Re: Looking for Info on Enos Bates Grainger Co. Tn.
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Looking for Info on Enos Bates Grainger Co. Tn.
james privette 12/05/03
Henry Dosson Bates married Susan Cornelia(Watson)Bates. They had two children Bessie Mondalee Bates and George Henry Bates. Henry died in 1895 in a logging accident. Susan re-married in 1897, to John Noe. Susan died in 1907, This left Bessie and George without their parents. So George Washington Merritt adopted them. George Henry Bates took the surname Merritt, bessie did not. Bessie married Ruben Richard Privette.