Finis L. Bates, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American lawyer
Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1848
Place of Birth: Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States
Date of Death: 29-Nov-1923
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Finis L. Bates
- Finis Langdon Bates (August 22, 1848 – November 29, 1923) was a Memphis, Tennessee, lawyer and author of The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth (1907).
- In this 309-page book, Bates claimed that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S.
- President Abraham Lincoln, was not killed by Union Army Soldiers on April 26, 1865, but successfully eluded capture altogether, and lived for many years thereafter under a series of assumed names, notably John St.
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