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Rev. John H. Bates
The
Rev. John H. Bates was born in Lowell, Mass., 27 Nov 1848, the only child
of John M. and Emily Blackman Bates.
In 1873 he married Caroline
Phillips, daughter of Samuel Phillips, of
Mercer, Pa. Five children were born of this union: Samuel
P. Bates, Emily B. Ballard, of Long
Beach, CA; Madge B. Horton, of Buffalo, NY; Charles
E. Bates, of Cattaraugus, NY, and John H. Bates,
Jr., of Pasadena, CA.
Rev.
Bates joined the Erie Conference after serving Methodist churches at Franklin
and Oil City, Pa., and served pastorates at Leon, Westfield, Dunkirk, Mayville,
Silver Creek, Meadville, and
other New York and Western Pennsylvania churches.
Rev.
Bates died on 11 Feb 1926, as the result of having been hit by a street car
in Buffalo a few weeks previously.
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