Mayor of Akron, 1864-1865.
Norwalk Daily Reflector, July 27, 1887:
"George D. Bates, president of the Second national bank, and one of Akron, Ohio's wealthiest citizens, died the other day. This makes the fifth death among Akron pioneers of prominence within a week."
Note: The other four persons were: Francis Wright, Charles C. Hanscom, Levi Herrold and Simon Perkins
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Note: Bates Street in Akron (the infamous "Cadillac Hill") was named for this family.
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from Samuel Lane's "Fifty Years and Over in Akron and Summit County:
George D. Bates, born at Brandon, Vt., Nov. 11, 1811, early left an orphan; at 17 came to Solon, Ohio, working on farm; about 1836 opened a general store at Franklin Mills (now Kent); some eight or ten years later removing to Akron and engaging in the foundry business, in 1848, with Charles Webster and James B. Taplin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., establishing the "Globe Foundry," now the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Works; retiring form the firm two or three years later, Mr. Bates engaged in railroad building with J.H. Pendleton, near Cincinnati, for some years; about 1855, in connection with the late General Philo Chamberlin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., opened a private bank in part of the building now occupied by Dodge & Plumer; two or three years later purchasing the old bank of Akron, and in 1863, organizing the Second National Bank of Akron, of which he was president until his death, July 25, 1887, at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 14 days. Mr. Bates served as Mayor of Akron in 1864, '65, and for several years officiated as chief of the Village Fire Department. January 10, 1840, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Anna Maria Warner, of Franklin, Portage Co., who died December 4, 1841; June 22, 1845, was again married to Miss Alice Maria Baker, of Olean, N.Y., who died September 19, 1853, of the three children born to them, only one, now Mrs. Emma Bowman, of Akron, surviving. April 4, 1856, Mr. Bates was again married, to Miss Mary Ann Mathews, of Akron, who died August 12, 1885, leaving two children--Jennie (now Mrs. Frank S. Newton), and George D. Bates, Jr., now Paying Teller of the Second National Bank of Akron.
Norwalk Daily Reflector, July 27, 1887:
"George D. Bates, president of the Second national bank, and one of Akron, Ohio's wealthiest citizens, died the other day. This makes the fifth death among Akron pioneers of prominence within a week."
Note: The other four persons were: Francis Wright, Charles C. Hanscom, Levi Herrold and Simon Perkins
...............................................
Note: Bates Street in Akron (the infamous "Cadillac Hill") was named for this family.
...............................................
from Samuel Lane's "Fifty Years and Over in Akron and Summit County:
George D. Bates, born at Brandon, Vt., Nov. 11, 1811, early left an orphan; at 17 came to Solon, Ohio, working on farm; about 1836 opened a general store at Franklin Mills (now Kent); some eight or ten years later removing to Akron and engaging in the foundry business, in 1848, with Charles Webster and James B. Taplin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., establishing the "Globe Foundry," now the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Works; retiring form the firm two or three years later, Mr. Bates engaged in railroad building with J.H. Pendleton, near Cincinnati, for some years; about 1855, in connection with the late General Philo Chamberlin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., opened a private bank in part of the building now occupied by Dodge & Plumer; two or three years later purchasing the old bank of Akron, and in 1863, organizing the Second National Bank of Akron, of which he was president until his death, July 25, 1887, at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 14 days. Mr. Bates served as Mayor of Akron in 1864, '65, and for several years officiated as chief of the Village Fire Department. January 10, 1840, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Anna Maria Warner, of Franklin, Portage Co., who died December 4, 1841; June 22, 1845, was again married to Miss Alice Maria Baker, of Olean, N.Y., who died September 19, 1853, of the three children born to them, only one, now Mrs. Emma Bowman, of Akron, surviving. April 4, 1856, Mr. Bates was again married, to Miss Mary Ann Mathews, of Akron, who died August 12, 1885, leaving two children--Jennie (now Mrs. Frank S. Newton), and George D. Bates, Jr., now Paying Teller of the Second National Bank of Akron.
Mayor of Akron, 1864-1865.
Norwalk Daily Reflector, July 27, 1887:
"George D. Bates, president of the Second national bank, and one of Akron, Ohio's wealthiest citizens, died the other day. This makes the fifth death among Akron pioneers of prominence within a week."
Note: The other four persons were: Francis Wright, Charles C. Hanscom, Levi Herrold and Simon Perkins
...............................................
Note: Bates Street in Akron (the infamous "Cadillac Hill") was named for this family.
...............................................
from Samuel Lane's "Fifty Years and Over in Akron and Summit County:
George D. Bates, born at Brandon, Vt., Nov. 11, 1811, early left an orphan; at 17 came to Solon, Ohio, working on farm; about 1836 opened a general store at Franklin Mills (now Kent); some eight or ten years later removing to Akron and engaging in the foundry business, in 1848, with Charles Webster and James B. Taplin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., establishing the "Globe Foundry," now the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Works; retiring form the firm two or three years later, Mr. Bates engaged in railroad building with J.H. Pendleton, near Cincinnati, for some years; about 1855, in connection with the late General Philo Chamberlin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., opened a private bank in part of the building now occupied by Dodge & Plumer; two or three years later purchasing the old bank of Akron, and in 1863, organizing the Second National Bank of Akron, of which he was president until his death, July 25, 1887, at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 14 days. Mr. Bates served as Mayor of Akron in 1864, '65, and for several years officiated as chief of the Village Fire Department. January 10, 1840, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Anna Maria Warner, of Franklin, Portage Co., who died December 4, 1841; June 22, 1845, was again married to Miss Alice Maria Baker, of Olean, N.Y., who died September 19, 1853, of the three children born to them, only one, now Mrs. Emma Bowman, of Akron, surviving. April 4, 1856, Mr. Bates was again married, to Miss Mary Ann Mathews, of Akron, who died August 12, 1885, leaving two children--Jennie (now Mrs. Frank S. Newton), and George D. Bates, Jr., now Paying Teller of the Second National Bank of Akron.
Norwalk Daily Reflector, July 27, 1887:
"George D. Bates, president of the Second national bank, and one of Akron, Ohio's wealthiest citizens, died the other day. This makes the fifth death among Akron pioneers of prominence within a week."
Note: The other four persons were: Francis Wright, Charles C. Hanscom, Levi Herrold and Simon Perkins
...............................................
Note: Bates Street in Akron (the infamous "Cadillac Hill") was named for this family.
...............................................
from Samuel Lane's "Fifty Years and Over in Akron and Summit County:
George D. Bates, born at Brandon, Vt., Nov. 11, 1811, early left an orphan; at 17 came to Solon, Ohio, working on farm; about 1836 opened a general store at Franklin Mills (now Kent); some eight or ten years later removing to Akron and engaging in the foundry business, in 1848, with Charles Webster and James B. Taplin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., establishing the "Globe Foundry," now the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Works; retiring form the firm two or three years later, Mr. Bates engaged in railroad building with J.H. Pendleton, near Cincinnati, for some years; about 1855, in connection with the late General Philo Chamberlin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., opened a private bank in part of the building now occupied by Dodge & Plumer; two or three years later purchasing the old bank of Akron, and in 1863, organizing the Second National Bank of Akron, of which he was president until his death, July 25, 1887, at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 14 days. Mr. Bates served as Mayor of Akron in 1864, '65, and for several years officiated as chief of the Village Fire Department. January 10, 1840, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Anna Maria Warner, of Franklin, Portage Co., who died December 4, 1841; June 22, 1845, was again married to Miss Alice Maria Baker, of Olean, N.Y., who died September 19, 1853, of the three children born to them, only one, now Mrs. Emma Bowman, of Akron, surviving. April 4, 1856, Mr. Bates was again married, to Miss Mary Ann Mathews, of Akron, who died August 12, 1885, leaving two children--Jennie (now Mrs. Frank S. Newton), and George D. Bates, Jr., now Paying Teller of the Second National Bank of Akron.
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