John Kimball Bates Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire 
From: Claudia Menzel - menzel99@gateway.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 815

   JOHN KIMBALL BATES, president of the First National Bank of
Portsmouth, N. H., was born at Wilmot, Merrimack County, N. H., June
9, 1867, a son of John Robinson and Ann (Kimball) Bates. His literary
education, acquired in the common and high schools, was supplemented by
a business college course, after which he entered business life, becoming con-
nected with the First National Bank of Portsmouth in 1887. He has since
remained with this institution, which is one of the strongest banks in New
Hampshire, and has risen by degrees to his present position as its president,
which office he has held since 1910. He is also a trustee of the Piscataqua
Savings Bank. Mr. Bates is one of the five members of the executive com-
mittee of the New Hampshire State Bankers' Association. He is also one
of the five members of the executive committee if the National Currency
Association of New Hampshire. A Republican in politics, he served two
terms in the city council and was for four years treasurer of Rockingham
County. He is a Mason of high rank, belonging to and being past com-
mander of DeWitt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, a member of
the Grand Commandery of New Hampshire, K. T., and has attained the
thirty-second degree Scottish Rite.
   Mr. Bates was married, June 7, 1893, to Catherine Atwood Hardy, a
daughter of Manly and Emma Hardy, of Brewer, Me. He has one daugh-
ter, Frances Hardy Bates. He and his family are members of the Congre-
gational church. Mr. Bates has four sisters living: Mrs. C. H Watson,
of Warner, N. H.; Mrs. J. C. Runnells, of Alpena, Mich.; Miss Abbie E.
Bates, of Saginaw, Mich., and Miss Eva M. Bates, of Fitchburg, Mass. As
one of the leading business men of Portsmouth, Mr. Bates takes a deep in-
terest in the development and prosperity of both the city and county, and his
aid and influence can usually be counted on in behalf of any worthy cause.

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