William Helms Bates
1. William Helms Bates William married Anne Cummings Blakely [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Private Private married Martha Darlington Helms Martha (daughter of Edward Helms and Ann Longbotham) was born on 10 Jan 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Martha Darlington Helms was born on 10 Jan 1895 (daughter of Edward Helms and Ann Longbotham). Children:
Generation: 3
4. William Grantham Bates was born on 11 Jan 1860 in Middleway, WV (son of Solomon Adams Bates and Margaret Amelia Shirley); died on 19 Mar 1921 in Middleway, WV. William married Private on 19 Dec 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Private Children:
6. Edward Helms Edward married Ann Longbotham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Ann Longbotham Children:
- 3. Martha Darlington Helms was born on 10 Jan 1895.
Generation: 4
8. Solomon Adams Bates was born on 10 Apr 1816 in Newtown, King and Queen Co, VA (son of William Bates and Mary Kay ?); died on 03 May 1887. Solomon married Margaret Amelia Shirley on 19 Dec 1849. Margaret (daughter of James Shirley and Mary Grantham) was born on 18 Feb 1828; died on 04 Mar 1911 in Smithfield, Middleway, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Margaret Amelia Shirley was born on 18 Feb 1828 (daughter of James Shirley and Mary Grantham); died on 04 Mar 1911 in Smithfield, Middleway, WV. Children:
- Mary Bates was born about 1852.
- James Bates was born about 1854.
- Ruth Helen Bates was born about 1856.
- Lucy Howard Bates was born about 1858.
- 4. William Grantham Bates was born on 11 Jan 1860 in Middleway, WV; died on 19 Mar 1921 in Middleway, WV.
- Robert Lee Bates was born about 1862.
- Sophie Shirley Bates was born about 1864.
10. G M de L Smith G married Lydia Ann Fry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Lydia Ann Fry Children:
- 5. Private