Clackamas-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bates, Charles Lincoln November 4, 1923
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Canby Herald and Clackamas County News November 8,1923 
Community Saddened By death of C.L. Bates
Resident of oregon Since 1901,Laid To rest In Zion Cemetary Wednesday
In the midst of life,death comes stalking through.So,on Sunday last,late in 
the afternoon,our community was saddened by the death of one of our old time 
citizens.
Charles Lincoln Bates was born in Springfield,vermont,May 26,1845,and passed 
away at Canby,oregon,November 4,1923;age 78 years,5 months and 8 days.He was 
married to Martha Isabelle Dickson at beatrice,nebraska,on November 3,1875.he 
is survived by his wife and four children;Geirge F.,Elroy W., and mrs Erle 
Bowlsby,all residing in Canby,and Charles T of Santa Maria,Cailfornia.Two 
sisters,Harriet E Bates and Isabella M Benson of Springfield,Vermont,and eight 
grandchildren
He was a veteran of the civil war,being a member of Company M,Eleventh Vermont 
Volunteers.As a young man after his service  in the Civil War,he learned the 
iron moulders trade,which he followed for a preiod of fourteen years.After his 
marriage he began farming in Nebraska,and continued farming until moving to 
Canby.
He was a member of the Msonic,Eastern Star,I.O.O.F. and Rebekah Lodges,being a 
charter member and helping to institute these four orders in Canby.he had been 
a Mason for fifty years and and Odd Fellow for twenty two years.
He lived in Springfield,vermont,during his boyhood,coming West after the close 
of the Civil War,finally locating in Nebraska,where he married and lived until 
coming to Oregon in 1901.he lived on a farm near Canby unitl 1907,when he 
moved into town and engaged in the Real Estate business,which he conducted 
until his death.
His Masonic history is very interesting and inspiring.he joined the Masonic 
Lodge in Monmouth,Illinois,in 1873,moved his membership to Firth,Nebraska,in 
1879,of which lodeg he was Worshipful Master.Later he helped to institute 
Plumline Lodge No 214,at Adams,Nebraska,of which lodge he was Worshipful 
Master for a number of years.In 1908 he helped institute Canby Lodge 
No.134,A.F.&A.M. in Canby,being the first Master of this Lodge.
Canby Lodge No 156,I.O.O.F. had charge of the funeral and conducted the 
services,and the Rev. Henry Speiss,formerly pastor of the M.E. Church in Canby 
and a close friend of Mr bates,preached the funeral sermon at the fmaily 
residence in Canby Wednesday afternoon.he was burie din Zion cemetary,in their 
family lot,Mr Bates,however being the first of his family to pass to the Great 
Beyond.
In addition to those surviving and their family connections,he leaves friends 
to the number of those that last knew him.
All business was suspended and business institutions of Canby were closed 
Wednesday afternoon in honor of the deceased

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