Elijah Granville Bates was born on April 1, 1843 in Ohio to Elijah Hatch and Nancy M. (Candler) Bates. He married Emma L. Richey on July 4, 1865 in Union County, Ohio. They were the parents of Elmer L. (1866-1966), Edith (1868-1956), Nancy J. (born 1870), Tiny Belle (1871-1900), Mary Lenore (1886-1980), Benjamin Richey (1888-1973), and Leonard (1896-1898). He died on October 9, 1917 at the age of 74, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas.
Fact: Residence (1850) Bath, Allen, Ohio, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Bath Township, Allen, Ohio, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Agency, Osage, Kansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1875) Osage, Kansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Peoria, Franklin, Kansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1895) Hamilton, Greenwood, Kansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Syracuse Township, Syracuse city, Hamilton, Kansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Precinct 8, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Fact: Burial (1917) Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3D-TM9 : 12 April 2016), Elijah Bates in household of Elijah Bates, Bath, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing family 299, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2L-NPR : 12 December 2017), Elijah Bates in entry for Nancy Bates, 1860. Bath Township, Allen, Ohio, United States
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJT-RC3 : 17 October 2014), Elijah Bates, Kansas, United States; citing p. 15, family 132, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,939.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP1-X15 : Mon Sep 18 08:07:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah G. Bates and Emma L. Bates, 1880.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTL-Z9C : Sun Sep 17 11:46:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Eligh G Bates and Emma L Bates, 1900.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK45-Q1C : Mon Sep 18 17:16:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah Batis and Emma L Batis, 1910.
Marriage:"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVY-2YV : 8 December 2014), Elijah G. Bates and Emma L. Richey, 04 Jul 1865; citing Union,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0573777 V. A-B.
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