Erford Alonzo GATES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1895, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Evalena W. LEONARD. Evalena was born about 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Josephine Lillian GATES was born on 29 Dec 1877.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Notes:

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Winona Co, MN Biographies
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REUBEN GATES, farmer, has been a resident of St. Charles since 1860; having purchased eighty acres of land on Sec. 23, in 1859, he settled here with his family the following year. He subsequently bought eighty acres more on Sec. 26, adjoining the first purchase; his farm lies half on either side of the St. Charles and Winona road; is very nearly level, and is a sight with its neat buildings and other improvements, to delight the vision of a tidy agriculturist. Willis Gates, father of this subject, was born in Ackworth, New Hampshire, and married Miss Almira Hulett, of Weathersfield, Vermont. He settled on a farm in Elizabethtown, Essex county, New York, where Reuben Gates was born on July 28, 1826. He assisted his father on the farm and in the operation of a sawmill, attending the common school of his native town. At twenty four years old he purchased a farm, and has always been a tiller of the soil. On March 11, 1851, he was married to Eliza Wakefield; her father, Johnathan Wakefield, was born in New Hampshire. and her mother, Rebecca Haven, was a descendant of Richard Haven, Who emigrated from England to America in 1640, and was born at Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Gates were members of the Baptist church in New York, and still cherish the faith of that sect. In public affairs Mr. Gates affiliates with the republican party, always has and expects to; he was assessor of St. Charles township in 1870, and supervisor one year. Two children complete the family circle. Erford E., the eldest, was born December 19, 1857; he married Eva W. Leonard, and is settled on a farm on Sec. 26, near his father. Lillie O. was born April 17, 1853; she married Dr. C. S. Dixon and resides at Somonauk, Illinois.

Reuben married Eliza WAKEFIELD on 11 Mar 1851. Eliza was born on 10 Oct 1832 in Cornish, New Hampshire; died on 10 Jul 1915; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Jonathan Wakefield and Rebecca Haven
• Census: 1855, Living with husband in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1895, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Occupation: 1870; Farmer

Willis married Almira HULETT before 1824 in Hampton, Washington, New York. Almira (daughter of Mason HULETT, Jr. and Hannah KIDDER) was born on 10 Dec 1806 in Weatherfield, Vermont; died on 06 Dec 1878 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with husband in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with husband in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Death: 13 Jan 1879

Notes:

Isaac was a soldier in the revolution, from Stow, in Captain John Kirkland's company, Colonel John Dickinson's regiment, from August 16, to August 20, 1777, on the Bennington alarm. He also served on a Rhode Island alarm and the Lexington alarm. After his marriage to Mary, they removed to Acworth, New Hampshire, in 1781. His farm was on Gates Hill.

Isaac married Mary WHEELER on 15 Dec 1769 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas WHEELER and Mary DABY) was born on 04 Jun 1754 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1819 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Old Acworth Cemetery, Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mason married Hannah KIDDER on 07 Aug 1803 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA. Hannah (daughter of Lieut. Oliver KIDDER and Eunice BURR) was born on 22 May 1783 in Wethersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont; died on 14 Jan 1815 in Hampton, Washington Co., New York; was buried in Hampton Flats Cemetery, Hampton, Washington Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Inscription on Headstone:

Mrs. HANNAH
wife of
MASON
HULETT
died Jan. 14th
1816, in the 31st
ear of her age.

Return my friends, dry up your tears.
I must be here till Christ appears