Brief Life History of Lewis R
When Lewis R Yates was born on 13 November 1829, in Wood, Virginia, United States, his father, James Yates, was 25 and his mother, Malinda Rice, was 21. He married Tamzine Jane Laughlin on 9 February 1858, in Parkville, Champaign, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sadorus, Champaign, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Ivesdale, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 18 September 1902, in Parkville, Champaign, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Sadorus, Champaign, Illinois, United States.
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- Lewis Yeates, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lewis Yates - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Lewis Yates
- Lewis Yates, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Champaign, Illinois, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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