...venth son and youngest child of a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to a mature age, Thomas Bates and Caroline M. Woodson. After the death of his parents he was educated by his brother, Fleming Bates , of Northumberland co., Va. In 1812, having renounced service in the Navy, and with no plan of life settled, his brother Frederick (who was Secretary of the Territory of Missouri from 18 to 1820, whe...