The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday November 8, 1951 Corry H. Bates. Corry H. BATES, 82, resident of Shawnee County for 81 years, died Wednesday afternoon in a Topeka hospital. He was born April 18, 1869 in Rumbell County, Ohio and came to Shawnee County with his parents when he was seven months old. They settled on a farm on East 29th, one and one-half miles east of Lake Shawnee. He lived there until his death. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Elsie Cusic, Route 4, and Mrs. Ada Flohrschutz, Route 1; a son, Jim B. Bates, Tecumseh, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.