Background
Bates, Clement was born on April 1, 1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Joshua Hall (Brigade General) and Elizabeth Dwight (Hoadly) Bates.
Bates, Clement was born on April 1, 1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Joshua Hall (Brigade General) and Elizabeth Dwight (Hoadly) Bates.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1867, Bachelor of Laws, 1869. Cincinnati Law School 1 year.
Began practice with father at Cincinnati, 1869. City solicitor, Cincinnati, 1877-1879. Judge Court of Common Pleas, 1887-1892.
Mason.
Married Fanny Lear Higbee, June 25, 1872. Married second, Josephine Mackenzie Holland, November 27, 1909. Children: Joshua Hall (deceased), Hugh Higbee.