LELAH BATES
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. LELAH BATES Family/Spouse: DAVID DODGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. FID MARCELLUS BATES was born on 11 Jul 1886 (son of Christopher Columbus Bates and BUENA S SMITH). MARCELLUS married EVA EDMONSON in 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. EVA EDMONSON (daughter of COL WILLIAM EDMONSEN). Children:
- 1. LELAH BATES
Generation: 3
4. Christopher Columbus Bates was born on 23 Sep 1846 (son of REV William Edmonds Bates and Susan Wright); died on 02 Mar 1890 in CLAUDE, TX. Christopher married BUENA S SMITH on 16 Oct 1884 in DENTON COUNTY, TX. BUENA (daughter of HIRAM SMITH) was born on 16 Jul 1853 in MEADOWVILLE, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. BUENA S SMITH was born on 16 Jul 1853 in MEADOWVILLE, WV (daughter of HIRAM SMITH). Children:
- Private
- 2. FID MARCELLUS BATES was born on 11 Jul 1886.
6. COL WILLIAM EDMONSEN Children:
- 3. EVA EDMONSON
Generation: 4
8. 
REV William Edmonds Bates was born on 12 Oct 1812 (son of Reuben Bates and Nancy Edmunds); died on 25 Apr 1883 in DENTON, TX. William married Susan Wright on 03 Nov 1834. Susan (daughter of Jacob Wright and Rachel Lair) was born on 01 Jan 1816; died on 16 Nov 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Susan Wright was born on 01 Jan 1816 (daughter of Jacob Wright and Rachel Lair); died on 16 Nov 1897. Children:
- Melvina Crane Bates was born on 02 Sep 1835.
- WILL William Prior Bates was born on 22 Nov 1837 in Barren Co, KY; died on 20 Oct 1923 in WILBARGER COUNTY, TX.
- James Marshall Bates was born on 14 May 1840; died on 09 May 1853.
- REV Eugene Taylor Bates was born on 12 Mar 1842.
- George Wright Bates was born on 02 Mar 1844; died on 23 Jan 1854.
- 4. Christopher Columbus Bates was born on 23 Sep 1846; died on 02 Mar 1890 in CLAUDE, TX.
- Nancy Ann Bates was born on 14 Feb 1849 in KY.
- Edmond Franklin Bates was born on 22 Mar 1851.
- SUDIE Susan Jane Bates was born on 12 Apr 1853.
- Alexander Tullis Bates was born on 12 Dec 1856.
10. HIRAM SMITH was born in in VA. Children:
- 5. BUENA S SMITH was born on 16 Jul 1853 in MEADOWVILLE, WV.