This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BATES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/1376 Message Board Post: Lewelyn O. BATES. b 17 Jan 1854 in Branch Co MI. d Yankton, SD Jun 9, 1929; Buried Jun 1929 in Grandview Cemetery, Gary, SD, m. Flavilla BATES in Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL they had eleven children. He moved to Illinois in 1871 with widowed mother and brothers and sisters. It is believed his father served in the Civil War. Parents names are not known as of Sept. 2004. Would like to share information