Benjamin Edward
BATES
(b.
12 July 1808
,
Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
d.
14 January 1878
,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Benjamin Edward BATES was born 12 July 1808 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin Edward BATES was the child of Elkanah BATES and Hannah COPELANDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Benjamin Edward married Josephine Louisa SHEPARD abt. 1835 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephine Louisa SHEPARD was born 9 November 1815 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Foxboro). Josephine Louisa died 27 December 1842 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Benjamin Edward married (2) Sarah Chapman GILBERT abt. 1862 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Sarah Chapman GILBERT was born 28 August 1832 in New York, USA. Sarah Chapman died 3 November 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale).
Benjamin Edward BATES died 14 January 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Benjamin Edward BATES was a American rail industrialist, textile tycoon and philanthropist.
Benjamin Edward BATES was a American rail industrialist, textile tycoon and philanthropist.
Family and Children of Benjamin Edward BATES
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Josephine Louisa SHEPARD-- Date: abt. 1835 Place:
Children of Benjamin Edward BATES and Josephine Louisa SHEPARD:
Josephine Louisa BATES (b.17 June 1838, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 March 1886, Manhattan, New York, USA )
Benjamin Edward BATES married 
Sarah Chapman GILBERT-- Date: abt. 1862 Place:
Children of Benjamin Edward BATES and Sarah Chapman GILBERT:
Benjamin Edward BATES (b.27 December 1862, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 May 1906, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA)
Lillian Gilbert BATES (b.9 July 1871, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 April 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )
Sarah Frances BATES (b.21 March 1886, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 March 1937, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, USA)
Josephine Louisa SHEPARD-- Date: abt. 1835 Place: Children of Benjamin Edward BATES and Josephine Louisa SHEPARD:
Josephine Louisa BATES (b.17 June 1838, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 March 1886, Manhattan, New York, USA )Benjamin Edward BATES married
Sarah Chapman GILBERT-- Date: abt. 1862 Place: Children of Benjamin Edward BATES and Sarah Chapman GILBERT:
Benjamin Edward BATES (b.27 December 1862, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 May 1906, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA) Lillian Gilbert BATES (b.9 July 1871, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 April 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, USA ) Sarah Frances BATES (b.21 March 1886, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 March 1937, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, USA)
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1808 Birth 12 July 1808
Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.1838 Birth of ChildJosephine Louisa BATES was born 17 June 1838, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin Edward was 29 years old.
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1842 Death of Spouse/PartnerJosephine Louisa SHEPARD died 27 December 1842, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1862 Birth of ChildBenjamin Edward BATES was born 27 December 1862, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
Benjamin Edward was 54 years old.
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.1871 Birth of ChildLillian Gilbert BATES was born 9 July 1871, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin Edward was 63 years old.
Obituary
Benjamin E. Bates
Mr. Benjamin K. Bates, President of the Bank of Commerce, died at his house on Arlington Street Monday evening, after a short illness. He had not been entirely well for some time past, but had attended to his large and varied business until a fortnight ago, when an attack of pleurisy confined him to his house. There had been some improvement in his health and he fully expected and his friends hoped for, a speedy recovery. Early Monday evening he was stricken with heart disease and soon expired.
Mr. Bates was born in Norton, Massachusetts in 1808. He came from the academy in Wrentham, where he studied and taught for a short time, to Boston and entered the dry goods store of Barnabas T. Loring, on Washington Street, succeeding to his business a few years later as a member of the firm of Davis, Bates & Turner, afterwards Bates Turner & Co., one of the largest dry goods jobbing and importing houses in the city. He early became interested in the development of the...Read MORE...
The Boston Daily Advertiser
Boston, Massachusetts
January 16, 1878
Benjamin E. Bates
Mr. Benjamin K. Bates, President of the Bank of Commerce, died at his house on Arlington Street Monday evening, after a short illness. He had not been entirely well for some time past, but had attended to his large and varied business until a fortnight ago, when an attack of pleurisy confined him to his house. There had been some improvement in his health and he fully expected and his friends hoped for, a speedy recovery. Early Monday evening he was stricken with heart disease and soon expired.
Mr. Bates was born in Norton, Massachusetts in 1808. He came from the academy in Wrentham, where he studied and taught for a short time, to Boston and entered the dry goods store of Barnabas T. Loring, on Washington Street, succeeding to his business a few years later as a member of the firm of Davis, Bates & Turner, afterwards Bates Turner & Co., one of the largest dry goods jobbing and importing houses in the city. He early became interested in the development of the...Read MORE...
The Boston Daily Advertiser
Boston, Massachusetts
January 16, 1878
1878 Death 14 January 1878
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 69.
1886 Birth of ChildSarah Frances BATES was born 21 March 1886, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
Benjamin Edward was 77 years old.
Canal Hill and Bates Mills
The Bates Mill is a textile factory company founded in 1850 and located at 35 Canal Street in Lewiston, Maine. The mill served as Maine's largest employer through the 1860s, and early profits from the mill provided much of the initial capital for nearby Bates College.
Benjamin Bates, a Boston entrepreneur, founded the textile mill in 1850 with several co-investors in the Bates Manufacturing Company. Maine Governor John Hubbard signed the incorporation act on August 16, 1850 and Mill #1 was completed in 1852. Bates built the mill in Lewiston due to its location at Lewiston Falls, which initially provided power to the mill. The Mill was operated by water power from the Androscoggin River, and combined power spinning and weaving on looms. wikipedia
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View from Davids Mt. showing Bates College Buildings, Lewiston, 1906
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Benjamin is buried at: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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