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Joseph Edgar Yates Sr.

Birth
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Death
8 Dec 1878 (aged 80)
Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Dunlap, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unknown
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He was the husband of Mary Colwell Yates.

He was the brother of Adam Yates and Dr. Thomas Yates.

He was the father of Rachel Yates, Thomas Yates, John Caldwell Yates, Mary Yates Nelson and Joseph Yates.

Joseph and his two brothers, Thomas and Adam,left Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia in 1847 by flat boat and came to Peoria Illinois by way of the Ohio, Mississipi and Illinois rivers. They settled together in the northeastern corner of Radnor county, Peoria County, Illinois. There was a Yates family cemetery but records show that the land was sold and living family gave consent to have the cemetery farmed.
He was the husband of Mary Colwell Yates.

He was the brother of Adam Yates and Dr. Thomas Yates.

He was the father of Rachel Yates, Thomas Yates, John Caldwell Yates, Mary Yates Nelson and Joseph Yates.

Joseph and his two brothers, Thomas and Adam,left Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia in 1847 by flat boat and came to Peoria Illinois by way of the Ohio, Mississipi and Illinois rivers. They settled together in the northeastern corner of Radnor county, Peoria County, Illinois. There was a Yates family cemetery but records show that the land was sold and living family gave consent to have the cemetery farmed.

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