Joseph Yellow Horse Bates, Sr.

Osage
Joe's Band

• Son of Kah-wah-e Yellow Horse and Ke Ah Som Pah
• Married Mo-she-che-he Elizabeth June Kenny in 1905 n Osage County, Oklahoma
• Their children: Edward, Joseph, Allyne, Quarles, Cora, Ida and Rosa Bates
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88849069/josephjoe-yellow_horse...
• https://genealogytrails.com/oka/osage/cen_1921_indian_osage_pg2.html

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From Osage Oil Murders List:

Bates alias Grayhorse/Yellowhorse, Joe 1886-1921 Osage
GXRH-1Z5
Mentioned in FBI file as a possible suspicious death. He was married to Elizabeth Kenny. Anna Kyle's second husband was John Kenny, Elizabeth's sibling or half-sibling. Amanda Claremore and Anna Trent were sisters of Joseph's, Amanda Claremore sometimes mentioned as an individual with information reluctant to speak.
https://edmondlifeandleisure.com/a-look-at-the-osage-indian-murders...

United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN15-PZZ : Fri Oct 06 23:23:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Bates and Elizabeth Bates, 1920.

In September 1918 at age thirty-four, Joseph registered for the World War I draft in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma. He was described as being tall and of stout build, with black eyes and hair. He was residing in Gray Horse in Osage County and was working as a farmer on his own farm.

In February 1920, Joseph, Lizzie, and their five children were residing in Fairfax Township of Osage County, Oklahoma. Joseph does not have an occupation listed. It states that both his and Lizzie's parents were born in Kansas.

Joseph passed away in 1921. He was buried at Greyhorse Indian Village Cemetery in Gray Horse, Osage County, Oklahoma.

Supposedly poisoned. Mentioned in the book by David Grann called "Killers of the Flower Moon".

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bates-14739