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GIANT MARTIN VAN BUREN BATES
Source: The Courier
Journal-Louisville, Kentucky-Monday
Morning-March 30, 1981 Article
written by Byron Crawford-Courier-
Martin Van Buren Bates was born
November 9, 1837, the 11th and
youngest child of John Wallis Bates
and Sarah "Sallie" Waltrip Bates. He
was born in Letcher County on the
mouth of the Boone Fork where it
enters the Northfork of the Kentuky
River.
Beginning at age seven he began to
grow very large, first obese, then
tall. By age 13 he weighted 300
pounds. He grew to become the
largest man in the world at 7'11".
He was well educated by the regional
standards.
"Old papers, now in the possession
of Letcher County clerk Charlie
Wright, a great-nephew of Bates,
indicate that by 8, Martin could
quote most important dates and
events and had developed what was
called "almost a photographic
memory."
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