Finis' son, Langdon Doyle Bates, is the father of actress Kathy Bates.
It can be quickly argued that Finis Bates' association with John St. Helen is the most interesting and certainly the most unusual episode of Bates' life. And a strange story it is. Bates wrote in 1873 he met St. Helen, a tobacco and liquor merchant, in Granbury, Texas. Granbury is located about 35 miles southwest of Fort Worth. They remained friends. In 1878 St. Helen became ill, saying he was dying. It was at this time that St. Helen told Bates that he was in fact John Wilkes Booth. St. Helen recovered and moved to Colorado to pursue mining. Bates moved to Memphis, losing touch with St. Helen.
Finis' son, Langdon Doyle Bates, is the father of actress Kathy Bates.
It can be quickly argued that Finis Bates' association with John St. Helen is the most interesting and certainly the most unusual episode of Bates' life. And a strange story it is. Bates wrote in 1873 he met St. Helen, a tobacco and liquor merchant, in Granbury, Texas. Granbury is located about 35 miles southwest of Fort Worth. They remained friends. In 1878 St. Helen became ill, saying he was dying. It was at this time that St. Helen told Bates that he was in fact John Wilkes Booth. St. Helen recovered and moved to Colorado to pursue mining. Bates moved to Memphis, losing touch with St. Helen.
Family Members
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William Stout Bates
1830–1928
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Robert Patrick Bates SR
1832–1916
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Mary Catherine Bates Dutton
1833–1917
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Margaret Jane Bates McFadden
1837–1895
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Melverta Abigail Bates Bourland
1841–1918
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James Thomas Bates
1843–1891
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Ebenezer Houston Bates
1847–1933
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Alice E Bates Jester
1856–1875
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Jeffie Bates Turner
1861–1912
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