Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Bates, William M. 1848 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM M. BATES.

   Few citizens now living in Madison township, Carroll county, Indiana, have
had a larger part in the political and civic life of Carroll county than William
M. Bates, assessor of Madison township for nine years, assessor of Carroll
county for four years and township trustee for four years. These many honors not
only indicate the high regard in which Mr. Bates is held by the people of
Carroll county, but they also indicate somewhat the conscientious service he has
performed in positions of public trust and responsibility. He owns the old Billy
Maxwell farm, comprising one hundred and twenty-five acres of fine land in
section No. 22, which he has repaired and put into modern conditions. His home
is an elegant brick house, standing back from the road and somewhat hidden by a
number of large trees. It is a beautiful country place and here the Bates family
have lived for many years.

   William M. Bates was born on March 18, 1848, in Butler county, Ohio. He is
the son of Ozro and Mary (Hartman) Bates, the former of whom was born in Vermont
and who came with his parents to Cincinnati, where his father and mother died of
the cholera. Ozro Bates had three brothers and two sisters: Nathaniel was at one
time mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Peter was killed at Pueblo in the Mexican
War; the others were, Smith, Sarah and Ann. After the death of his father and
mother, Ozro Bates was bound out until twenty-one years old, or until the time
of his marriage, after which he came to Marion county, Indiana, and cleared one
hundred and sixty acres of land north of Indianapolis. He lost this land as a
consequence of having gone on another man's bond. He served as justice of the
peace in Marion county for eight years and in 1872 came to Carroll county, where
he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land west of Ockley, in Madison
township. There he lived the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat in
politics and a member of the Methodist church. By, his marriage to Mary Hartman,
in 1840, during the Harrison and Tyler campaign, there were born eight children,
as follow: One died in infancy; Nathaniel, who is living at Rensselaer, served
in the Civil War under Generals Thomas and Grant, and was postmaster of
Rensselaer; David lives in Clay county, Texas; William M. was the fourth born;
Dr. S. L. lives near Kansas City, Missouri; Dr. Joseph W. is deceased; Suzanna
B. married J. H. Brown and died on May 20, 1915, in Terre Haute, Indiana; Mary,
deceased, was the wife of George Rovabough. The mother of these children was a
native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio with her parents. They settled in
Preble county, Ohio, where she was married to Ozro Bates.

   William M. Bates received a good common-school education and, after finishing
his education, went to Texas with his brother and entered land in that state.
Upon selling out their holdings in Texas, they came back to Madison township.
Mr. Bates farmed for his father until the latter's death and then purchased the
land which his parents had owned. He farmed this for a short time, and then sold
out and purchased the one-hundred-and-twenty-five-acre farm where he now lives.

   On November 23, 1887, William M. Bates was married to Alice Miller, a native
of Madison township and the daughter of George and Mary (Abernapth) Miller, who
were natives of Carroll county, Indiana. George Miller was a soldier in the
Civil War, having enlisted voluntarily at a time when men were being drafted in
this county. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have had two children, Eva and Ren, who are both
single and live at home.

   Mr. and Mrs. Bates participate in the services of the Methodist Episcopal and
United Brethern churches. Mr. Bates has always been identified with the
Democratic party and has been prominent in the councils of his party in Carroll
county. He is a successful farmer, a good citizen and an upright man, one whom
the people of Madison township have been pleased to honor.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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