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John Wallis Bates Sr.

Birth: 17 May 1779
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death: May 1843 (aged 63–64)
Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Bates Cemetery

Kona, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 35338183 View Source

1st married Lavina Light (b. 1785 N.Y.) by whom he fathered Eliz (Ashurst), Tom, James and John Bates Jr.. He then married Sarah Waldrup in 1815 by whom he fathered 12 more children. No record of divorce from Lavina. She and her kids moved to Pulaski Co.,KY. Some of her children went west in 1857 to Glenn Co., CA.∼John was the father of James Bates buried in the same cemetery.

1st married Lavina Light (b. 1785 N.Y.) by whom he fathered Eliz (Ashurst), Tom, James and John Bates Jr.. He then married Sarah Waldrup in 1815 by whom he fathered 12 more children. No record of divorce from Lavina. She and her kids moved to Pulaski Co.,KY. Some of her children went west in 1857 to Glenn Co., CA.∼John was the father of James Bates buried in the same cemetery.

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Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining
Added: Mar 29, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35338183/john_wallis-bates: accessed ), memorial page for John Wallis Bates Sr. (17 May 1779–May 1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35338183, citing Bates Cemetery, Kona, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Kaaren Crail Vining (contributor 11705756).

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