James A. Bates

James enlisted as a Private in B Company, 39th Infantry, NC on Dec. 10, 1861 in Macon Co, NC.

James was 94 years old and living with Annie Bates Tallent and her family in 1930.

Obituary:

CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES

Funeral for J A Bates, 85, Held at Coweta Church

James A Bates, 85 year-old Confederate veteran, died Friday, October 30, at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs Harve Tallent, on Coweta, at 8 o'clock in the evening after an illness of several weeks.

Funeral services were held at the Coweta Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev P C Umberger, pastor of the Franklin Methodist circuit.

Mr Bates volunteered at the age of 16, serving through the last year of the war in Company B of the 39th regiment of the Confederate army. During this period of service he was reported to have used an average of 250 cartridges each night.

The deceased is survived by one brother, John Bates, of Tignal, GA, and several nephews and nieces.

(Published in "The Franklin Press", November 5 1931.)