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D. Warren Scates, M. D., is a son of Alexander H. Scates, who was born in Virginia in 1819, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. The father was brought to Tenn. when about seven years of age, and became a tanner by occupation. In September, 1842, he married Perneca Payne, who died in 1848, leaving two children. He then married Susan C. Warren (our subject’s mother), by whom he had three children. At the time of his death, in 1857, he owned 400 acres of land. The mother is residing with our subject, who was born in Weakley County, July 19, 1856. He was educated in the neighboring schools, and at the age of nineteen entered the McKenzie College, where he remained for two and a half years. In 1878 he entered the medical department of the University of Tennessee, at Nashville, and after remaining one year entered the Jefferson College, at Philadelphia, Penn., and graduated in 1879. He immediately located at Greenfield, where he has continued to reside and practice, and ranks among the first in his profession. December 9, 1884, Miss E. Florence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hardy, became his wife. Her parents died when she was quite small, and she found parental care and protection with her aunt, Emma Green, at Bell’s Depot, Tenn., with whom she remained until nearly grown. She finished her education in Stanton, Va., and afterward graduated with high honors in the literary and musical departments, being awarded the gold medals for vocal and guitar music and French. She was born near Stanton, December 2, 1859, and is an accomplished lady. She has a fine orange grove of forty acres in Hernando County, Fla., and a residence in Ocallo, Marion Co., Fla. The Doctor is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.