George Gates

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George Gates

Birth
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
10 Dec 1896 (aged 83)
Salina, Sevier County, Utah, USA
Burial
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George was born to James Gates and Marcia Westover Gates. He had multiple wifes and many children. In 1852 he married Harriet Hacking, but she lived for less than a year after that.

Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846 about George Gates
Name: George Gates
Birth Date: 1811
Birth Place: Connecticut
Death Date: 1896
Death Place: Utah
Father: James Gates
Mother: Marcia Westover
Wives: Foote, Clarissa; Hacking, Harriet; Liversidge, Sarah Maria (4); Smith, Mary (10); Webster, Elizabeth (2); Woodson, Elizabeth
Ordination: 1845
Quorum: Q15
Nauvoo Data: Baptized 1837; Endowed Nauvoo Temple 1/6/46 (Seventy); Nauvoo Ward 3
Post-Nauvoo Data: Farmer; Summit County UT
Sources: M18:7; Q15+;


Deseret News 1897-04-17 Obituary Notes
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GEORGE GATES

Salina, March 29, 1897 – George Gates was born December 24, 1811, and died December 10, 1896, at Salina, Sevier county, Utah. He joined the Church, being baptized by Elder Joshua Holdman, August 7, 1837; was ordained a Seventy by Stephen Markham in November, 1842, was with the Prophet and endured many persecutions and drivings of the Saints; came to Utah in Parley P. Pratt's company in 1847; was one of the first to locate at Mill Creek ward; was a faithful Latter-day Saint and leaves one wife, eleven children and sixty-five grandchildren. Brother Gates lived in Parley's Park; moved from there to Corn Creek, and from Corn Creek to Salina, on the re-settlement of this valley, and has lived here ever since. His house has been open to the weary and his table spred for the hungry. He was a well known and highly esteemed by all acquainted with him.
Thomas G. Humphrey.

Transcribed by Eileen Hacking Lentz 27 February 2013

More information, images, and stories are available at his Fold3 memorial page
George was born to James Gates and Marcia Westover Gates. He had multiple wifes and many children. In 1852 he married Harriet Hacking, but she lived for less than a year after that.

Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846 about George Gates
Name: George Gates
Birth Date: 1811
Birth Place: Connecticut
Death Date: 1896
Death Place: Utah
Father: James Gates
Mother: Marcia Westover
Wives: Foote, Clarissa; Hacking, Harriet; Liversidge, Sarah Maria (4); Smith, Mary (10); Webster, Elizabeth (2); Woodson, Elizabeth
Ordination: 1845
Quorum: Q15
Nauvoo Data: Baptized 1837; Endowed Nauvoo Temple 1/6/46 (Seventy); Nauvoo Ward 3
Post-Nauvoo Data: Farmer; Summit County UT
Sources: M18:7; Q15+;


Deseret News 1897-04-17 Obituary Notes
Image 111 of 115

GEORGE GATES

Salina, March 29, 1897 – George Gates was born December 24, 1811, and died December 10, 1896, at Salina, Sevier county, Utah. He joined the Church, being baptized by Elder Joshua Holdman, August 7, 1837; was ordained a Seventy by Stephen Markham in November, 1842, was with the Prophet and endured many persecutions and drivings of the Saints; came to Utah in Parley P. Pratt's company in 1847; was one of the first to locate at Mill Creek ward; was a faithful Latter-day Saint and leaves one wife, eleven children and sixty-five grandchildren. Brother Gates lived in Parley's Park; moved from there to Corn Creek, and from Corn Creek to Salina, on the re-settlement of this valley, and has lived here ever since. His house has been open to the weary and his table spred for the hungry. He was a well known and highly esteemed by all acquainted with him.
Thomas G. Humphrey.

Transcribed by Eileen Hacking Lentz 27 February 2013

More information, images, and stories are available at his Fold3 memorial page

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