Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....BATES, Private Patrick M. June 11, 1900
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, June 20,1900
Page 1, OBITUARY
DROWNED - PRIVATE BATES, COMPANY E, 2ND U.S. INFANTRY, LOSES HIS LIFE NEAR FT. 
THOMAS --
Ft. Thomas, Ky., June 17, 1900 (Special)
     Pvt. Patrick M. BATES, a native of Breckinridge County, who enlisted in 
the U.S. Army in Louisville, Ky. (Jefferson County) on January 27, 1900, was 
accidently drowned in the Ohio River near this point at 6:30 p.m. the 11th 
inst. while bathing with two of his comrads.
     His body was recovered the evening of the 13th, and was buried at the 
Evergreen Cemetery with Military Honors early on the morning of the 14th.










  


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