John Olin Oates, Jr. was born 1859 on his father's plantation "Larkston" in Edgecombe County, NC the youngest of 4 known children (3 boys/ 1 girls) born to merchant & wealthy planter John Olin Oates Sr, and his wife, Martha M. Mercer.
He was the paternal grandson pf Stephen Oates of Sampson County, and his wife Frances Mobley of Edgecombe County; and gr-grandson of Jethro E. Oates & Lettitia Caraway of Sampson County. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, James Oates (1660-1703) born in Cornwall, England and who immigrated to Perquimans County, NC ca. 1695 and married Elizabeth Perry Eivans. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of William Joseph Mercer & Frusannah Perry of Edgecombe.
John's father, John Olin Sr., lost his mother giving birth to him, and he was orphaned at age 4 when his father Stephen died in 1820. A family squabble developed between the Oates of Sampson County and the Mobleys of Edgecombe County over who would take custody of the orphaned child. His mother's family in Edgecombe County won the battle, but John Sr. was still named in the will of his grandfather (Jethro E. Oates) with a bequeath of a negro girl (Beck) and $150 cash, with stipulations that if his Guardian made any trouble, it would revert.
By age 40, John Sr. had become a wealthy landowner of "Larkston" Plantation in the Lower Town Creek section of Edgecombe. John O. Oates, Sr. died in 1869 at the age of 57, leaving behind his widow and 4 minor children, the youngest of whom, John O. Oates, Jr., was just 10 yrs old.
The family continued on the family farm, which John Jr eventually inherited after the death of his older brothers. John Jr's older brother William, married Martha L. Cotton, daughter of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins of Edgecombe. This union produced one child, Andrew J. Oates, who John Jr. would later help raise, as both the child's parents died.
In 1885, at age 26, John married Kate Cotton, one of the 7 daughters of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins. When Kate's father died, her mother sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John did not work the farms, but did reap profits from them. He lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
John Olin Oates, Jr. and Kate Cotton would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887) and Jack Oates (1890). In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
As for his children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children.
He was the paternal grandson pf Stephen Oates of Sampson County, and his wife Frances Mobley of Edgecombe County; and gr-grandson of Jethro E. Oates & Lettitia Caraway of Sampson County. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, James Oates (1660-1703) born in Cornwall, England and who immigrated to Perquimans County, NC ca. 1695 and married Elizabeth Perry Eivans. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of William Joseph Mercer & Frusannah Perry of Edgecombe.
John's father, John Olin Sr., lost his mother giving birth to him, and he was orphaned at age 4 when his father Stephen died in 1820. A family squabble developed between the Oates of Sampson County and the Mobleys of Edgecombe County over who would take custody of the orphaned child. His mother's family in Edgecombe County won the battle, but John Sr. was still named in the will of his grandfather (Jethro E. Oates) with a bequeath of a negro girl (Beck) and $150 cash, with stipulations that if his Guardian made any trouble, it would revert.
By age 40, John Sr. had become a wealthy landowner of "Larkston" Plantation in the Lower Town Creek section of Edgecombe. John O. Oates, Sr. died in 1869 at the age of 57, leaving behind his widow and 4 minor children, the youngest of whom, John O. Oates, Jr., was just 10 yrs old.
The family continued on the family farm, which John Jr eventually inherited after the death of his older brothers. John Jr's older brother William, married Martha L. Cotton, daughter of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins of Edgecombe. This union produced one child, Andrew J. Oates, who John Jr. would later help raise, as both the child's parents died.
In 1885, at age 26, John married Kate Cotton, one of the 7 daughters of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins. When Kate's father died, her mother sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John did not work the farms, but did reap profits from them. He lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
John Olin Oates, Jr. and Kate Cotton would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887) and Jack Oates (1890). In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
As for his children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children.
John Olin Oates, Jr. was born 1859 on his father's plantation "Larkston" in Edgecombe County, NC the youngest of 4 known children (3 boys/ 1 girls) born to merchant & wealthy planter John Olin Oates Sr, and his wife, Martha M. Mercer.
He was the paternal grandson pf Stephen Oates of Sampson County, and his wife Frances Mobley of Edgecombe County; and gr-grandson of Jethro E. Oates & Lettitia Caraway of Sampson County. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, James Oates (1660-1703) born in Cornwall, England and who immigrated to Perquimans County, NC ca. 1695 and married Elizabeth Perry Eivans. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of William Joseph Mercer & Frusannah Perry of Edgecombe.
John's father, John Olin Sr., lost his mother giving birth to him, and he was orphaned at age 4 when his father Stephen died in 1820. A family squabble developed between the Oates of Sampson County and the Mobleys of Edgecombe County over who would take custody of the orphaned child. His mother's family in Edgecombe County won the battle, but John Sr. was still named in the will of his grandfather (Jethro E. Oates) with a bequeath of a negro girl (Beck) and $150 cash, with stipulations that if his Guardian made any trouble, it would revert.
By age 40, John Sr. had become a wealthy landowner of "Larkston" Plantation in the Lower Town Creek section of Edgecombe. John O. Oates, Sr. died in 1869 at the age of 57, leaving behind his widow and 4 minor children, the youngest of whom, John O. Oates, Jr., was just 10 yrs old.
The family continued on the family farm, which John Jr eventually inherited after the death of his older brothers. John Jr's older brother William, married Martha L. Cotton, daughter of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins of Edgecombe. This union produced one child, Andrew J. Oates, who John Jr. would later help raise, as both the child's parents died.
In 1885, at age 26, John married Kate Cotton, one of the 7 daughters of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins. When Kate's father died, her mother sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John did not work the farms, but did reap profits from them. He lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
John Olin Oates, Jr. and Kate Cotton would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887) and Jack Oates (1890). In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
As for his children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children.
He was the paternal grandson pf Stephen Oates of Sampson County, and his wife Frances Mobley of Edgecombe County; and gr-grandson of Jethro E. Oates & Lettitia Caraway of Sampson County. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, James Oates (1660-1703) born in Cornwall, England and who immigrated to Perquimans County, NC ca. 1695 and married Elizabeth Perry Eivans. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of William Joseph Mercer & Frusannah Perry of Edgecombe.
John's father, John Olin Sr., lost his mother giving birth to him, and he was orphaned at age 4 when his father Stephen died in 1820. A family squabble developed between the Oates of Sampson County and the Mobleys of Edgecombe County over who would take custody of the orphaned child. His mother's family in Edgecombe County won the battle, but John Sr. was still named in the will of his grandfather (Jethro E. Oates) with a bequeath of a negro girl (Beck) and $150 cash, with stipulations that if his Guardian made any trouble, it would revert.
By age 40, John Sr. had become a wealthy landowner of "Larkston" Plantation in the Lower Town Creek section of Edgecombe. John O. Oates, Sr. died in 1869 at the age of 57, leaving behind his widow and 4 minor children, the youngest of whom, John O. Oates, Jr., was just 10 yrs old.
The family continued on the family farm, which John Jr eventually inherited after the death of his older brothers. John Jr's older brother William, married Martha L. Cotton, daughter of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins of Edgecombe. This union produced one child, Andrew J. Oates, who John Jr. would later help raise, as both the child's parents died.
In 1885, at age 26, John married Kate Cotton, one of the 7 daughters of A. J. Cotton and Mary Jenkins. When Kate's father died, her mother sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John did not work the farms, but did reap profits from them. He lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
John Olin Oates, Jr. and Kate Cotton would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887) and Jack Oates (1890). In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
As for his children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children.
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