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David Garth Bates

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David Garth Bates

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
23 Nov 1850 (aged 57–58)
Jackson County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4189222, Longitude: -90.4318944
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Marries Charity Furr on June 9, 1825 at St. Louis , MO
Eddleman. Sherida K., Missouri Genealogical Resords & Abstracts, Volume 7: 1535-1839, (2001), Heritage Books, Maryland, pg 139

Died in Jackson Co., IA of apoplexy aged 58 years. He was a native of Richmond, Va. and one of the first settlers of Galena. He commanded one of the first steamboats that ever ascended the Upper Mississippi and engaged extensively in the smelting of lead ore and in the mercantile business...His remains were taken to Galena and followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of his old friends and acquaintances.
Marries Charity Furr on June 9, 1825 at St. Louis , MO
Eddleman. Sherida K., Missouri Genealogical Resords & Abstracts, Volume 7: 1535-1839, (2001), Heritage Books, Maryland, pg 139

Died in Jackson Co., IA of apoplexy aged 58 years. He was a native of Richmond, Va. and one of the first settlers of Galena. He commanded one of the first steamboats that ever ascended the Upper Mississippi and engaged extensively in the smelting of lead ore and in the mercantile business...His remains were taken to Galena and followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of his old friends and acquaintances.


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