Source: 1887 History of Noble County, Ohio
Published by L.H. Watkins & Co., Chicago, IL. (1887)
Page 239

Bates, Barna 40, enlisted Sept. 17, 1864; discharged April 25, 1864 on surgeon's certificate of disability.

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Source: The County of Noble, Ohio
A History of Noble County, Ohio from the Earliest Days.
Hon. Frank M. Martin, Editor
Published 1904 Page 170 (biography section for his son, Dighton M.)

(Dighton's) father, a native of Noble county and the mother (Mary McWilliams) of Guernsey county; the father was born in Seneca township July 15, 1815; he grew to manhood there, receiving a common school education and adopting farming as an occupation, which he followed all his life. He enlisted in 1861 in Company D., Forty-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, Garfield's regiment, as a private; he served with that regiment two years and was transferred to the First Wisconsin battery with which he served as a veterinary surgeon for six months. He participated in the arduous campaigns of his regiments including the siege of Vicksburg, at Champion Hills, and Cumberland Gap. He was the father of thirteen children: John S., Joseph, Julia Ann (Barnes), Aaron V. (deceased), Hannah W. (now Mrs. Patterson of Illinois), Susanna (now Mrs. Stevens), Dighton M., Eliza R. (now Mrs. Yoho of Illinois), Ruth (now Mrs. Scott of Pleasant City), Timothy (of Brookfield township), Kellar J. (of Oklahoma), Finley (of Mississippi), and Nancy H. Stevens, of Byesville, Ohio.

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The notes below are excerpts from Descendants of William Bates by Dighton Bates.

He married Martha McWilliams, who died 9 Jan 1886. He helped clear his father's land for farming and worked in his still. Barna lived on an 80 acre farm on Mud Run in Seneca Township, enjoyed fox hunting on his horse "Clem". In 1851, he went to California in search of gold and , later, drove cattle. Some Indians set their dogs on his cattle scattering them. So he shot some of the dogs. The Indians ambushed him, but he escaped through a deep ditch. After a long illness, he returned to Ohio. On September 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 42nd Reg, Ohio Volunteers, Infantry. Later, while on a furlough a U.S. Marshall asked to see his furlough. He pulled out a navy revolver and said "This is my furlough". Later, Barna served in Kentucky, was at Cumberland Gap in 1862, then down the Ohio River to Vicksburg. (Source: O.D.Bates , 1977)

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United States Census, 1860
Wayne Twp; Noble Co; Ohio

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Barna Bates M 45 Ohio
Martha Bates F 39 Pennsylvania
Hannah Bates F 23 Ohio
Suzannah Bates F 20 Ohio
Dighton Bates M 16 Ohio
Eliza Bates F 14 Ohio
Ruth Bates F 12 Ohio
Timothy Bates M 10 Ohio
Julia Bates F 8 Ohio
Aaron Bates M 5 Ohio
Keller Bates M 3 Ohio
Finley Bates M 0 Ohio