Brief Life History of Dewitt Clinton
When Dewitt Clinton Yates was born on 10 April 1834, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States, his father, John W. Yates, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Blue, was 25. He married Martha Johnston in 1863, in Madison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Range, Madison, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Willow Springs Township, Howell, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 1 March 1907, in El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Willow Springs, Howell, Missouri, United States.
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- Clinton I Yates, "United States Census, 1900"
- D. C. Yates, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Dewitt Clinton Yates, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Hunter, Kansas Territory, United States 1860: Irving, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Irving, Kansas, United States 1864: Butler, Kansas, 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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