Petty and Indy Bates Barfield with their children showing their new car. Indy is the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth Ward Bates. She is the sister of Lem Bates. Indy married Mr. Barfield at the age of 14 and she only knew him for a few weeks when he came through Georgia. They married on December 26, 1904. They left for Texas and she never returned to Georgia except for only two different occasions. She always wrote letters beginning with Dear Old Maw and shared about her life in Texas. She never returned for her parent's funerals. She escaped her poor Georgia farm life. A cousin kept some of the letters in an old shoebox. We found out that she sent money back to Georgia to help to pay off their farm loan.
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