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Note: 1860 Census--Plattsmouth P.O., Cass Co, Nebraska
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1870 Census--Avon Twp, Coffey Co, Kansas
Benjamin Batis abt 1835 Indiana White Male
Julia Batis abt 1843 Missouri White Female
John Batis abt 1863 Nebraska White Male
Mary Batis abt 1867 Nebraska White Female
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1880 Census--Avon Twp, Coffey Co, KS; pg. 321A
Benjamin BATES Self W Male W 47 NY Farmer NY NY
John BATES Son S Male W 17 NE At Home NY O
Mary BATES Dau S Female W 13 NE Keeps House NY O
William A. BATES Son S Male W 6 KS NY O
Benjamin G. BATES Son S Male W 1 KS NY O
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From handwritten "memoir" by Mary Etta (Bates) Noell:
Oct 1st 10 am 1929
Weeping Water, Nebr.
The early experiments of my Christian lif taht have therily settle my faith in Christ as my Savior keeper & my all in all. I was married at the early age of 16 years of age or a little later to Caleb T. Noell June 23, 1883 & soone moved to Barber Co., Kans where Hazelton was sonn built 1/2 miles from our ______tion claim where there we & my Brother John Bates started our homes side by side. But in a few years tired of the tryats & disapointments of early county sold out & left for old homes near Burlington where we all remained for 1 1/2 yers the we sold again & came to Weeping Water, Nebr in Aug 1886 where we have remained most of the time since, but if I should live to be one hundred years old. I could never forget my first year on our claim it was there I first realy learned to put my trust in God when there only a couple of days with my younger Half brother then about 12 yers old & his Mother gone on to the great beyond
he had gone west to make his home with us one day Mr Noell & my Brother John said to me well, Etta we have to go after a load of hay
to finish out the top of tht stack of hay we will not be gone longer than we can help but it being several miles it took them some time. But they cautioned us very carefully not to let those long horned Texas cattle tear the stack down while they were gone. So of course we watched that stack cloce enough for the first few hours but after awhile forgot it for a time. but finely thot of our promis to watch the hay, we looked out & Loo & behold the hills were covered with the most wild cattle we had ever looked upon Thousands upon Thousands of them in all directions of all kinds & collors old & young. Hundreds of them between the sod home & the sold barn & nothing but small ceder branches brot from the ceder mountains for fuel to drive them off with & no thot of fear entered our hearts or minds we picked out two branchs apiece & started out to drive those long horned wild Texas cattle away from the hay stack but just before we got to the hay after passing several Thousands of them our attention was called to an old brindle Cow bellowing what we learned afterward to be the wring leader of the hills when we heard her bellowing we looked all around & all of the cattle were pawing dirt bellowing & tossing thier heads high in the air & Brother Argus said come & lest run for our lives. but I said no we will not run God will take care of us so I looked up to God in prayer & not a hoof was lowered there they stood with mouths open feet & heads in the air & not a hoof stired untill we were safely out from among them back to the poor shelter of our dugout home & yet I was not afraid of them for Gods grear power was so far beyond all their strength Praise his name."
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