Town: Centerville
BATES, Douglas Thompson, attorney at law; born Centreville, Tenn., May 25, 1882; Norman French, Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Jasper Alonzo and Cordelia Emma (Clagett) BATES; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather Lewis BATES, paternal grandmother Agnes (Lancaster) BATES, maternal grandfather William George CLAGETT, maternal grandmother Elizabeth (Hornbeak) CLAGETT; educated at Centreville Training School and graduated with degree of LL. B. from Cumberland University June 1903; began life on a farm; later worked in publisher’s office, and later mine foreman; married Annie Willie HUDDLESTON Nov. 6, 1907; member of Knights of Pythias, Masons and Modern Woodmen of America; past chancellor and grand representative of Knights of Pythias, junior warden Masons, and past consul M. W. of A.; Democrat; county attorney of Hickman county from May, 1909 to Sept., 1910 appointed by county judge and did not stand for election; lieutenant Co. I, National Guards State of Tennessee 1904–05, resigned; member of Cumberland Presbyterian church; engaged in the practice of law at Centreville.
