Hi, I have Fayette Flaugh married to Andrew J. Bates, but have seen conflicting posts as to just which Andrew J. Bates this was. Some have him born 1806, yet the 1850 Greene Twp, Mercer County PA census lists him with an 1825 birthdate. Their children were: Sarah, Emeline, Samuel, Anne, Hannah, Charlotte, Daniel and Mary.

The Andrew Bates, born 1806, has been listed as the son of Christian and Elizabeth Birch Bates. This Andrew married Jane Sisley. I found them living in S. Shenango, Crawford county, PA in 1850 with children: Nancy A., Resin, Hannah, Henry R. and Elizabeth.

Christian Bates later married Fayette Flaugh's mother Hannah Englehaupt Flaugh Probst/Brobst.

Christian's son Benjamin married another daughter of Hannah Flaugh's, Lea Flaugh in 1836.

Christian's son Jeremiah married yet another daughter of Hannah, Elizabeth Ann, in 1838.

It seems to make more sense that Andrew J. 1825 would be the son of Christian and Elizabeth Birch.

I look forward to hearing from anyone else researching these lines!

Thanks in advance,
Diane