Johnson Gates

GATES, GILBERT

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Date: 2/24/2002 at 20:10:47

Johnson Gates, Jr., settled on section 26, Butler township, in 1864. He was born in Saratoga county, New York, September 16, 1845. His father, Johnson Gates, was of Spanish parentage and a native of Saratoga county, New York. His mother, Caroline Gates, was born in Washington county, New York, in 1818. The family emigrated to Wisconsin in 1850 and settled in Walworth county, where they resided until 1864, when they came to this county. The father died in 1873. His mother still lives and resides with Johnson, Jr., who now owns the homestead.
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Mr. Gates received a liberal education, completing it at Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College, Milwaukee, in the winter of 1864. He was married December 10, 1873, to Miss Ida M. Gilbert. They have one son – Loran J.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 507