Bates, Cyrus S
an eminent clergyman of the episcopal church, was born Dec. 31, 1840, in Chester, Ohio.
He was among the first to volunteer in the northern army in 1861, and was distinguished for his bravery. He was severely wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. In 1865 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law school, and later from the Theological seminary at Gambier, Ohio. During six years he was professor of divinity in this seminary, and professor of philosophy in Kenyon college. For the last twelve years of his life he was rector of St. Paul's, Cleveland. He was a vigorous thinker and a speaker of great power, indefatigable in labor, and prominent in many lines of philanthropic work. He died April 19, 1896, in Cleveland, Ohio.