Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara/514 Surname: BATES, GREEN ------------------------- I don't have a great deal of information. I have Obadiah BATES married to Ruth (no last name). I have the same dates for births that you have listed. Ruth I have as dying Sept. 30, 1856 in Illinois. Three children from them. Cynthia BATES who married Luther K. GREEN. Then I have a William and Martha. I also have Obadiah located in Niagra and Onondaga counties in New York. Obadiah married a Nancy ADKINS in 1857 here in Illinois. I do have some dates as well as pictures of some gravestones if interested.