Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): -cards contained a lot of information that seemed to confuse him with his son, John Wesley 1838 - born in Brown Co., IL to Joseph H. and Jane T. Bates 1856 - on trial Illinois Conference 1862 - married Rachel J. Akin (b. November 5, 1838, d. May 19, 1928) on February 27 1900 - daughter Jennie's memoir, Northwest Kansas Journal (p.40) 1912 - superannuated 1914 - retired 1918 - died May 29 in Salina, KS; buried Gypsum Hill Cemetery; obit Central Christian Advocate (July 31, p.28) 1919 - memoir, Northwest Kansas Journal (p.213) 1928 - wife's memoir, Northwest Kansas Journal (p.46) children: 6 including Rev. J.W. Civil War veteran Sunnyside class organized in his soddie