----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Shelton <rshelton@saber.net> To: Monty Bates <monty.bates@bbs.chemek.cc.or.us> Sent: July 04, 2000 12:06 PM Subject: Southern Bates Anyone have any information they can share with Ray? > I am sure there at least two or three lines of Bates in the South, even in Ark. > > My interest lies in the Bates in Polk Co. Ark in the 1850- 1900 range. > My G-mother Mary Alice (Roberts) is buried (after 1910) along with her last baby in the Bates Family cemetary near Mena.Polk Co. > > She was a Roberts, and of course married My G-father Samuel Thomas Shelton (my Brick wall)b.Mar.1885 in Ark. > They were Houston Twp. Leflore City, Okla. listed together in the1910 Census, he was a Teamster for the lumber mill there. > > I don't know any of the Bates, but since she was buried there I might find some Info to help with finding the rest of the story. > > Any info you would care to share would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you in advance. > > Ray > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ray Shelton > rshelton@saber.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> > <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Monty, I am pleased to meet you.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>I am sure there at least two or three lines of Bates in the > South, even in Ark.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>My interest lies in the Bates in Polk Co. Ark in the 1850- > 1900 range. </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>My G-mother Mary Alice (Roberts) is buried (after 1910) along > with her last baby in the Bates Family cemetary near Mena.Polk > Co.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>She was a Roberts, and of course married My G-father Samuel > Thomas Shelton (my Brick wall)b.Mar.1885 in Ark.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>They were Houston Twp. Leflore City, Okla. listed together in > the1910 Census, he was a Teamster for the lumber mill there.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>I don't know any of the Bates, but since she was buried there > I might find some Info to help with finding the rest of the story. </FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>Any info you would care to share would be greatly > appreciated.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>Ray Shelton</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2><A > href="mailto:rshelton@saber.net">rshelton@saber.net</A></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > >