Husband: Artist Lee Bates
Born: Jun- -1895 in Wetzel Co, WV 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-22-1962 3,4
Buried: in Walker Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 3
Resided: 1928 in Bellaire, Belmont Co, OH 5
Resided: 1919 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV 2
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV
Father: Frederick Lee Bates (1867 - 1934)
Mother: Laverna Young (1870 - 1940)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Lula May Brumage 6
Also known as: Lula May Mercer
Married: Dec- 7-1919 in Wetzel Co, WV 7
Born: Jan-25-1890 in Marion Co, WV 8,9,10 (see note 2)
Died: Aug- -1981 9
Resided: in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Census: 1940 at Talkington Fork (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1919 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV 2
Census: 1900 in Benwood, Marshall Co, WV (see note 3)
Father: John M. Brumage
Mother: Emma Kendall
Other spouse 2
Notes
F Child 1: Ellen Lucile Bates Born: Oct- 5-1920 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 13,9,14,15 Died: Jun-27-1993 13,9,15 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1940 at Talkington Fork (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1937 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Husband: Edward Odward Swiger b. Sep-20-1914 d. Sep-19-1990 Married: Dec-14-1937 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14
M Child 2: Linzey Lee Bates Also known as: Lindsey Lee Bates 14 Born: Aug-31-1922 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV 14,15 Died: Oct-28-2000 15 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 16,3 Resided: Nov- -1942 in Columbiana Co, OH 16 Resided: Sep- -1942 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV 14 Census: 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: (enlisted 11/3/1942) U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II 17 Wife: Edna Blanche Carson b. Dec-12-1915 d. Nov-17-1993 Also known as: Blanche Carson 14,18 Married: Sep-19-1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Margaret Mae Bates Born: Sep- 8-1924 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV 13 Died: Feb-28-2003 13 Resided: in Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co, FL 11 Resided: in Plantation, Broward Co, FL 19 Resided: 1946 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 20 Census: 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Orin C. Korte b. ca 1923 Married: Aug-12-1946 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 20
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (2) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Brooke County Marriage Records, Wellsburg, WV. (6) Marriage record of son. (7) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, Identified as Artist Lee Bates, 25, b. Wetzel Co, res. Folsom; and Lula May Mercer, 29, b. Wetzel Co, res. Folsom. Married Dec 7 1919 "at the Residence of Lee Bates" by Taylor Ruble, a Minister of the Church of Christ. Witnesses: Harve Bates & Verna Bates. MR p. 36 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11602801&Type=Marriage. (8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (12) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (13) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Headstone. (16) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (17) Military Grave Marker. (18) Obituary of brother. (19) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (20) Ohio County Marriage Records, Wheeling, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date reported by Findagrave as Jun 9 1892, and date on headstone is also 1892. But the 1900 Census shows his birth date as June 1895, age 5, the third-oldest of four children, with surrounding siblings born in 1893 and 1896. Note (2) Birthplace given in 1919 marriage record as Wetzel County, and in 1931 marriage record as Doddridge County. But birth record shows it as Marion County. Note (3) 1900 Census, Marshall Co, WV (City of Benwood), enumerated on Jun 11 1900: Peter Mercer, 43, b. Apr 1857, married 21 yrs; wife Nancy O, 43, b. Jan 1857, married 21 yrs, no children; niece Lula Brumage, 10, b. Jan 1890; boarder George McLroy, 19, b. 1880, single.