Finis Bates' "Portraits"

[maharba]

Yes, and I notice they keep making minor changes to Bates listing at FindaGrave. It somewhat takes me back when folks whose forte had been historical figures or genealogical focus, will themselves have a blurred or absent genealogy in available records. Finis Bates death certificate lists his parents as John Welsh Bates and a Miss Bobbin. But in fact his parents were Henderson Wesley Bates and Eliza Bourland. I would imagine throughout his life folks would pronounce or spell his first name variously --Feneee or Phineas or Finis (rhymes with Venice). I notice far enough back Bates has a Lincoln ancestor.