When Clementine Perette Dyer was born on 12 January 1839, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, her father, Joel Sater Dyer, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Ann Talkington, was 19. She married Peter Russell Bates on 31 July 1860, in Washington, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. She lived in Richland Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Vineyard Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died on 6 December 1892, at the age of 53, and was buried in Lincoln, Washington, Arkansas, United States.