This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Bates, Haywood, Laningham, Smith, Ziegler, Graham GERRITT M. BATES is an Indianapolis attorney, a young man of exceptional qualifications for his profession and an Indiana citizen with a background of several generations of worthy and highly respected members of his family in the state. Mr. Bates was born at Mount Comfort in Hancock County, Indiana, September 30, 1903. He is a son of Jeremiah Smith and Daisy Blanche (Haywood) Bates. His great-grand- father Bates was Smith Bates, a native of Massachusetts. As a boy he was bound out to a horse dealer at Cincinnati, and after some years came to Western Indiana and took up land comprising the site of old Fort Harrison. It was at Fort Harrison that Mr. Bates’ grandfather Moses was born. He lived on a farm, but forty years of his life were spent in teaching school. He married a Miss Van Laningham, of Medford, Massachusetts, who was also a schoolteacher. Jeremiah Smith Bates was born at the homestead at Fort Harrison and acquired a good education, attending the Indiana Medical School. However, he yielded to the persuasion of members of his family and the community to teach, and for twenty-five years carried a large burden of educational responsibilities at Mount Comfort. He also served as county assessor. He died in 1928 and his widow now resides at 127 South Bancroft Street in Indianapolis. Daisy Blanche Haywood was born near Charlottesville, Indiana, daughter of Amos and Naomi (Smith) Haywood, who came from Massachusetts and settled in Hancock County at an early date. Gerritt M. Bates attended the grade schools and the Technical High School at Indianapolis, continuing his education through Butler College and the University of Michigan, and in June, 1929, was graduated from the Indiana Law School. Since his admission to the bar he has practiced with offices in the Fletcher Trust Building. He is a member of the House of Representatives during the session 1931 and 1932, Indiana Legislature. He is a Phi Delta Theta and Delta Theta Phi and Tau Kappa Alpha, and has come into considerable prominence as a speaker in political campaigns and has served on Democratic committees. He is a Methodist. Mr. Bates married, February 25, 1927; Miss Cecile Ziegler, who was born at Thorntown, Indiana, daughter of Harry and Flora (Graham) Ziegler.