City: Nashville
BATE, Henry Clay, weather bureau official; born Bledsoe’s Lick, Tenn., July 28, 1839; English descent; son of Humphrey and Anne Franklin (Weathered) BATE; father, farmer and surveyor; paternal grandparents James and Mary (Spivey) BATE, maternal grandparents William and Patience (Dowell) WEATHERED; educated in Rural Academy of Sumner County, Tenn.; early occupation, farmer, soldier, planter, cotton manufacturer and journalist; served a private and Lieutenant in company of cavalry in Mississippi; afterward private in Second Tennessee Infantry (Bate’s), on April 1, 1862, appointed First Lieutenant and Adjutant of First Confederate Cavalry (Claiborne’s). In September 1862, was elected Major of regiment and surrendered with Gen. FORREST at Gainesville, Ala.; he was captured at Shelbyville, Tenn., while under Gen. Joe WHEELER, June 27, 1863, and in prison nine months; he also fought at Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro and in several skirmishes during the war; in 1860 he made a tour of Europe, and returning in the month of December was in Washington when Lincoln was inaugurated president; married three times, first Rosabelle SIMONTON, January 16, 1866; second, Minnie H. WILLLIAMS, April 28, 1890; third, Nelly B. FREEMAN, March 3, 1902; member Masons, Royal Arch Mason, Royal and Select Mason, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, 32 degree; was Worshipful Master and High Priest, Eminent Commander of said orders; Past Grand Sachem of Red Men and Past Chancellor Knights of Pythias and member of Elks; Democrat; on editorial staff of Nashville Daily World, 1882; Chief Clerk of Bureau of Agriculture of Tennessee, March, 1883, to March, 1887; Inspector United States Weather Bureau, 1891 to 1896; Local Forecast Official in charge of Weather Bureau office, Nashville, Tenn., 1896 to 1909; member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
