E E Gates and Mary Majors
After he and his wife married they moved to Arkansas then to Kansas. Upon moving from Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas to Colorado he worked as a cowboy for about ten years on a ranch on Muddy Creek in eastern Bent County, Co.The family moved in 1926 to Las Animas, the county seat of Bent County
He was the Sheriff of Bent County Colorado from 1927 to 1931, The family lived below the jail, since the jail was the whole second floor and his wife, Nellie Sneed Gates, cooked for the prisoners. The jail is located for historical preservation purposes on the grounds of the Bent County Courthouse in Las Animas.
Father of Curtis Wain Gates, better known as Movie star Ken Curtis "Festus Haggen"
1st wife: Nellie Sneed, she died in Los Angeles, Calif. May 1, 1975 living with her son Curtis Wain Gates
He died at the age of 87
Son: Carl M Gates
Son: Chester K "Dub" Gates
Son: Curtis Wain Gates
"Arkansas, County Marriages "
Name: Daniel Selden Gates
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date : 19 Sep 1906
Event Place: Boone, Arkansas, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year : 1885
Residence Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Nellie Sneed
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year : 1885
Spouse's Residence Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas
Marriage License Date: 18 Sep 1906
His second wife was Georgia Gates
E E Gates and Mary Majors
After he and his wife married they moved to Arkansas then to Kansas. Upon moving from Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas to Colorado he worked as a cowboy for about ten years on a ranch on Muddy Creek in eastern Bent County, Co.The family moved in 1926 to Las Animas, the county seat of Bent County
He was the Sheriff of Bent County Colorado from 1927 to 1931, The family lived below the jail, since the jail was the whole second floor and his wife, Nellie Sneed Gates, cooked for the prisoners. The jail is located for historical preservation purposes on the grounds of the Bent County Courthouse in Las Animas.
Father of Curtis Wain Gates, better known as Movie star Ken Curtis "Festus Haggen"
1st wife: Nellie Sneed, she died in Los Angeles, Calif. May 1, 1975 living with her son Curtis Wain Gates
He died at the age of 87
Son: Carl M Gates
Son: Chester K "Dub" Gates
Son: Curtis Wain Gates
"Arkansas, County Marriages "
Name: Daniel Selden Gates
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date : 19 Sep 1906
Event Place: Boone, Arkansas, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year : 1885
Residence Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Nellie Sneed
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year : 1885
Spouse's Residence Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas
Marriage License Date: 18 Sep 1906
His second wife was Georgia Gates
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