Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess Co., IL (1889) - Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1889 - Page 245 -
In the History of Samuel B. Gates - A part that talks about his father - John Gates, the father of our subject, was born in Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 1777, and when a young man emigrated to Wayne County, N. Y., of which he became a pioneer.
He served in the War of 1812, and after his term of enlistment expired, he returned to New York and bought sixty-six acres of timbered land from Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, a resident of England, and began to improve a farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Gates established themselves on his land in New York, and remained there engaged in farming until October, 1836. They then removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, thence proceeded to Blackberry, a town five miles west of Aurora, Ill., and the following September came to Jo Daviess County, and once more began the life of pioneers as early settlers of Berreman Township. Mr. Gates bought 160 acres of Government land, and in the busy years that followed was actively engaged in improving a fine farm, and on this he and his wife passed their declining years, and, dying, left a record behind them of worthy, well-spent lives.
In the History of Samuel B. Gates - A part that talks about his father - John Gates, the father of our subject, was born in Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 1777, and when a young man emigrated to Wayne County, N. Y., of which he became a pioneer.
He served in the War of 1812, and after his term of enlistment expired, he returned to New York and bought sixty-six acres of timbered land from Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, a resident of England, and began to improve a farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Gates established themselves on his land in New York, and remained there engaged in farming until October, 1836. They then removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, thence proceeded to Blackberry, a town five miles west of Aurora, Ill., and the following September came to Jo Daviess County, and once more began the life of pioneers as early settlers of Berreman Township. Mr. Gates bought 160 acres of Government land, and in the busy years that followed was actively engaged in improving a fine farm, and on this he and his wife passed their declining years, and, dying, left a record behind them of worthy, well-spent lives.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess Co., IL (1889) - Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1889 - Page 245 -
In the History of Samuel B. Gates - A part that talks about his father - John Gates, the father of our subject, was born in Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 1777, and when a young man emigrated to Wayne County, N. Y., of which he became a pioneer.
He served in the War of 1812, and after his term of enlistment expired, he returned to New York and bought sixty-six acres of timbered land from Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, a resident of England, and began to improve a farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Gates established themselves on his land in New York, and remained there engaged in farming until October, 1836. They then removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, thence proceeded to Blackberry, a town five miles west of Aurora, Ill., and the following September came to Jo Daviess County, and once more began the life of pioneers as early settlers of Berreman Township. Mr. Gates bought 160 acres of Government land, and in the busy years that followed was actively engaged in improving a fine farm, and on this he and his wife passed their declining years, and, dying, left a record behind them of worthy, well-spent lives.
In the History of Samuel B. Gates - A part that talks about his father - John Gates, the father of our subject, was born in Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 1777, and when a young man emigrated to Wayne County, N. Y., of which he became a pioneer.
He served in the War of 1812, and after his term of enlistment expired, he returned to New York and bought sixty-six acres of timbered land from Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, a resident of England, and began to improve a farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Gates established themselves on his land in New York, and remained there engaged in farming until October, 1836. They then removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, thence proceeded to Blackberry, a town five miles west of Aurora, Ill., and the following September came to Jo Daviess County, and once more began the life of pioneers as early settlers of Berreman Township. Mr. Gates bought 160 acres of Government land, and in the busy years that followed was actively engaged in improving a fine farm, and on this he and his wife passed their declining years, and, dying, left a record behind them of worthy, well-spent lives.
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John Gates
Died
Aug 18 1847
Aged 67 ys
9 mos
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