BATES, JOHN T. - Funeral services for John T. Bates, 76, retired farmer of Trenton were held January 15 at the Church of Christ in Trenton, with Elder Ivason of Milan and Elder of Trenton officiating. Burial was in Walnut Grove cemetery near Trenton. Mr. Bates, who died in a Humboldt hospital, had been in failing health for some time. He had lived in Gibson County since 1919. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bates, he was a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. America Downey Bates; three daughters, Mrs. J. L. Loveless of Centerville; Mrs. L. A. Morris of McKenzie; Mrs. A. J. Williams of Milan; four sons, Cecil of Trenton; Horace of Bradford, Otis of Chicago, Ill., and Fred of Trenton; fifteen grand-children, seven great-grandchildren, his step-mother, Mrs. Bell Bates of Nashville; three sisters, Mrs. A. W. Garner of Nashville, Mrs. J. L. Fort of Selmer, Ala., Mrs. Carl West of Tullahoma, and one brother, Charlie Bates of New York.

(The Hickman County Times, Thursday, January 22, 1953)

United States Census, 1880
Name Jno T Bates
Event Place District 10, Hickman, Tennessee
Household
J R Bates Self 24 Tennessee
Mary A [Freeman] Bates Wife 24 Tennessee
M E Bates Sister-in-law 23 Tennessee
Ella Bates Daughter 04 Tennessee
Leora Bates Daughter 02 Tennessee
Levana Bates Daughter 06 Tennessee
Jno T Bates Son 03 Tennessee
M Freeman Mother-in-law 46 Tennessee
C V Spears Daughter 19 Tennessee

United States Census, 1910
Name John Bates
Event Place Civil District 11, Hickman, Tennessee
Household
John Bates Head 30 Tennessee
America Bates Wife 33 Tennessee
Estilee Bates Daughter 12 Tennessee
Enola Bates Daughter 08 Tennessee
Cecil Bates Son 05 Tennessee
Horace Bates Son 02 Tennessee

United States Census, 1920
Name J T Bates
Event Place Civil District 16, Gibson, Tennessee
Household
J T Bates Head 42 Tennessee
America Bates Wife 40 Tennessee
Cecil Bates Son 15 Tennessee
Horace Bates Son 12 Tennessee
Olis Bates Son 08 Tennessee
Lois Bates Daughter 06 Tennessee

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name John Taylor Bates
Event Date 1917-1918
Event Place Obion County, Tennessee
Birth Date 02 Aug 1876
Age 42
Occupation Farming (self)
Relative Mrs. America Bates, Obion, Obion, TN