Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Yates, John A. 
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Diana Catlin catlindiana@yahoo.com October 6, 2013, 5:46 am

Cemetery:           Woodlawn Cemetery
Name:               John A. Yates

Date Of Photograph: February 1, 2013
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/wayne/photos/tombstones/woodlawn/yates268571nph.jpg
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The monument for John A. Yates appeared in the background of the photo of the  
W.H.Harrison monument.  Hard to read, the monument of John Yates revealed a 
1911 death which led to trying to find his death certificate at 
seekingmichigan.org.  It took many attempts but was finally found under Gotes, 
John H. Wayne County, 1911.  John Yates monument is to the right of W.H. 
Harrison and reads:

JOHN A. YATES

BORN IN SWEDEN 1859

DIED IN DETROIT 1911







Additional Comments:
Information from the death certificate: 

John A. Yates b. June 24, 1859 Sweden  d. May 27, 1911 Detroit MI age 51 11 mo.

Cause of death: Hemorrhage of the stomach, contributory cirrhosis of liver.

Widowed, Occupation: Merchant, tailor, proprietor

Father: Elias Yates  b. Sweden   Mother: Elsie Yates  b. Sweden

Informant on death certificate Jas T. Yates





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