Cook County IL Archives Obituaries.....Gates, Caleb Foote June 9, 1890
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Chicago Tribune Wed Jun 11, 1890 pg 5

          THE OBITUARY RECORD
         Caleb F. Gates
   Caleb F. Gates, died Monday night at his residence, 
No. 512 North avenue, of pneumonia. He contracted his
illness while in New York last week, but on his return
home last Wednesday the physicians who attended him 
apprehended no danger. He became suddenly worse Monday 
evening at 7 o'clock, and breathed his last in less 
that an hour.
   Mr. Gates was born on the Hudson, opposite West Point,
received his earlier education while living with his 
uncle near East Haddam, Conn., and got the rudiments
of his business education in a bank. In 1851 he married
Mary E. Hutchins, and the following year took up his
residence in Chicago. During the years following he was
successively employed at the Illinois Central car shops,
became a hardware merchant, and during the war had the
entire charge of the shot and paint business of the
firm of Blatchford & Gates. The partnership was dissolved
but a few years ago, Mr. Gates taking the proprietorship
of the white-lead works. He removed to Geneva in 1867, 
but returned to Chicago in 1873.
   Mr. Gates was actively interested in the city mission
work, and was instrumental in building the Bohemian
mission on Throop street. His outside work in this 
direction was as a member of the Congregational Board
of Missions and the Illinois Missionary Society.
   He leaves a widow and six sons. The funeral will be
held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the New England
Congregational Church, Dearborn avenue and Delaware
place.




Chicago Tribune Mon Dec 22, 1890 pg 3
         HIS MEMORY IS CHERISHED
  Friends of the Late Caleb Foote Gates Speak
              of His Good Works.
   The memory of the late Deacon Calem Foote Gates was
honored in the First Congregational Church last night 
and his character and services to his fellow-men were made
the subject of tributes from associates in the many lines
of work along which Mr. Gates labored for the good of
humanity and the cause of Christs's church. The laborer
whose life is held in such loving remembrance died at the
early part of last summer after years spent in the further-
ance of missionary, educational, and charitable objects.
   The meeting last night was held under the auspices of
the Congregational Club, the City Missionary Society, and
the Theological Seminary. There were present beside the
congregation of the church, in which the meeting was held
held many worshipers from the Congregational bodies and a
large number of Bohemians from Bethany Church, which Mr.
Gates was more instrumental than any one person in founding.
   A prayer and a hymn were followed by an address by W. H.
Bradley, who spoke of Mr. Gates as a Christian business-man.
He first traced Mr. Gates' early struggles and then his
final successes in the business world, all of which had
been attained in a manner consistent with the profession of
his faith in Christ made when but a youth.
   The work of Mr. Gates as a laborer for the missionary
cause was the subject of F. W. Blatchford's remarks. The
enthusiasm of Mr. Gates, the money and the time that he
gave to the furtherance of the cause, the vast and studious
research devoted to the subject, and his final parting with
his son who was to enter upon missionary work in far-off
Mesopotamia were dwelt upon in a way that showed how 
thoroughly the sacrifices that were made by Mr. Gates were 
appreciated by those who worked side by side with him in his
endeavors to preach the gospel to all the world.
   Dr. E. P. Goodwin spoke of Mr. Gates as a Christian 
layman, of his stalwart faith with its intense intolerance 
of the latter day criticism of the Bible, which would put
fallible thought against the Scriptural "This saith the 
Lord." "He believed in progress," continued Dr. Goodwin,
"but he found no reason to modify his religious belief. 
There was with him no thrusting out of Jonah, no cutting
of Isaiah's prophecies in twain. He stood for the old faith
once delivered to the Saints, and his last declaration of
belief was the one he had proclaimed for fifty years."
   The Rev. Dr. Savage spoke of Mr. Gates' work for the
Theological Seminary, and the labor on the behalf of the
Bohemians was voiced by the Rev. E. A. Adams. Dr. Curtis
spoke of the aid given by the City Missionary Society by
Mr. Gates, and the meeting was brought to a close by 
S. M. Moore, the President of the Congregational Club, who
spoke of his dead friend in a voice broken with sorrow.

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The Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL) Tue Jun 10, 1890 pg 4
              OBITUARY
          Caleb F. Gates died last night at is residence,
no. 512 North avenue, of pneumonia. On May 31 he went to
New York to meet his son, C. Frank Gates, who  is a 
missionary resident at Mardin, Turkey, and became ill
while away from home. He came home last Wednesday, when
his malady developed into pneumonia. He was attended by
Dr. Henry M. Lyman and his son, Dr. W. S. Gates, who did
not consider him to be in a dangerous condition until
last night at 7 o'clock, when he suddenly sank and passed
away at 8 o'clock.
   By the death of Caleb F. Gates the missionary societies
of the Congregational Church lose one of their most
efficient workers and generous supporters. He was born on
his father's farm, opposite West Point, on the picturesque
banks of the Hudson. His father, Russell Gates, was well
known for his manly qualities. When Caleb was 10 years
old his father died, leaving a large family. His mother
was anxious that her son should receive the advantages of
an education and she consented to the offer made by Caleb's
uncle that the boy come to his farm near the city of East
Haddam, Conn. After some years spent on his uncle's farm,
during which time he went to the winter school, he made a
shift for himself and accepted employment in a store in
East Haddam. Later he held a responsible position in the
city bank. While there it was his custom to arise in the
early hours of the morning and study. In this way he gained
much of that training which in subsequent years enabled him
to successfully cope with the world.
   He was active in church work, and his earnestness and
genial bearing won him many friends. In 1851 he married
Mary E. Hutchins, and in 1852 came to Chicago with his
wife. At first he was employed at the Illinois Central car
works, but soon left that occupation to enter into the 
hardware business. Shortly before the breaking out of the
war he entered into partnership with Mr. E. W. Blatchford
in the shot and paint business. During the years of the
war Mr. Gates had an entire charge of the business, Mr.
Blatchford being interested in the Sanitary Commission.
It became necessary at times to keep the works in operation
night and day to supply the government ordered for shot 
and shells. The partnership was continued unti a few years
ago, when it was dissolved, Mr. Blathford retaining the
Shot Tower proprietorship and Mr. Gates moved with his
family to Geneva, and remained there six years, returning
in 1873. He accumulated considerable property and was a
man of unimpeachable honor. He attended strictly to 
whatever engaged his attention, and entered into any new
project with a determination to succeed.
   It was in the city mission work that Mr. Gates took
most interest. Those who attend the Bohemian Mission
on Throop street will miss his presence. It was his
invariable custom to visit the mission Sundays. The
Magnificent new building of the Bohemian Mission is
largely the result of his endeavor. But his activity
was not confined to the city. He was also a member of
the Congregational Board of Missions and the Illinois
Missionary Society. This work was eminently practical
and took the form of substantial aid to the cause. It 
is doubtful whether there was any one whose judgement 
in matters pertaining to this branch of the church work
was more sound than his. He was a deacon of the New
England Church. Besides his wife he leaves a family
consisting of six sons; Charles William Gates, a physician
of this city; Caleb Frank Gates, a missionary; Henry
Barnes Gates, secretary of the Chicago White Lead and
Oil Works; Herbert Wright Gates, a senior at Amherst
College, and a daughter Elizabeth Gates.
   The deceased was a member of the Union League Club,
and the funeral, the arrangements for which will be
made later, will be largely attended by the members
of that organization.

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