Edward Bates [SEP] place of death
Matilda Woodson (1749-1845). His father was a Goochland County native, having been born on his family's Belmont plantation, and served in the local militia, including at the Siege of Yorktown at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Like his siblings and others of his class, Bates was tutored at home as a boy. When older, he attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy in Maryland.
Career.
Edward Bates served in the War of 1812 before moving to St. Louis, Missouri Territory, in
a Bug on a Windshield", Oct 1985
- 3rd : Clark Howard, "McCulla's Kid", Sep 1985
Records.
Edward D. Hoch, who contributed a story each month, had so many stories nominated, they kept him from taking first place until 2007. He received notification shortly before his death.
Clark Howard often won first place and placed second or third in the same year.
Doug Allyn has won more often than any other author.
Leigh Lundin (under the