I am hoping someone will still follow this old thread. I am also looking at this Bates family branch. The Lucy O here, should be Lucy Ophelia Sanders. (This is where I come in. Lucy being the daughter of my Great Great Great Grandfather Joseph Pearson Sanders) I also show Lucy was married to a Ed Newsome. John and Lucy show up on the Beat-4-Vernal-Greene-Mississippi-1900-United-States-Census to be living with Taylor and his wife Mary

I also have a name of Sarah for John's wife. Not sure where that came from, as I have no citation.