates (1788-1846) — of Arkansas. Born
in Goochland
County, Va., August
25, 1788. Brother of Edward
Bates. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1819; state court judge
in Arkansas, 1828. Died in Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., December
26, 1846. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Sebastian County, Ark.
- Edward Bates (1793-1869) — of St.
Louis, Mo. Born in Belmont, Goochland
County, Va., September
4, 1793. Son of Thomas Fleming Bates and Caroline (Woodson)
Bates; brother of Frederick
Bates and James
Woodson Bates; married, May 29,
1823, to Julia Davenport Coalter. Republican. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; Missouri
state attorney general, 1820-21; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1822, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1827-29; member of Missouri
state senate, 1830; state court judge in Missouri, 1853-56;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1861-64. Quaker.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 25,
1869. Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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