George Washington Bates
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George Washington Bates [1]
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 16, 1811. He experienced religion at the age of nineteen, and in 1835 entered the New England Conference, in which he remained a useful member till his death, Sept. 24, 1851. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1852, p. 38.