Notes for: Elma Jane Strother

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
Christopher Bates, 38, farmer; wife Elma J, 36; son John R, 14; son Frederick L, 12; dau Alice M, 11; son William A. (?), 8; son Henry T, 5; son Charles C, 3; dau Birtha E, 6 months, birth month November.

1900 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
Christopher Bates, 56, b. Oct 1843, farmer, married 41 yrs; wife Alma J, 57, b. Oct 1842, married 41 yrs, mother of 11 children (all still living); son Charles, 24, b. Apr 1876, single, farm laborer; dau Cora B, 16, b. Sep 1883; son Christopher, 2; b. Mar 1898; boarder Hattie Bates, 10, b. May 1890.