In a message dated 2/10/2003 2:46:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, gossamer@webenet.net writes: > In 1864, the mayor of Council Bluffs was N. S. Bates. What was N. S.'s full > name? I'm hoping it was Nathaniel Stillman Bates. > I checked the 1870 census for Pott. Co. for an N.S. or Nathaniel S. Bates, and I don't find one. However, living in Council Bluffs in the 1870 census is the following: M. S. Bates, 59, mail carrier, b. MA F. C. Bates, 51, wife, b. NY Edward Bates, 21, b. IL W.F. Bates, male, 18, b. IL J. W. Bates, male, 16, b. IL A. S. Bates, male, 14, b. IA N. S. Bates, male, 10, b. IA Also, in the 1870 census for Jasper Co., Indiana, there is a Nathaniel S. Bates, 27, born Ohio. Please let me know if I can help you with any other look-ups. I'm happy to try to help you. Mona Sarratt Knight