Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Bates, F. A. August 26, 1837 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 12, 2007, 5:28 pm

Author: Unknown

F. A. BATES, fireman; has been in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 
Paul Railroad Company since 1859. He was born Aug. 26, 1837, in Portland, Me., 
where his father, Nathaniel Bates, died in July, 1854, at the age of 45. Mrs. 
Bates, whose maiden name was Cynthia Barstow, is still living in La Crosse 
with her son, in the 84th year of her age. Mr. Bates came from Portland to 
Wisconsin in 1859; lived in Milwaukee one year, coming to La Crosse in 1860. 
He has worked in the roundhouse a portion of the time, but has been firing on 
the road the last seven years. He was married, June 29, 1871, in La Crosse, to 
Martha Ann Grover, daughter of William Grover, of La Crosse. She was born in 
London, Eng., in 1842, and came to the United [States] with her parents in 
1849. Have no children. H. K. Bates, brother of F. A., is now master mechanic 
on the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 736.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/bates168nbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/

File size: 1.6 Kb