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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



BATES, JAMES, was born March 2, 1803, in Cheshire county, N. H., raised at Potsdam, N. Y., and came with his brother Oliver to Sangamon county in 1833. He was married in the fall of 1842, to Eunice Watts who died in June, 1846. Mr. Bates was married in May, 1852, to Mrs. Irena Holmes, whose maiden name was Watts. She died in April, 1865. James Bates resides one mile northwest of Farmingdale. He never had any children.



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