Williston Bates
1834 - 1897 (62 years)
Generation: 1
1. Williston Bates was born on 31 Aug 1834 in Pennsylvania (son of Benjamin Horace Bates and Pricilla Abigail); died on 02 Jul 1897 in Birdell, Arkansas. Williston married Nancy Ann Tennessee Noblin on 20 Mar 1859 in Randolph County, Arkansas. Nancy (daughter of Samuel J. Noblin and Celia) was born in 1840 in Tennessee; died on 21 Oct 1879 in Pocahontas, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James William Bates
- Marion Bates
- Private
- Priscilla Abigail Bates was born on 01 Jan 1860.
- Private
- Martha Ann Bates was born on 07 Nov 1862 in Pocahontas, Arkansas; died on 13 Jun 1918.
- Mary Elizabeth Bates was born in 1865; died in 1933.
- Private
- Fidelia Emaline Bates was born on 09 Aug 1871 in Birdell, AR; died in in Rock Springs, TX.
- John Bates was born in 1874.
- Private
- Noah Bates was born on 24 Apr 1875; died in 1876.
- Alexander Bates was born in 1879; died in 1906.
Williston married Sarah Jane Bennett about 1885. Sarah was born on 25 Mar 1847 in TN; died in Jul 1923 in Pocahontas, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Benjamin Horace Bates was born between 1800 and 1810 in PA. Benjamin married Pricilla Abigail. Pricilla was born in 1802 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Pricilla Abigail was born in 1802 in Vermont. Children:
- Elisha Bates died in 1907 in San Angelo, TX.
- Louisa Bates
- Norman Benjamin Bates was born on 01 Jan 1822 in Pennsylvania; died in 1906 in Navasoto, TX.
- Almond A. Bates was born in 1831 in Pennsylvana; died in in Warren County, TN.
- Broomfield Ridley Bates was born on 20 Mar 1834 in Tennessee; died on 25 Oct 1916 in Whitlock Cemetery, Centertown, Warren Co. TN.
- 1. Williston Bates was born on 31 Aug 1834 in Pennsylvania; died on 02 Jul 1897 in Birdell, Arkansas.
- Lucy F. Bates was born in 1838.
- Mariah E. Bates was born in 1840 in Tennessee.
- Martha Jane Bates was born in 1843 in Tennessee.
- Juliet J. Bates was born in 1845 in Tennessee.