Loudon Arnold Bates was born in the vicinity of Taylor Hill (just up the hill from Burlington Flats), in Otsego county, New York. His parents were William Bates and Sarah Colvin. Their family moved just outside of Hiram, Portage county, Ohio where Arnold Bates married Harriett Green on May 26th, 1833. They later moved to southeastern Iowa where Arnold's oldest brother, Charles, had recently settled. The following census record is from Polk township, Wapello county, Iowa in 1860. The Bates family members listed are as follows:
Sheldon Bates, 25 years old, male, farmer, born in Ohio
Sarah A Bates, 24, female, Ohio
Livona Bates, 3, f, Iowa
Gordan Bates, 2, m, Iowa
Luella Bates, 3 months, f, Iowa
Arnold Bates, 54, m, farmer, born in New York
Hariet Bates, 48, f, Connecticut
Harlo G Bates, 18, m, farm laborer, Ohio
Walter L Bates, 11, m, Ohio
Hariet M. Bates, 13, f, Ohio
Elliot Bates, 7, m, Ohio
Do you know if Charles and William and Sarah's other children were all born in Otsego, NY?
ReplyDeleteThe older ones were born in Connecticut, I believe.
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