Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Bates, James Benjamin 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 9, 2007, 10:24 pm Author: Mae Felts Herringshaw (1916) Bates, James Benjamin, Shipbuilder of 175 West Jackson Boulevard, was born April 22, 1842, in Windsor, N. S. In 1869 he entered the shipbuilding business; and in 1892 established the firm of J. B. Bates and Company, of which he was senior partner. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HERRINGSHAW'S CITY BLUE BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY CHICAGOANS OF 1916. TEN THOUSAND BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY MAE FELTS HERRINGSHAW CHICAGO CLARK J. HERRINGSHAW PUBLISHER Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1916, by Mae Felts Herringshaw in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/bios/bates1577nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb