Bates, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), d. 1922

Charles Franklin Bates was born ca. 1840 in Dexter, Michigan. He enlisted in the 20th Michigan Infantry Company D on August 9, 1862 with formal induction occurring nine days later. On January 18, 1863 Bates was discharged in Washington, D.C. on a surgeon's certificate of disability.

Following the Civil War, Bates was a successful farmer and sawmill owner in Dexter. During the 1870s and 1880s, Bates was a Knights of Labor activist and chair of the Washtenaw County Committee of the Greenback Party.

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