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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

T. L. BATES.
    T. L. Bates, principal of the Washington school at Fayetteville, is one of
the native sons of Washington county and his life record stands in
contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in
his own country, for in this section of the state, in which his life has been
passed, Mr. Bates has won a most creditable and enviable position as a prominent
representative of the educational system of Arkansas. He was born May 4, 1869,
his parents being Henderson and Eleanor (Crozier) Bates. The former was a son of
James Bates, a native of Virginia, who removed to Tennessee and there spent his
remaining days, devoting his life to the occupation of farming. The mother was a
daughter of John B. Crozier, whose birth occurred in Tennessee and who traveled
with team and wagon to Arkansas. He was a justice of the peace or "squire" for a
number of years and he devoted much of his life to the profession of teaching.

    Henderson Bates was born in Tennessee, May 4, 1804, and when he decided to
become a resident of this state he walked the entire distance from Memphis,
Tennessee, to Batesville, in 1827. He bought a horse from his brother at
Batesville and rode horseback to the Canehill country ,where he spent his
remaining days. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Nancy Miller and
they became the parents of nine children, of whom two are living: J. Y. Bates, a
merchant of Texas, who also served as district clerk in that state; and W. F.,
who is a farmer at Canehill. After losing his first wife Henderson Bates married
Mrs. Eleanor (Crozier) Pyatt, who was born in Tennessee, November 30, 1831, and
was the widow of Jacob Pyatt, who was killed in the Confederate army. By her
first marriage she had three children, all of whom are deceased. To the second
marriage there were born three children, two of whom are living: Mrs. Nannie
Matteson, a widow, residing in Texas; and T. L., of this review. The father
departed this life July 30, 18SS, while the mother-died in 1896. They were
consistent members of the Presbyterian church and their sterling traits of
character won for them the confidence and goodwill of all who knew them.

    T. L. Bates was educated at Canehill College and at the Normal University at
Lebanon, Ohio. He afterward went to Oklahoma, where he engaged in teaching for
five years and was principal of a preparatory school at Chelsea conducted under
the auspices of the Presbyterian church. Removing to Fayetteville he was
principal of the Leverette school for a period of ten years and later became
principal of the Washington school, in which position he has continued for
eleven years. He has been engaged in educational work altogether for twenty-six
years and twenty-one years of this period has been passed in Fayetteville. He
owns a farm of twenty acres near the university and has four and a half acres
planted to fruit, to which he gives his personal supervision. He likewise has
quite a large poultry farm and it has been a source of gratifying income to him.

    In 1896 Mr. Bates was united in marriage to Miss Frances Kelleam, who was
born in Charleston, Arkansas, a daughter of Dr. Kelleam, for many years a
practicing physician and surgeon of this state and a veteran of the Confederate
forces in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have three children, only one of
whom is living, Margaret, who is now a senior in the State University of
Arkansas. The parents are members of the Central Presbyterian church and
fraternally Mr. Bates is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
while his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. He has never
sought nor desired office as a reward for party fealty but has concentrated his
efforts and attention upon his professional duties and is classed with the
eminent educators of the southwest. He is a man of pronounced ability, by reason
of the fact that he has continually studied educational conditions and needs and
has possessed the initiative that has resulted in forming progressive methods
and ideas in relation to the school work. His labors have been far-reaching and
resultant and there is no one to whom the success and improvement of the
Fayetteville schools is so largely due as T. L. Bates.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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