Husband: Robert Franklin OATES
Birthdate: October 12, 1818
Birthplace: Sampson County, North Carolina
Death date: September 13, 1878
Place of death: Polk County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
Father: Stephen OATES
Mother: Elizabeth SHIPP

Marriage date: April 27, 1848
Marriage place: Dale County, Alabama

Wife: Sarah MATTHEWS
Birthdate: September 22, 1828
Birthplace: Daleville, Alabama
Death date: May 1911
Place of death: Boldsprings, Polk County, Texas
Burial: Boldsprings Cemetery, Polk County, Texas
Father: Moses Ezekiel MATTHEWS, Jr.
Mother: Mary Ann "Polly" TRUITT

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Stephen Moses OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 9, 1849
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: January 24, 1930
Place of death: New Willard, Polk County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: August 21, 1873
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Margaret Ann WILSON

Child No. 2: Mary J. OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 11, 1850
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: May 29, 1920
Place of death: Newton, Newton County, Texas
Burial: Newton City Cemetery, Newton, Texas
Marriage date: February 17, 1870
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama
Spouse's name: William DAVISON

Child No. 3: Elizabeth Lenora OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 21, 1852
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: June 13, 1933
Place of death: Roganville, Jasper County, Texas
Burial: Friendship Cemetery, Roganville, Texas
Marriage date: January 13, 1876
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: James Curtis GRINER

Child No. 4: Charles Spencer OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 21, 1853
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 1943
Place of death: Weldon, Houston County, Texas
Burial: Weldon Cemetery, Weldon, Texas
Marriage date: December 16, 1875
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Olivia Corene WILSON

Child No. 5: Ephiriam Elijah OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 27, 1855
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: April 12, 1930
Place of death: Woodville, Tyler County, Texas
Marriage date: July 1, 1889
Burial: Campground Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas
Marriage place: Tyler County, Texas
Spouse's name: Emmaline CHAMBLISS

Child No. 6: Susan Jane OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 7, 1857
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: January 24, 1951
Place of death: Baytown, Harris County, Texas
Burial: Boldsprings Cemetery, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: November 1, 1880
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: John Alexander WALDING

Child No. 7: John Robert OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: January 27, 1859
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: Abt. 1861
Place of death: Henry County, Alabama
Burial: Stokes Cemetery, Henry County, Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: Margaret Malinda OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: March 20, 1860
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: August 3, 1947
Place of death: Pelly (now Baytown), Harris County, Texas
Burial: Midway Cemetery, Midway Community, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: January 13, 1880
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Thomas GIBSON

Child No. 9: Sarah Edora OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 10, 1862
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: October 18, 1950
Place of death: Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Lufkin, Texas
Marriage date: December 25, 1883
Marriage place: Newton, Newton County, Texas
Spouse's name: Walker GRAY

Child No. 10: William Henderson OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 3, 1864
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: April 27, 1955
Place of death:
Burial: Weldon Cemetery, Weldon, Houston County, Texas
Marriage date: February 9, 1888
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Mary Elizabeth WILSON

Child No. 11: John Calvin "Cab" OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 12, 1866
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: August 23, 1951
Place of death: Dies Community, Tyler County, Texas
Burial: Campground Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas
Marriage date: March 5, 1891
Marriage place: Tyler County, Texas
Spouse's name: Missie KIRKLAND

Child No. 12: Sinia Ann OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: February 10, 1868
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: September 24, 1941
Place of death: Spurger, Tyler County, Texas
Burial: Franks Branch Cemetery, Fred, Tyler County, Texas
Marriage date: March 26, 1886
Marriage place: Newton, Newton County, Texas
Spouse's name: Beauregard PEAVY

Child No. 13: Alabama Carl OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 17, 1871
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: June 26, 1951
Place of death: Trinity, Trinity County, Texas
Burial: Old Shiloh-Kirkland Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas
Marriage date: January 30, 1896
Marriage place: Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
Spouse's name: Elzy Ontologon "Major" KIRKLAND

Child No. 14: Mae Hettie OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 7, 1875
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: December 2, 1958
Place of death: Newton, Newton County, Texas
Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, Holly Springs, Jasper County, Texas
Marriage date: October 15, 1894
Marriage place: Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
Spouse's name: Robert ADAMS
 
 
Documentation:
* Information obtained from: Courthouses in Polk, Newton, Tyler, Jasper, Trinity, and Angelina Counties, Texas.
* Cemetery inscriptions,
* Family Bible of Stephen M. and Margaret Wilson Oates,
* Ola Faye Oates Powell,
* Jake Oates,
* Elizabeth Smith Peters,
* John Sheppard,
* Henry County, Alabama courthouse,
* Elza Oates, Jr.,
* History of the Oates Family written by Charles Spencer Oates that was in the possession of Ernest Oates.