1. Richard William Bates was born about 1814 in , Monroe County, Ohio. He died after 1880.
Richard was counted in a census 1870 in Cass County, Nebraska. He was counted in a census 1880 in Osborne County, Kansas.
Richard married Elizabeth Davidson, daughter of William Davidson and Sarah Hawkins, about 1836. Elizabeth was born on 3 Jun 1816 in , , Virginia. She died on 21 Nov 1866 in , Koscuisko County, Indiana. She was buried in Nov 1866 in Bates, Koscuisko County, Indiana.
They had the following children.
+ 2 F i Martha Ann Bates was born on 22 Sep 1837. She died on 24 Jun 1901. + 3 F ii Sarah Ellen Bates was born on 16 Nov 1839. She died on 29 May 1915. + 4 M iii William B. Bates was born on 24 Sep 1842. He died on 19 Dec 1919. + 5 F iv Margaret Jane Bates was born about 1845. 6 F v Mary E. "Moll" Bates was born in 1847 in , Monroe County, Ohio. Mary married John W. Evans on 31 Jul 1873 in , Koscuisko County, Indiana. + 7 M vi Robert Henry Bates was born on 30 Jul 1850. He died on 23 Sep 1944.
Richard also married Elizabeth Cole.
Richard also married Nancy Coy, daughter of John Coy and Hannah Rudy, on 4 Apr 1867 in , Koscuisko County, Indiana. Nancy was born on 15 Oct 1828 in Miami, Indiana. She died on 30 Dec 1895 in Banks, Washington county, Oregon.
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They had the following children.
8 M vii Aaron Bates was born in Jul 1868.