This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/1376.1 Message Board Post: My great-grandmother was Mary T. Bates daughter of Hiram Bates. The only info I have is Mary was born in St. Lawrence county, NY, Both are buried in Rush Twp,IL