Individual Details
Mayo Willis Bates
(10 Jul 1898 - 22 Oct 1970)
Events
| Birth | 10 Jul 1898 | Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas | |||
| Census-shared | 1900 | (Nathan Houston Bates) Precinct 2, Denton County, Texas |  |  | |
| Census-shared | 1910 | (Nathan Houston Bates) Shawnee Ward 4, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Residence | 1917 | Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Military | 9 Dec 1918 | Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Census-shared | 1920 | (Nathan Houston Bates) Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Marriage | Ruby | ||||
| Census | 1940 | Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Death | 22 Oct 1970 | Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | 23 Oct 1970 | Shawnee Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma |
Families
| Spouse | Ruby (1905 - 1988) |
| Father | Nathan Houston Bates (1854 - 1928) |
| Mother | Elfleda [El Felda] Mann (1863 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Pansy M. Bates (1896 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Winneford Ethel Bates (1894 - 1968) |
Notes
Census-shared
Nathan H Bates born Jun 1860 married 13 years in Texas parents born Kentucky proprietor of Livery stable owns home free of mortgageElfleda wife born March 1863 has had 3 children all alive, born Texas father born Georgia, mother Virginia
Ethel daughter born Oct 1888 in Texas
Pansy daughter born Aug 1896 in Texas
Mayo son Jul 1898 in Texas
Census-shared
Nathan Bates age 50, married 21 years, born Texas parents born Kentucky, merchant of feed supplyEffie wife age 45, had 2 children both alive, born Texas, parents born Georgia
Pansy daughter age 13, born Texas
May O daughter age 11, born Texas
212 South Oklahoma
Residence
Bates Mayo, Lab, 201 S Philadelphia AvenueMilitary
Name Mayo Willis BatesEvent Type Draft Registration, Date 1917-1918
Event Place Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States
Contact Mrs N H Bates, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Birth Date 10 Jul 1898, Birthplace , , United States
Tall, slender build, gray eyes and dark hair
Employment Prairie Pipi Line Co, Lineman helper
Census-shared
Nathan Bates age 61 born Texas parents Iowa retiredElfelda wife age 51 born Texas parents Georgia
Pansey Pemberton age 22, born Texas
Laverne Pemberton age 3 born Oklahoma
Mayo Bates son age 21, born Texas
Jack Dawday grandson age 12 born Oklahoma, father Arkansas, mother Texas
Bradford Dawday grandson age 10 born Oklahoma, father Arkansas, mother Texas
Census
Motor Bates age 41 8th grade education born Texas, lived same place in 1935, painter decorator, paint contractor, owns home value $750Ruby, wife, age 34 2 years high school born Oklahoma
Willis son age 14 at school born Oklahoma
Death
Name Mayo Willis BatesEvent Type Death, usual residence Pottawatonie County, Oklahoma
Event Date 22 Oct 1970; Place Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
Gender Male, Marital Status Married
Birth Date 10 Jul 1898; Birthplace Pilot Point, Texas
Father's Name Nathan H Bates
Mother's Name Elfleda Mann
Informant Harold Palmer
Certificate Number 74875
Mayo Willis Bates , 72, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was dead on arrival at 6:50 pm yesterday at a local hospital apparently of a heart attack at his job.
Bates was a native of Pilot Point and came to Corpus Christi about a week ago. He was a painting contractor and came to corpus Christi to help with repairs of a hurricane damage.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Gaskill Funeral Home of Shawnee, Okla, local arrangements under the direction of Cage-Mills Funeral Home.
Survivors are wife Ruby and son Willis Bates of Shawnee, Oklahoma
Endnotes
1. 1900 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 2, Enumeration District (ED) 48, 5B, family 103, line 95, Nathan H Bates; NARA microfilm publication T623, 1627.
2. 1910 U.S. Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, population schedue, Shawnee Ward 4, Enumeration District (ED) 224, 2A, family 40, line 40, Nathan Bates; NARA microfilm publication T624, 1271.
3. , City Directory, Shawnee, Oklahoma city, Directory (Iowa, Minnesota, or Michigan: R L Polk & Co's, n.d.), page 51, image 28 of 182.
4. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records administration, citing Familysearch.com., Mayo Willis Bates, FHL microfilm 1852073.
5. 1920 U.S. Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Shawnee, Enumeration District (ED) 232, 3B, family 52. line 93, Nathan Bates; NARA microfilm publication T625, 1485.
6. 1940 U.S. Census, Pottawatonie County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Shawnee, Enumeration District (ED) 63-53, 10B, family 206, line 60, Motor Bates; NARA microfilm publication T627, 3328.
7. Mayo Willis Bates, death certificate no. 74875 (1970), Texas State Registar Office, State Registar office, Austin, Texas.
8. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 21 September 2015), Memorial# 20849654.
9. Mayo Willis Bates Obituary, Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, 23 October 1970, page 6B column 3.