Freeman GATES

Father: Fellows GATES
Mother: Mary WILLIAMS

Family 1: Emerette M. PRIEST

(1) Abstracted by Lansing Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, "Marriage Records of Ionia County, Michigan 1837-1867" (Self-published, Lansing, MI). Available in the Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, DC: "Gates, FREEMAN, 25, Orange, M. Emerett M. PRIEST, 15, Orange, February 9, 1862 by Benj. SHILTON, Justice. Witnesses: Caroline GATES and Hannah SHILTON."

  1. Seymor Fellows GATES
  2. Elias W. GATES 
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Notes

Updated December 9, 2014. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Freeman GATES
- Age: 28
- Place of Birth: Canada
- Occupation: Farmer
- Residence: Orange, Michigan
- Date: July 1863

(2) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp., Ionia Post Office: page 6; June 2, 1870.

Freeman GATES is head of household, married to Emerette (listed as "Armarette") [PRIEST] GATES. He was born in Connecticut, is 35 years old, and a farmer with real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $350. He is eligible to vote. His parents, Fellows and Mary GATES, live two households away.

(3) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Orange, Ionia Co., MI. Family History Library Film 1254584, NA Film Number T9-0584, Page 243D.

Freeman GATES is 45 years old and born in Canada. His father was born in New York and his mother in Massachusetts. He is head of household, a farmer, and married to Emerette [PRIEST] GATES (listed as "M. Amerette"). The children listed in the household are F. Seymour and W. Elias GATES.

(4) 1900 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 23; Sheets 4B and 5A; June 6, 1900.

Freeman GATES is head of household, married to Emerette (listed as "Emeria") [PRIEST] GATES.

- Birth month: February 1835; age 65
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 38
- Birthplace: Canada, with his parents from New York
- Immigration: 1855; a resident of the United States for 45 years
- Occupation: A farmer who owns his farm free of mortgage

(5) Michigan, Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Full Name: Freeman GATES
- Date of Death: Oct 1, 1909
- Place of Death: Orange Twp., Ionia Co.
- Marital Status: Married
- Age of Marriage: 27 years
- Parent of 3 children, of whom 1 is living
- Age: 74 years, 6 months, 25 days
- Date of Birth: Feb 9, 1835
- Birthplace: Canada
- Occupation: Farmer
- Father: Fellows GATES (born in Vermont)
- Mother: Mary WILLIAMS (born in Massachusetts)
- Date of Burial: Oct 3
- Place of Burial: Tuttle Cemetery
- Informant: Mrs. Emerett [PRIEST] GATES; Ionia R. 3
- Cause of Death: Active Pulmonary Hyperemia; Chronic Nephritis (contributory)

(6) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Freeman GATES
- Birth: Feb. 9, 1835, Canada
- Death: Oct. 1, 1909; Ionia County, Michigan, USA
- Burial: Burial: Tuttle Cemetery, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, USA

(7) J. Smith family records, February 10, 2002.

- This source includes a rather comprehensive 27-page review of Fellows Gates and his descendants.