Person:Reason Bates (1)

Obituary- Daily Sentinel June 16, 1911, p.1

   “Reason Bates Gave Up Fight with Paralysis- Veteran of the Civil War a nd

Pioneer of the CO has passed away-Was Marshal of the town for many yea rs

   Reason Bates died this morning at 6:30 at his home, No. 418 South Summ it

Street. Last September, while acting as a watcher at the fair ground s, he was stricken with paralysis. After being confined to his home a couple of mont hs, he was able to walk up town but never regained his health and recent ly he was taken with his final illness. He had another stroke Wednesday. He maintain ed consciousness until but a short time before the end.

   The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at his residen ce

in charge of the G.A.R. Internment will be made at Oak Grove.

   Mr. Bates was one of Bowling Green’s oldest residents and enjoyed t

esteem and respect of the entire community. He and his wife came here befo re the war; but after his enlistment in Company C, 21st O.V.I., she removed to Maumee. They came back here 39 years ago. He was one of the town’s earlie st marshals and probably served in that capacity longer than any other the town ever h ad, it being 17 years covering two periods.

   He was born in Perrysburg December 20, 1837, being 73 years old at t he

time of his death. His marriage to Miss Martha Janes Ireland occurred Janu ary 1856 in Maumee, to which place he had moved with his parents.

   Two of his children have preceded him. They were Thomas, who died in

infancy, and Wm who passed away here a few years ago, whose family st ill reside here. He is survived by his wife and these children: Ella, wi fe of Fred Ordway of Akron, Edward of this city, Paul of Tulsa, Okla., Richard and Bl anche of Bowling Green, and James of Toledo.

   Mr. Bates was a man of quiet manner but of courageous habit of mind a nd

during the incumbency of the marshalship he was able to maintain the pea ce of the community and at the same time to keep the friendship of the public w ho recognized in him a patriotic citizen who wished the best for his town.”