Biography of William B. Yeates - Conway Co, AR

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        Date: 21 Jun 1998
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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas.
Goodspeed Publishers, 1891.

page 124

William B. Yeates. Among the early pioneers to Arkansas from
Mississippi were the parents of the subject of this sketch. They
located in that part of Conway County that is at present Faulkner, in
1838. Andrew and wife Margaret (Hester) Yeates. This worthy couple
were natives respectively of Virginia and Mississippi and were the
parents of 9 children, only two of whom are living at this time, James
G. and William B. Mr. Yeates, Sr., continued to make his home in that
area of Conway, now Faulkner County, till 1870, when he removed to a
location in the present county limits, where he resided till his death
in 1882. He followed the occupation of a farmer. Was, with his
estimable wife, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in
which he held the office of elder, and was always an earnest advocate
and supporter of all measures that promised to promote the good of his
section. He was one of the leading men in the organization of
churches, schools, etc. The subject of this sketch, Mr. William B.
Yeates, was born in Conway County in 1841, and received such school
advantages as this county, in those early days, afforded, and in 1862
enlisted in a company and entered the Confederate army. In a few
months he was disabled and returned home. The following year, 1863, he
enlisted in the Federal army under Gen. Steele. After the close of the
war he at once engaged in farming, and shortly, in 1865, married
Miss Adaline Baker, a native of Mississippi. To this union have been
born three children: William A. (deceased), Georgie M., and Wesley W.
Mr. Yeates still follows the occupation of a planter, in which he has
been successful, and owns a good farm of 280 acres, 160 of which is
under a good state of cultivation, in Washington Township. Mr. and
Mrs. Yeates are both active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, in which he holds the office of deacon. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, Lewisburg Lodge No. 105, and may always be
found advocating any measure which promises to advance the welfare of
Conway County, as well as a liberal contributor to the church and
schools.