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Elijah “Lige” Bates

Birth: 10 Jul 1898
Big Fork, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
Death: 2 Sep 1972 (aged 74)
Mena, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
Burial: Pine Ridge Cemetery

Pine Ridge, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 38806713 View Source

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Son of Abram Royal Bates & Nancy Ann Elizabeth Bowen. He married Gracie Gertrude Risenhoover.

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Gracie Gertrude "Gertie" Risenhoover Bates

1899–1979

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Cecil Lester Bates

1918–1977

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Added: Jun 27, 2009
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Elijah “Lige” Bates

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Abraham Royal 'Ry'al' Bates

Mary Ann Elizabeth "Nancy" Bowen Bates

Gracie Gertrude "Gertie" Risenhoover Bates

Hortense Temperance Bates Crawford

Rose Etta Evaline "Eva" Bates Pate

Guilford Allen Bates

Earl George Bates

Martha Manerva "Sina" Bates Howard

Lucretia Elizabeth Goss Abernathy

Violet Adoline Bates Standridge

Cecil Lester Bates

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