St. Charles County MO Archives Biographies.....Bates, Margaret Maria August 25, 1785 - December 10, 1865
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Margaret Maria Bates

Margaret was the daughter of Patriot, Captain Thomas Fleming Bates (1742-1805) 
and Caroline Matilda (Woodson) Bates (1751-1845) of Henrico County, Virginia.  
Margaret was born at the family plantation, Belmont in Goochland County, Virginia 
on August 25, 1785.

She was the sister of Missouri Governor Frederick Bates (1777-1825), U.S. 
Congressman James Woodson Bates (1788-1846) representing Arkansas Territory and 
U.S. Attorney General Edward Bates (1793-1869) to President Abraham Lincoln.  

Margaret married twice in her lifetime. Her first marriage was to John Spears of 
Virginia.  Their marriage took place in Goochland County, Virginia on Dec 
10.1805.  They were the parents of two daughters.

Susan Matilda Ann Spears (1807-1875). Wife of Henry Hatcher (1801-1879).
Maria Virginia Spears (1810-1855). Wife of Judge Robert Bentley Frayser (1805-
1875).

Margaret married again on March 9,1820 to Dr. Austin Wharton in Powhatan County, 
Virginia.  They had one child, Caroline Matilda Wharton (1822-1827).

By 1850, Margaret a widow, was living with her daughter Maria's family on the 
Frayser farm in St. Charles County, Missouri.  After Maria's death in 1855, 
Margaret lived with Susan and Henry at their farm in St. Charles County.  
Margaret died at the Hatcher home of old age, on December 10, 1865. She is buried 
at the Hatcher Burying Grounds.

The Hatcher Burying Grounds consist of four graves.  

Henry A. Chenoweth
Died at the of 11 months and 15 days

(son of daughter Pamilia Susan (Hatcher) Chenoweth and Captain William E. 
Chenoweth).

Henry Hatcher
Born 30 Dec. 1801   Died 7 Jan. 1879

Susan Matilda Ann Hatcher
Born 17 May 1807   Died 26 Sept. 1875

Margaret Maria Bates Wharton
     Born 25 Aug.1785

The graves were part of Henry Hatcher's farm.  The location is now part of Lake 
Saint Louis, St. Charles County, Missouri. 




 

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Charles County, Missouri, U.S. Federal Census 

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