Walter Irving Bates and Marion Sackett

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Husband Walter Irving Bates ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Jun 1873 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 3
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           Died: 6 May 1934 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Father: Dr. Samuel P. Bates, LL.D. (1827-1902) 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Josephine Bates (      -      ) 5

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Marion Sackett ²

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           Born: 25 Mar 1879 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1943
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Children

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1 M Robert Sackett Bates ²

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           Born: 19 Jul 1910 2
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         Spouse: Margaret Herr (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 25 Nov 1933 3

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General Notes: Husband - Walter Irving Bates

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He was owner of the Tribune Publishing Company in Meadville, Pennsylvania, conducting the enterprise for thirty-four years until his death. He bought the paper in 1899 after graduation from Allegheny College. Though he never practiced law, he was a member of the Crawford County Bar Association. He held the major's rank in the Pennsylvania National Guard, which he organized locally, and for fifteen years he was a member of the Meadville School Board. For a similar length of time he was a director of the McCrosky Tool Corporation. A Republican, he was a delegate to his party's national con-vention in 1928. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 713.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 5.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 6.

4 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 710.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 5, 183.