Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Yates, Benjamin January 2, 1922 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net and December 10, 2006, 11:13 pm Walnut Valley Times, January 3, 1922 Benjamin Yates, aged 81, pioneer El Doradoan, died at 1 o'clock yesterday at his farm home, 5 miles southwest of Leon. Since the death of his wife, last June, he had divided his time between the Wichita home and the homes of his only children, Frank and William Yates. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yates are on the home farm and William lives at Augusta. Mr. Yates had been in feeble health several months. Mr. Yates had a ruggedness of character that distinguished him and endeared him to hundreds of person sin Butler County, where he lived for 55 years. He had a marked sense of humor and was notably honest and hard working. One of his earliest business ventures was a grocery store here, on North Main Street. When they disposed of the store, Mr. and Mrs. Yates moved to their Little Walnut Township farm from which home they extended much cordial hospitality. After many years of hard work on the farm, and saving to acquire more land, Mr. and Mrs. Yates were rewarded materially years ago when the oil boom spread in their direction and they leased land for a substantial sum. With an inherent generosity they gave each of their sons several thousand dollars, presented several favorite relatives with a thousand or two each and then moved from the farm to an extremely comfortable home at Wichita. There they enjoyed for a few years the comforts and ease for which they had worked, not for themselves, but for their sons. Twelve hours before the death of Mr. Yates, oil was discovered on his homestead. He was told of the strike and expressed delight. His last thought was for the happiness of his sons. Mr. Yates was born at Petersburg, Va., April 19, 1841, and there spent his boyhood days. Later he moved to Illinios and came to Kansas in 1836. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist Church at Leon. Rev. W. E. Freeman, minister of that church will officiate and burial will be made in the Leon Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/butler/obits/y/yates436ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb