John Yates b. 25 Oct 1794 d. 27 Oct 1853 , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1794 - 1853

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Birth	25 Oct 1794
Gender	Male
Died	27 Oct 1853	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Buried	Yates Family Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
Person ID	I4198	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
Last Modified	25 May 2006

Family	Elizabeth Dawson, b. 7 Jun 1814, , Nelson, Virginia, USA , d. 4 Nov 1871, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
Married	26 Apr 1833	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Last Modified	09 Nov 2005
Family ID	F1058	Group Sheet

Notes	From the History of Callaway County Missouri, published in 1884, which is not always accurate: Benjamin Yates was born in Virginia in 1767, and died in Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1858. He was married twice ; first to Margaret Ford, of Kentucky, by whom he had John, Edith, Gilson, Nancy, Mary, Milton, Benjamin F., Jeptha and William F. His second wife was a Miss Susan Sullivan, of Kentucky ; they had no children. Yates was married first to Mary Nichols, and they had one son, George, who is a druggist at Williamsburg. His second wife was Elizabeth Dawson ; their children were Benjamin D., William, Martha (Mrs. Samuel Grant), Thomas, John and Martin; the latter is a physician. Edith, daughter of Benjamin Yates, Sr., married Theodore Drain ; their children were Stephen, Dulcinia, Emma and Franklin. Gibson Yates married Catharine Ford, of Kentucky, and they had James, John and Frances I. Mary Yates married Will Guthin, and they had six children. Nancy married H. Woods, and they had four children. Benjamin died when he was sixteen years of age. Jeptha married Eliza J. Harrison, and their children were John, Mary and Lacy J. William F. married Nancy Hopkins, and they had but one child. Yates, Charles- died Aug 12 1845, aged 3 mos 11 dys- son of John & E. A. Yates