On January 8, 1806, the community was shocked by the death of Tarleton Bates, the brilliant editor of the Tree of Liberty and the Prothonotary of the county, in a duel, the result of a political quarrel. He was one of several distinguished brothers. The eldest was the second governor of the state of Missouri, another was a member of Congress from Arkansas, while a third was a candidate for President in 1860, and became a member of President Lincoln's cabinet. The interment of Tarleton Bates in the Episcopal
burying-ground was attended by the largest number of people that had ever collected at a funeral in the borough.
Info on Bates: "A goodly heritage : earliest wills on an American frontier" by Ella Chalfant.
Contributor: Gail Moyer Infanti (48262454)
burying-ground was attended by the largest number of people that had ever collected at a funeral in the borough.
Info on Bates: "A goodly heritage : earliest wills on an American frontier" by Ella Chalfant.
Contributor: Gail Moyer Infanti (48262454)
On January 8, 1806, the community was shocked by the death of Tarleton Bates, the brilliant editor of the Tree of Liberty and the Prothonotary of the county, in a duel, the result of a political quarrel. He was one of several distinguished brothers. The eldest was the second governor of the state of Missouri, another was a member of Congress from Arkansas, while a third was a candidate for President in 1860, and became a member of President Lincoln's cabinet. The interment of Tarleton Bates in the Episcopal
burying-ground was attended by the largest number of people that had ever collected at a funeral in the borough.
Info on Bates: "A goodly heritage : earliest wills on an American frontier" by Ella Chalfant.
Contributor: Gail Moyer Infanti (48262454)
burying-ground was attended by the largest number of people that had ever collected at a funeral in the borough.
Info on Bates: "A goodly heritage : earliest wills on an American frontier" by Ella Chalfant.
Contributor: Gail Moyer Infanti (48262454)
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