Nancy Yates

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Yates was born on 12 December 1813, in Bullitt, Kentucky, United States, her father, Isaac Yates, was 23 and her mother, Rachel Collings, was 15. She married Thomas Gunter on 5 June 1830, in Putnam, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ravanna, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Medicine Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 April 1906, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Brantley Cemetery, Ravanna Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Gunter
1808–1877
Nancy Yates
1813–1906
Marriage: 5 June 1830
Mary Jane Gunter
1831–1873
William Anderson Gunter
1832–1860
Isaac N. Gunter
1835–
Sarah E. Gunter
1836–
John Fletcher Gunter
1838–1904
Rachel Ann Gunter
1840–1935
Marion Moses Gunter
1842–1927
Hinson H. Gunter
1845–1916
Morrison Gunter
1846–1860
Monroe Gunter
1848–1917
Wiley Dunn Gunter
1850–1900
Garret G. Gunter
1853–1939
Thomas Fillmore Gunter
1856–1878

Sources (20)

  • Nancy Gunter in household of Richard Brantty, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Nancy Gates, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Nancy Yates Gunter, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1845

Historical Boundaries 1845: Mercer, Missouri, United States

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’, plural of yate, Old English geat ‘gate’, hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or castle and who probably acted as the gatekeeper or porter. Compare Gates . Alternatively, a variant of the singular form Yate, with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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