Walter Irving Bates

Background

Bates, Walter Irving was born on June 15, 1873 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of of Samuel P. (Doctor of Laws) and S. Josephine (Bates) B.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, 1896. Studied Sorbonne, Paris, 1896-1897.

Career

Bar, 1895; was Paris correspondent Philadelphia Press. President and editor Meadville Tribune-Republican, since 1899. Vice president McCroskey Tool Corporation Recruited company for Spanish-American War, 1898, and chosen captain.

Major 21st Regiment National Guard Pennsylvania, August 15, 1898.

Republican presidential elector, 25th Pennsylvania District, 1916, delegate to Republican National Convs., 1928, 32. President Meadville Board of Education.

Trustee Pennsylvania State Teachers’ College, Edinboro.

Achievements

• Walter Irving Bates has been listed as a noteworthy editor, public by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Baptism should only be administered to individuals who are capable of understanding the true meaning of the rite and also capable of understanding faith.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Marion Sackett, February 7, 1901. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Merwin G. Shryock), Edward Irving, Sarah Josephine (Mistress Donald West. Gapp), Robert South.

Spouse:

Marion Sackett

child:

Edward Irving Bates

child:

Robert South. Bates

child:

Sarah Josephine Bates (Mistress Donald West. Gapp)

child:

Elizabeth Bates (Mistress Merwin G. Shryock)