Betsey C. Bates ⁵⁵⁸

   Cause of her death was cancer of the gall bladder.

  Events

• She worked as a tailor in 1860 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine.

• She had a residence in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

• She appeared on the census in 1850 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.

• She appeared on the census in 1860 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.

• She appeared on the census in 1870 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She lived in the household of her husband. Her brother Silas lived in the household as well.

• She appeared on the census in 1880 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1900 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1910 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She lived in the household of her son, Charles.

• She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

Betsey married William Morton Sawyer, son of William Sawyer and Mary Talbot Morton, 9 January 1864 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine.²⁷² (William Morton Sawyer was born 18 April 1838 in Newton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts,¹⁵⁰¹ died 16 April 1911 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan ¹⁵⁰² and was buried 18 April 1911 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan at Woodlawn Cemetery ¹⁵⁰².) The cause of his death was angina pectoris (chest pain due to a lack of blood, thus a lack of oxygen supply and waste removal) of the heart muscle with paralysis of heart as a contributing factor.