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| BATES, Judson C. May 26, 1911; Oregonian, p 17 "Clackamas Pioneer Dies" Oregon City, Or., May 25 |
| The funeral of Judson C. Bates, one of the early settlers of Clackamas County, who died Wednesday, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow from the Redland Methodist Church, Rev. S. A. Hayworth officiating. Burial will be in the Redland Cemetery. Mr. Bates was prominently identified with the county's development. He was born in Plymouth, Mass., June 29, 1831. At the age of 18 he was apprenticed to a carpenter and when 21 went to Boston. From there he went to New York City. In 1857 he came to Dane County, Wisconsin, where he bought 120 acres of heavily timbered land. He came to Oregon in 1872 and bought 140 acres, a part of the William Connell donation claim, at Redland. His only relative in this state is Dr. E. E. Chase, of Silverton. |
