Lillian May GATES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Mt. Vernon, Whatcom Co., Washington
• Census: 1885, Living with parents in Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1887, Living with parents in Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1910, Living in Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington

Lillian married Oscar Dewitt SLOSSON on 13 Aug 1888. Oscar (son of Oscar SLOSSON and Julia TOWSLEE) was born about 1865 in Iowa; died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Grant Albert SLOSSON was born on 10 Apr 1891 in Washington; died on 24 Sep 1965 in Vancouver, Canada.
2. William Nathan SLOSSON was born on 28 Apr 1893 in Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington; died on 8 Mar 1971; was buried in Washington Memorial Park, SeaTac, King County, Washington.
3. Clarence Hyman SLOSSON was born on 12 Feb 1895 in Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington; died on 2 Mar 1955 in Seattle, King Co., Washington.

Lillian married Arthur Henry KING on 20 Jan 1913 in Vancouver, Canada. Arthur was born on 11 Aug 1872 in Birmingham, England; died on 22 Feb 1945 in Fort William, Thunder Bay Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living in Bee Branch, Chariton Co., Missouri
• Census: 1880, Living in Mt. Vernon, Whatcom Co., Washington
• Census: 1885, Living in Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1887, Living in Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1900, Living in Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington

Notes:

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Much that recalls times of trouble for the American Union is suggested by the life of the late John B. Gates, one of the pioneers of Skagit county and Whidby island, who died January 12, 1905, after a career full of years of activity and of good deeds. At the time of his death Mr. Gates resided on the place he had cleared of the virgin forest and that is now the home of his widow and those of his children who still surround her. Mr. Gates was a native of Missouri, born in Pike county on October 6, 1831. His father was Abel Gates, a native of Massachusetts and son of Colonel Gates of Revolutionary fame. It was in the schools of Missouri that John B. Gates gained his education, and it was there also that he imbibed the spirit of loyalty to the cause of the Southern states in their great conflict with the American Union. the year 1862 found him enlisted in the Confederate army, in which he served throughout the war, rising to a sergeancy in his company.

At the close of the conflict he returned to his native state, bringing with him a bride of South Carolina, Sarah Turner, whom he had married at hamburg in the Palmetto state in the closing days of the Lost Cause. Mr. and Mrs. Gates resided in Missouri until 1871, when they came to Washington and took up a homestead near Mount Vernon, the place now sheltering Mrs. Gates and on which she has had many unusual experiences incident to pioneer life in a new country. For five years much of Mr. Gates' time was spent on Whidby island, working for others, but during that time he cleared twenty-three acres and commenced the orchard and meadow land home which was his until death. Robert Turner, the father of Mrs. Gates, was a native of Dublin, Ireland, coming to the United States with his parents when eighteen years of age. the Turners settled in Edgefield county, South Carolina, and resided there until his death. At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Turner cast his fortunes with those of the Confederacy and during the engagement resulting in the fall of Fort Sumter, received a wound from the effects of which he died. Mrs. Turner, the mother of Mrs. Gates, was a native of Wales, but came to South Carolina with her parents when a child. Mrs. Gates was born in South Carolina and received her education there. She was twenty-four years of age when she married. To the union ten children were born: John, Robert, Edwin, Lamora, Adaline and Dortha, all deceased; David and Henry A., at home, and two married daughters, Mrs. Mary L. Moore and Lillian M. Slosson, having homes, respectively, near Mount Vernon and on Whidby island. the family generally are Methodists, though David has embraced the Catholic faith. John B. Gates' widow is still living on the land which her husband wrested from its native state to become one of the farm homes of the Puget sound country. She vividly remembers her early days on that ground, the woods alive with wild beasts and recalls with distinctness the circumstances under which many of her domestic animals were carried off under her very eyes by the bears. She has lived to see the wilderness of trees turned into human habitations, the wild creatures disappear, and to note the work done by herself and her husband in effecting the transformation from forest to family fireside.

John married Sarah A. TURNER about 1865. Sarah (daughter of Robert TURNER and Louisa ?) was born on 26 Nov 1838 in Edgefield Co., South Carolina; died on 27 Mar 1909 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Edgefield, Edgefield Co., South Carolina
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Bee Branch, Chariton Co., Missouri
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Mt. Vernon, Whatcom Co., Washington
• Census: 1885, Living with husband in Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1887, Living with husband in Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington