United States Navy Surgeon, born Lemuel Newton Bates
Assistant Surgeon, 24 June, 1861. Passed Assistant Surgeon, 22 June, 1864. Surgeon, 16 September, 1865. Medical Inspector, 15 January, 1881. Medical Director, 1 September, 1888. Died 18 October, 1897.
He had been appointed Surgeon General, US Navy only two weeks before his death. He was married to the daughter of Doctor Benjamin Franklin Bache. She was a great-great-grand daughter of Benjamin Franklin.
United States Navy Surgeon, born Lemuel Newton Bates
Assistant Surgeon, 24 June, 1861. Passed Assistant Surgeon, 22 June, 1864. Surgeon, 16 September, 1865. Medical Inspector, 15 January, 1881. Medical Director, 1 September, 1888. Died 18 October, 1897.
He had been appointed Surgeon General, US Navy only two weeks before his death. He was married to the daughter of Doctor Benjamin Franklin Bache. She was a great-great-grand daughter of Benjamin Franklin.
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