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From: "Gloria Marcum" <>
Subject: [VAWISE] please help
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:38:14 -0400


Could someone help me solve my mystery? I have posted many times, but I thought I would try once again. My great-grandparents Benjamin Bates+Allis(Alice)Ramey were married 11-9-1888 in Wise,VA. They were both listed as residents of Wise at that time. Ben is said to have been shot and killed ca. 1909-10. I can find two of their children in 1900 Knott co census living with a Hall family (one of whom is my grandmother Annie) but no trace of them. Allice Bates shows up again as a widow age 42 in 1910 Knott Co. census with the children again. Please help me find where this family was in 1900 and why Ben was killed. Is there a reconstructed census for 1890 for Wise? I can't seem to let this thing go. Gloria

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