Looking for information on parents and siblings of Nelson A. Bates, born 1 March 1831 in Jefferson County, NY, died 11 Feb 1893 in Cowley County, KS, married Serepta Parrish, daughter of Lewis and Eda Gaylord Parrish, on 17 June 1852 in Wellington, Lorain County, OH. Jefferson County researchers say they have no record of a Nelson Bates, so the family must have moved before the 1840 census, but I haven't been able to find them in Lorain County at that time. Nelson and Serepta had eight children: Arthur, Darwin, William Pitt and Charlotte, born in Ohio, and Frank, Edgar, Alice and Ada, born in Toledo, Black Hawk, Iowa. Darwin, Edgar and William owned the large Bates Brothers plant nursery in Floral, KS for many years. I'm hoping someone on this list is related to Nelson or has a lead for me. Patti