Biographical Sketch of Larkin Rufus Bates, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Larkin Rufus Bates, farmer and stock dealer, of Cullen Township, was
born in Phelps County, MO., in 1838, and is the son of Larkin and
Elizabeth (Thrailkill) Bates, who were born in Kentucky in 1801 and
1800, and died in Missouri in 1850 and 1858, respectively.  They
were married about 1820, and soon after immigrated to Missouri, 
locating in Phelps County, where they resided until 1841, when they
came to Pulaski County, and settled on the farm now owned by their
son, Larkin R. Bates.  They were among the pioneer settlers, and the
father built a saw-mill on his farm, the site of which is now owned
by Solomon Bartlett.  Larkin Rufus Bates, is the sixth of their eight
children, and is the only one now living.  He resided with his parents
until their respective deaths, and in February, 1858, was married to
Miss Alice Ann Matthews, a daughter of William Matthews.  She was born
in Miller County, MO., in 1841, and died in 1863.  Three years later
Mr. Bates wedded Miss Matilda Howard, a daughter of Silas Howard.  She
was born in Pulaski County, in 1843, and became the mother of two
children, Thomas and Effie.  The mother of these children died in 1874,
and three years later Mr. Bates took for his third wife Miss Mollie
Howard, a sister of his second wife.  She was born in Hickory County,
MO., in 1859, and is the mother of four children:  Alfred, Viola, Matie
and Charles.  Mr. Bates owns the old homestead, where he has lived 
since he was three years old.  It consists of 400 acres, with 175 acres
under cultivation, and is one of the best bottom land farms (if not
the best) in the county.  He deals quite extensively in stock, and is
among the most successful and enterprising citizens in Pulaski County.
He is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for
George B. McClellan.  In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Forty-
eighth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, United States Army, and
served eleven months, being discharged at Benton Barracks, having 
been corporal of his company.  In 1862 he was elected sheriff and
collector of the county, and served four years.  He is a Master Mason.

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