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Reuben GATES

Reuben GATES

Male 1826 - 1889  (62 years)

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  • Name Reuben GATES  [2, 3] 
    • 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. [1]
    Birth 28 Jul 1826  Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1855  Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1860  Living in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1870  Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1880  Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 21 Apr 1889  Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Hillside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I24383  Main Tree
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2018 

    Father Willis GATES,   b. 16 Oct 1793, Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Nov 1873, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Almira HULETT,   b. 10 Dec 1806, Weatherfield, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Dec 1878, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Bef 1824  Hampton, Washington, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza WAKEFIELD,   b. 10 Oct 1832, Cornish, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1915 (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1851  [1, 3] 
    Children 
    +1. Erford Alonzo GATES,   b. 19 Dec 1851   d. 1938 (Age 86 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Lillian Orlena GATES,   b. 17 Apr 1853, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1949, Riverside, Riverside Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F37015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jul 1826 - Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1855 - Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Living in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Reuben Gates and Eliza Wakefield Headstone    		Reuben Gates and Eliza Wakefield Headstone
    Reuben, the son of Willis Gates and Almira Hulett, and his wife Eliza Wakefield, are buried in the Hillside Cemetery in Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota.

    Maintained by: Marcia Lynne vonGunden
    Originally Created by: None to be Forgotten
    Photo added by: Tom Mauer

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S00153] 1850 Census Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York.

    3. [S9390] Homer Wakefield, M.D., Wakefield Memorial Comprising an Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Register of the name and family of Wakefield.

    4. [S9381] 1855 Census Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York.

    5. [S9391] 1860 Census Township 106, Winona County, Minnesota.

    6. [S4890] 1870 Census St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota .

    7. [S4891] 1880 Census St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.


  

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