Bates, N. F.

BATES, CUMMINS

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/16/2013 at 07:44:09

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

BATES, N.F.—Malcom Twp—pg 857. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 23, post-office Malcom. Born in Orleans county, Vermont, November 6, 1839, and resided there until sixteen years of age, when he moved with his parents to Sangamon county, Illinois. Lived there until 1865, when he came to Poweshiek county and settled in section 15, Malcom township. He was married, in 1864, to Miss Elmira H. Cummins, of this county. Their family consists of three children: Eugene S., Gertrude A., Norma F. Mr. Bates enlisted in 1862, in company E, Fourth Iowa cavalry, and participated in the Siege of Vicksburg, was with Sherman on his march to Meridian, and others. He was honorably discharged in 1864. He re-enlisted in the same company and served to the close of the war. His father, Sylvester Bates, is an old settler of the county and was elected County Treasurer, which office he filled satisfactorily to the public. His second wife, Mrs. Eliza Bates, has been a literary writer since her youth and has attained considerable prominence as such.