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  • Name: Earl Allen McBATH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 5 Jan 1889 in Willow Lake, Clark Co, South Dakota b
  • Death: 26 Jan 1973 in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota d
  • Burial: 30 Jan 1973 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas McBATH Birth: 27 Dec 1857 in Lisbon, St Lawrence Co, New York Death: 20 May 1940 in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota
  • Mother:
  • Effie Mae CHASE Birth: 24 Aug 1868 in Viroqua, Vernon Co, Wisconsin Death: 29 Apr 1953 in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota

Family:
Marriage:
  • Edna Ruth HARVEY on 24 Oct 1916 at Clark, Clark Co, South Dakota .m1
  • Edna Ruth HARVEY Birth: 20 Jun 1896 in Mellette, Spink Co, South Dakota Death: 21 Jan 1987 in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, California
Children:
  1. James Harvey Dr McBATH Birth: 24 Oct 1922 in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota Death: 16 Jan 1992 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California
  2. Richard Earl McBATH Birth: 19 Sep 1925 in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota Death: 28 Mar 1933 in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota

Bibliography
  1. Dudewicz, Margot McBath, Albon Chase family, private email 7/28/2005. Author address: margotmdudewicz at yahoo dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005].

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Research Notes:
owned McBath Coal and Coke Company in Watertown, South Dakota [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]

Member of Elks Lodge for over 25 years [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]

Served four terms on Watertown City Council [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]

5 Mar 1905: moved from Willow Lake, South Dakota, to Watertown, South Dakota [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]

1920: living in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota (T625_1718, ED 97, Page 6B, Image 0226) [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]

1930: living in Watertown, Codington Co, South Dakota (T626_2221, ED 22, page 28A, Image 0267) [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]

----- OBITUARY: Watertown Public Opinion, Date Unknown
Services for Earl McBath to be Tuesday
Services for Earl McBath, 84, 606 1st. N. W. will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Congregational Church. The Rev. A. R. Tinge will officiate. Mrs. Harold Collins will be the organist and Robert Carey will be the soloist. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Raleigh Gordon, Lyle Barber, Don Allen, Marvin Currey, Nels Bale and Jack Terveen.
Visitation at the Shaw-Messer Funeral Chapel will be Monday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until noon.
Mr. McBath died early Friday morning in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1889, in Willow Lake, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McBath. The family moved to Watertown in 1891. He attended school here and was graduated from Watertown Business College.
On Oct. 24, 1916, he married Edna Harvey. He was owner-manager of the McBath Coal and Coke County until he retired several years ago.
Mr. McBath served four terms on the city council. He was vice president of the council in 1966 and president in 1967. He served on eight major committees and was chairman of the cemetery committee for three years.
He was a member of the First Congregational Church, a life member of the Elks Lodge and a member of the Senior Citizens Club. He was also treasurer of the YMCA board for more than 25 years; worked on each membership campaign of the Watertown Concert Association; and was an active member of the Watertown Area Arts Council.
The family prefers memorials of the donors' choice.
Survivors include his widow; one son, Dr. James H. McBath, Pasadena, Calif.,; three grandchildren; and three brothers, Harry, Salem, Ore., Roy, Virginia, Minn.; and Wilbur, Watertown. [Ref: Margot Dudewicz 7/28/2005]



Pedigree of Earl Allen McBATH
          /-----Samuel McBATH
 /-----Thomas McBATH
|         \-----Jane STEEN
Earl Allen McBATH
|                           /-----Jacob CHASE
|                  /-----Jacob CHASE
|                 |         \-----Rhoda SARGENT
|         /-----Albon D CHASE
|        |        |                                             /-----John MARSHALL
|        |        |                                    /-----John Jr MARSHALL
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Mary BURRAGE
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas MARSHALL
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----John ROGERS
|        |        |                          |         \-----Unis (Eunice) ROGERS
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Mary SHED
|        |        |                  /-----Joseph MARSHALL
|        |        |                 |         \-----Ruth PHELPS
|        |        |         /-----Rufus MARSHALL
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Benjamin WALKER
|        |        |        |         \-----Susanna WALKER
|        |        |        |                  \-----Hannah FROST
|        |         \-----Sarah MARSHALL
|        |                 |         /-----Timothy GEORGE
|        |                  \-----Suzanna GEORGE
|        |                           \-----Hannah HOYT
 \-----Effie Mae CHASE
         |         /-----Archibald TURNER
          \-----Tirzah Jane TURNER



Descendants of Earl Allen McBATH
1. Earl Allen McBATH m. Edna Ruth HARVEY
m. Edna Ruth HARVEY father: Harry HARVEY mother: Sarah JAMES

2nd generation

2. James Harvey Dr McBATH m. Mildred Jean BLOOMQUIST
m. Mildred Jean BLOOMQUIST father: Living BLOOMQUIST mother: Living ANDERSON

3rd generation

5. Living McBATH m. Living SIMS
m. Living SIMS father: Living SIMS mother: Living HENSEL
6. Living McBATH m. Living RAIMONDO
m. Living RAIMONDO father: Living RAIMONDO mother: Living MARNELL