I am looking for the parents and ancestors of Smith Bates, b. 1805, Pelham, MA. - d. 12 Feb1874, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co. IN. According to family records and lore he was brought to Cincinatti, Ohio, as a boy by his grandparents [it is not known whether by his paternal or maternal grandparents]. His grandparents died in Cincinatti "of an epidemic" and Smith was bound out to an unknown resident of Butler Co., OH, where he reached his majority and began teaching school. About 1836, Smith married Mary Rush, b. 5 July 1815, Butler Co., OH - d. 10 Oct 1894, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co., IN., and purchased a small farm near Centerville in Wayne Co., IN. About 1847, Smith and family relocated to a farm in the northeast corner of Lawrence Twp., Marion Co. IN. I am also seeking information on the descendants of Smith Bates and Mary Rush Bates. The children of Smith Bates and Mary Rush Bates: Lydia Bates, b. abt 1813, Wayne Co., IN - d. ? [after 1880]. m. [1] abt. 1858, George W. Webb, b. abt 1831, OH - d. btwn. 1868-70, IN. ............Arthur Webb, b. abt 1859, Marion Co., IN - d. ? [after 1880]. ............Sarah Webb, b. abt 1866, Marion Co., IN - d. ? [after Aug 1905] m. Noah M. Spees, b. ? - d. ? ............Moses Webb, b. abt 1868, Marion Co., IN - d. ? [after 1880] m. [2] aft 1870 John Thomas, b. abt 1806, PA - d. ? [after 1880] Moses Bates, b. 9 Dec 1839, Wayne Co., IN - d. 13 Apr 1905, Brown Twp., Hancock Co. IN. m. [1] 12 Aug 1862, Hester A. Vanlaningham, b. 7 Sept 1841, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co., IN. - d. 13 Jan 1875, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co., IN. ............Clement L. Bates, b. abt 1863, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co., IN - d. ? ........................[Only known child:] Alberetta Bates, b. abt 1900 - d. ? ............Jeremiah Smith Bates, b. June 1870, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co., IN - d. 25 Apr 1928, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. m. 30 Nov 1899, Daisy Blanche Haywood, b. 2 Dec 1876, Jackson Twp., Hancock Co., IN - d. 30 Nov 1950, Indianapolis, Marion Co.,IN. ........................Howard Haywood Bates, b. 6 Jan 1901, Mt. Comfort, IN - d. 23 July 1962, Denver, CO. ........................Gerritt Moses Bates, b. 30 Sept 1903, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN - d. 3 Nov 1966, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. ........................Robert Smith Bates, b. 27 Dec 1911, Indianapolis, Marion Co.,IN - d. 21 May 1971, Indianapolis, Marion Co. IN. ............Hester Bates, b. 13 Jan 1875, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co. IN - d. ? [after 1958] m. Ernest E. Tridle, b. ? - d. ? ........................Thelma Tridle, b. 4 June 1904, IN - d. ? ........................Marie Tridle, b. 10 Dec 1906 - d. ? m. [2] 12 July 1876, Nancy B. Collins, b. 21 Jan 1851, Buck Creek Twp., Hancock Co., IN - 8 Nov 1931, Wilkinson, Hancock Co., IN. ............John Wirt Bates, b. abt 1878, Hancock Co., IN - d. ? m. Luella Grace Woodward, b. ? - d. ? ........................John Wirt Bates, Jr., b. ? - d. ? ........................Loral Richmond Bates, [male] b. 17 Feb 1906, IN - d. Dec 1978, Connersville, IN ........................James Robert Bates, b. 6 Sept 1915, IN - Sept. 1977, Connersville, IN ............Emma Lillian & Elmore Lester Bates [twins] b. abt Aug 1878 - d. 21 Oct 1878, Hancock Co., IN. ............Nettie M. Bates, b. 22 Aug 1881, Hancock Co., IN - d. abt 1917, Knightstown, IN. m. 12 Apr 1906, Charles W. Holliday, b. 15 Aug 1883, IN - d. June 1985, Wilkinson, Hancock Co., IN ........................Paul Bates Holliday, b. 9 Feb 1909, Henry Co., IN - d. 2 March 1993, Wilkinson, Hancock Co., IN. ........................Cloma Holliday [female], b. ? [after Apr 1906 - d. ? [after Nov 1967] ........................Carl Holliday, b. ? [after Apr 1906 - d. ? [after Nov 1967] ........................Glenn Holliday, b. ? [after Apr 1906 - d. ? [after Nov 1967] ............Katherine Mary Bates, b. 22 July 1883, Mt. Comfort, Hancock Co., IN - d.? m. 25 Aug 1905, William Leonard Cook, b. ? - d. ? [after 1910] ........................Junya Berthina Cook, b. 10 July 1907, Hancock Co., IN - d. Apr 1993, Gaston, IN. ........................Louis Edward Cook, b. 16 Dec 1910, Willow Branch, Hancock Co., IN - d. 12 July 1972, Hancock Co., IN ............Herbert Glen Bates, b. 19 Nov 1889, Mt. Comfort, Hancock Co., IN - d. Oct 1969, St. Louis, MO. m. Amy H. ??? [maiden name not know], b. 12 July 1891 - d. Mar 1979, MO. ........................Helen Bates, b. ? [before 10 Aug 1924] - d. ? Rachel Bates, b. abt 1842, Wayne Co., IN - d. ? [after 1860]. Mary Bates, b. abt 1851, Lawrence Twp., Marion Co., IN - d. ? [after 1870]