May I share this with my Bates mailing list on Rootsweb? Lita Come see me at http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. ... Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: [WILACROS] F. A. BATES Biography, b. 1837 ME<WI > From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 736. > > City of La Crosse > > F. A. BATES, fireman; has been in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee > & St. Paul Railroad Company since 1859. He was born Aug. 26, 1837, in > Portland, Me., where his father, Nathaniel Bates, died in July, 1854, > at the age of 45. Mrs. Bates, whose maiden name was Cynthia Barstow, > is still living in La Crosse with her son, in the 84th year of her > age. Mr. Bates came from Portland to Wisconsin in 1859; lived in > Milwaukee one year, coming to La Crosse in 1860. He has worked in the > roundhouse a portion of the time, but has been firing on the road the > last seven years. He was married, June 29, 1871, in La Crosse, to > Martha Ann Grover, daughter of William Grover, of La Crosse. She was > born in London, Eng., in 1842, and came to the United [States] with > her parents in 1849. Have no children. H. K. Bates, brother of F. A., > is now master mechanic on the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf > Railroad. > > [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm > posting this as a service and hope it helps!] > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >