Moses Bates 
M, #3197, b. Mar 26, 1805, d. Oct 17, 1854
| Father* | Moses Bates b. Aug 6, 1769, d. Jan 26, 1842 |
| Mother* | Lucretia Olney b. Jun 16, 1767, d. May 24, 1840 |
Chronological Events | ||
| Birth* | Mar 26, 1805 | Moses Bates was born on Mar 26, 1805 at Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, United States . |
| He was the son of Moses Bates and Lucretia Olney. | ||
| Death* | Oct 17, 1854 | Moses Bates died on Oct 17, 1854, at age 49 at Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States.1 |
| Burial* | Oct 20, 1854 | He was buried on Oct 20, 1854 at Unknown Cemetery, Boone County, Iowa, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 130562500.2 |
| Obituary | Oct 21, 1854 | OBITUARY: Circa 1847, Moses Bates, of Spring Creek Township, appears to have been connected with the gang of prairie bandits, and was a "hard case." On one occasion he went to the cabin of Henry Gray, who had settled near him. Abruptly entering his neighbor's house, he roughly inquired of Gray if he knew who his visitor was. Gray said he had that honor, whereupon Bates, who was armed with a rifle, tomahawk, three revolvers and a bowie-knife, informed his quiet neighbor that he might have just three days to pack up his "traps" and leave the county. Gray, however, did not belong to a timid family; he didn't "scare" worth a cent. His trusty rifle was hanging just over his head. He coolly took it down, "drew a bead" on his surly neighbor and exclaimed, "Damn you, Bates, I'll give you just three minutes to get out from here. Git!" It is needless to add that before the three minutes had expired, Bates had placed himself at a safe distance from Gray's rifle. On another occasion a German from Allamakee County, in search of some horses that had been stolen, found them in Bates' possession. There were other evidences of Bates' propensity to appropriate to his own use the property of others, without rendering compensation, and about a dozen stalwart settlers gathered, took the offender into the woods, stripped him and tied him securely to a tree. The men then prudently formed a ring with their backs to the center while the irate owner of the stolen horses applied a liberal dose of hickory to his bare back. Bates afterward had his castigator arrested, but as there were no witnesses who had seen him chastised, he was unable to maintain his accusation. Bates sold out to John Clark in 1852 and moved to Boone County, where he died. Soon after Bates, Peyton Culver and John Robinson settled near him on the southwest quarter of Section 14, and commenced building a saw-mill on Spring Creek, but abandoned the project, and after remaining a year or two moved to Marysville This information provided on Find-A-Grave.com.3 |