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The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, August 26, 1883
pg. 3, 4

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Bates died at the family residence last Monday morning and was buried Tuesday.

Lula May Bates [sic], the baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. George Bates [sic], died recently and was interred in the old cemetery. Little Lula was aged 10 months and 3 days when she was called to everlasting peace and rest. A more beautiful and interesting child never gladdened the heart of a fond mother and father, and they can hardly realize that their little darling has been ruthlessly taken away by the hand of death.
The following lines were dedicated to the memory of the deceased:
Oh! who can paint a parent's anguish?
Who can feel the inward pain,
When your darling is taken from you
Never to come back again.
Oh! my darling, how I loved you -
Better far than tongue can tell,
Born, oh! but to be transplanted
In a place where angels dwell.
Darling Lula how we miss you!
Miss you from our hearts and homes,
Yet, oh! yet we'd not recall thee
In this weary would to roam.
Sad, ah! sad it is to part thee
Hard to give our loved one up.
But in Heaven we hope to meet thee,
Where the weary are at rest.
Robed in everlasting beaut y,
Far removed from sin and pain,
Guardian angel of the living,
Shall we see you once again?
I seem to hear thee fondly whisper,
In the stillness of the night,
Dearest parents, I am waiting
Up in heaven, where all is light.
Cease, fond parents, cease your weeping,
For your loved ones gone before
To prepare a place for you,
Where sin and death can come no more.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, September 6, 1891

RAILROAD RUMBLINGS
Arthur C. Bates [sic], rear brakeman for Conductor Barton, was thrown from his train near Doss, 12 miles east of Henrietta, Sunday evening and sustained injured from which he died a few hours later. The engineer had called for brakes and Bates had gone forward to the second car. The brakes had air connection and just as Bates ran a stick through the wheel the engineer discharged the air. The wheel was whirled around with terrific force, the stick striking Bates and knocking him to the ground. Only one of the train crew saw the accident, and signal was given for the train to shop. He was taken on board the train and carried on to Henrietta, where he died Sunday evening.
Mrs. Bates, his mother, and George Bates, a brother, in company with Dr. Acheson, went over on a special Sunday morning, but the young man had died only an hour before their arrival.
His remains were returned to Denison and, Monday evening, under the auspices of the local order of railway trainmen, were interred in Oakwood Cemetery. He was 24 years of age and was highly esteemed among the fraternity. He carried an accident policy for $3000 in favor of his mother.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, September 6, 1891
pg. 1

LOCAL CONDENSATIONS
Monda y - The Funeral of Arthur Bates [sic], who was killed yesterday by the cars at Henrietta, took place from the family residence on Morgan Street this evening and was quite largely attended. The remains were interred at Oakwood.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, March 24, 1912
pg. 4

HOME NEWS
Mrs. Julia Bates, one of our oldest citizens, died on the 18th inst. at the home of her son, Charles I. Bates, No. 328 E. Crawford street. The lady had been ill for several weeks. Her age was 68 years.
She is survived by one daughters, Miss Hattie Douglass of Denver, and her sons, Charles I., a Katy conductor running out of Denison, and George, of Kansas City. The daughter arrived in the morning and was at the bedside when her mother passed away.

George Bate [sic] of Kansas City came down Sunday to attend his mother who was seriously ill. Mrs. Bate died Monday and the remains were interred Tuesday in Oakwood Cemetery. She was in the 67th year of her age and was one of Denison's oldest citizens.