When Martha Bates was born in 1838, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Wallace Bates Jr, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Hall, was 17. She married Elisha Mullins about 1860, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died in 1881, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 43.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.
Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .
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