Husband: Stephen Moses OATES
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
Father: Robert Franklin OATES
Mother: Sarah MATTHEWS

Marriage date: August 21, 1873
Marriage place: Ollie, Polk County, Texas

Wife: Margaret Ann WILSON
Birthdate: April 23, 1853
Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton County, Texas
Death date: October 24, 1929
Place of death: Livingston, Polk County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
Father: Rev. Francis "Frank" WILSON
Mother: Harriet BROWN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Jesse Wyatt OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 26, 1875
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: August 3, 1880
Place of death: Polk County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
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Child No. 2: Robert Franklin "Bob" OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 10, 1878
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: June 6, 1970
Place of death: Dayton Memorial Hospital, Dayton, Liberty County, Texas
Burial: Magnolia Park Cemetery, Dayton, Texas
Marriage date: November 5, 1902
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Sarah Arrilla CANON

Child No. 3: Olivia Pearl OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 24, 1880
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: March 20, 1962
Place of death: Houston, Harris County, Texas, at the home of her daughter, Alma Hamerly
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: March 5, 1899
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: George SHEPPARD

Child No. 4: John Edward (Ed) OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 12, 1883
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: June 27, 1976
Place of death: John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas
Burial: Magnolia Park Cemetery, Dayton, Liberty County, Texas
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Child No. 5: Walter Hubbard OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 30, 1885
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: October 30, 1885
Place of death: Polk County, Texas
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Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
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Child No. 6: Charles William OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: July 15, 1887
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: October 21, 1916
Place of death: New Willard, Polk County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Ollie Community, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: December 23, 1909
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Minnie Ola ALEXANDER

Child No. 7: Minnie Lee OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: July 13, 1889
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: December 8, 1978
Place of death: Houston, Harris County, Texas
Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Houston, Texas
Marriage date: December 25, 1907
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: John Elijah ALEXANDER

Child No. 8: Bernard Clyde OATES
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 17, 1892
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: August 23, 1973
Place of death: Livingston, Polk County, Texas
Burial: Peebles Cemetery, Goodrich, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: July 10, 1926
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: Lula Narvine THOMAS

Child No. 9: Emma Lee "Emmie" OATES
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 23, 1896
Birthplace: Polk County, Texas
Death date: February 4, 1928
Place of death: New Willard, Polk County, Texas
Burial: Jones Prairie Cemetery (aka Crossroads Cemetery), Leggett, Polk County, Texas
Marriage date: May 6, 1917
Marriage place: Polk County, Texas
Spouse's name: David Hicks SHINE
 
 
Documentation:
* Margaret Oates Pennington,
* W. W. "Bill" Oates,
* Grace Oates Davidson,
* Jennie Oates Fondren,
* Johnnie Oates Robinson,
* John Sheppard,
* Bessie Sheppard Baker,
* Ola Faye Oates Powell,
* Alda Faye Shine Wright,
* Polk County Courthouse records,
* Tombstone inscriptions,
* Thelmarie Alexander Curtis.

Notes:
* Minnie Lee Oates Alexander was widowed in 1921. Her second marriage was to Arthur STALCUP on December 18, 1926 in Houston, Texas. He died less than a year later of pneumonia. Minnie married her first cousin, John Robert DAVISON. They separated. Minnie married Harry LOGUE in Napa, California, about 1951. They separated and she moved back to Houston and took back the Alexander name.