Charles F. Bates Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net Surname: BATES Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 913 CHARLES F. BATES, the leading liveryman of the town of Ray- mond, was born at Pembroke N. H., October 2, 1875, a son of Stephen A. and Catherine (Scannell) Bates. His earliest ancestors in this country came from England and Ireland and settled at Plymouth and Dover . Stephen A. Bates, father of Charles, was born in Pembroke and is now 84 years old. He is wel1 to do, owning a fine farm and a considerable amount of city real estate. although having reached such an advanced age he is still hale and hearty and drives every morning to his farm, be- side looking after his various other properties. His wife Catherine, who was born in Ireland, is also living, being now 76 years of age. Charles F. Bates had few opportunities for attending school in his youth and acquired his education chiefly through private study, during his spare time. He worked on his father's farm until reaching the age of sixteen, at which time he started out in life for himself. By the time he was twenty-one he had saved a little money which he invested in horses and through purchase and trading he soon had some of the finest horses in this section. About nine years ago he started in the livery business, and on June 23d, 1908, he came to Raymond and bought his present liv- ery stable, where he keeps from eight to ten horses, besides carriages, buggies, etc. He is doing a prosperous business and is one of the sub- stantial citizens of the town A Democrat in politics, he has served as representative, town clerk and selectman. He was also a selectman of Pembroke before coming to Raymond. In religion he is a Catholic ********************************************************************** * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * *The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.