When Francis Marion Yates was born on 23 November 1839, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States, his father, John W. Yates, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Blue, was 31. He married Clarinda A Haynes on 30 October 1873, in Ross, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 14 June 1911, in Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States.
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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.
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