Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Bates, Noah 1838 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

NOAH BATES, M. D. He whose name appears above is the ex-County Coroner and
County Physician of Flint. He was born in Townsend Township, Norfolk County,
Ontario, Canada, February 25, 1838. He is the son of Joseph H. and Phila
(Rogers) Bates. Our subject's father was a native of New Jersey but of English
descent, his father having come from England with his parents when a child. He
was subject to strange trance conditions and when a boy was affected by
catalepsy. Later when in a trance condition he preached most remarkable sermons.
He was an hotelkeeper, but finally became a farmer. His decease occurred near
Hamilton, Ontario.

  Our subject's father was a farmer by calling and was the owner of one hundred
and seventy-five acres in Townsend Township, where he was engaged in general
farming. He became implicated in the Canadian Rebellion and finally died in
1865. Our subject's mother was born in Chenango County, N. Y. She went to Canada
with a brother and resided on the old farm until her eighty-sixth year. She was
the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom lived to be grown. Of these our
subject was the ninth in order of birth.

  Dr. Bates was reared in the Dominion. He attended the district school until
fifteen years of age and then entered Simcoe High School, where he graduated
when eighteen and then entered the University of Toronto. He enjoyed but one
year's study there and then being taken sick and unable to finish his course, he
began to teach, at the same time taking up the study of medicine. Drs. J. H.
Cook and Dee were his preceptors until 1864, when he entered the medical
department of the University of Michigan, graduating with the degree of Doctor
of Medicine in 1866. He then located in Lynden, Genesee County, where he began
the practice of his profession, remaining in that place for two years and then
went to Grand Blanc for three years.

  In 1871 Dr. Bates came to Flint, establishing himself on Saginaw Street and
has since that time taken a leading stand in the city as a physician. His fine
residence, located at No. 702 N. Saginaw Street, is gracefully presided over by
his amiable wife, to whom he was married in Newport, Canada, December 7, 1859.
She was a Miss Elvira Chapin, and the daughter of Lyman Chapin, a prominent
miller and lumber manufacturer in Canada. They have been blessed in their union
by the advent of three children—Frances Laura, Nellie M. and Alma Phila. Nellie
is now Mrs. Dallas Dort, of this city.

  In 1878 our subject was elected County Coroner on the Republican ticket and
was subsequently twice re-elected and for two terms was the only coroner in the
county. He has also been County Physician. Socially he is a Mason and maintains
the position of Secretary which he has had for over ten years. He is the
physician for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Physician for the Knights
of Honor and also of the Royal Arcanum and the National Union. He is also
Examining Physician for the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association of Grand Rapids.
In religious views, he is a Baptist. Politically he is a Republican. His
professional associations are naturally with the best class of societies in the
locality. He has been a member of the State Medical Association also of the
National Medical Association for many years. He was an active organizer of the
Flint Conservatory of Music and was one of the projectors of the opera house,
serving as its Secretary from the beginning.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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