Clinton County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bates, Frank M
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Obituary of Frank M Bates, Clinton & Decatur County, Illinois
 
Written in Clinton Journal May 11, 1900 

HEARD LAST ROLL CALL

Suffering of Frank M. Bates ended in a St. Louis Hospital-Brought
to Clinton for Burial.

About two months ago Francis Marion Bates, who had been sick 
nearly two years, was taken to a St. Louis hospital. where he 
died Sunday from the effects of paralysis.

Francis M. Bates was born in Madison County, OH, over 58 years 
ago.  He came to Clinton when a young man, and was married to 
Adeliza Morse in 1866.  Milton Bates  of Clinton and Mrs. Jessie
Warnock, now living in the South, are the surviving children of
this union.  Several years ago Mrs. Bates died, and he was 
married about four years ago to Mrs. Mary Sharp of Lincoln, 
who survives him. His sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Jones, Mrs. Lydia 
Waldren and Mrs. Ansel Hull, live in this city.

Deceased was an old soldier, serving from the early part of 
the war until the Battle Of Shiloh-when he received a wound 
that made his discharge necessary.  He was a member of the 
Clinton Post and his comrades paid the last honor by attending
his funeral in Clinton Tuesday afternoon in a body.  Rev. 
MacArthur conducted the services.  Interment was in Woodlawn.


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