Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson
When Thomas Jefferson Bates Jr was born on 24 January 1865, in Texas, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Bates, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Thomas, was 22. He married Florence Virginia Whaley on 24 November 1889, in Robertson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Smith, Texas, United States in 1920 and Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 8 January 1952, in Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- Thomas J Bates, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thomas Bates, Jr, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Thomas Jefferson Bates, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.
Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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