Bio of Gates, Stephen K. (b.1815) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Gates, Stephen K., retired farmer, Lake City, is descended from an old New
England family of English origin. His father, Isaac Gates, was a native of
New Hampshire, and married Hannah Kendall, of Vermont. Reuben, father of
Hannah Kendall, enlisted in the revolutionary army at sixteen, and served
through the great struggle. Isaac Gates dwelt with his family in 1815 at
Ackworth, New Hampshire, where the subject of this sketch was born June
30. When the latter was thirteen the family went to Windsor, Vermont,
where he grew to manhood on a farm. Mr. Gates attended an academy one year
after he had become of age, and earned enough to defray the expense of
such a course. He engaged largely in farming in Vermont for many years,
and then retired to a small estate. In 1855 he visited the west, and
purchased land far from this city, in Wisconsin, of which he still owns a
part. In 1868 he removed to Lake City, and having decided to remain here,
sold his eastern home two years later. Real-estate dealings and loans have
occupied his attention somewhat here. In 1841 he married Sarah, daughter
of Oliver and Sally Hale, all born in Windsor, Vermont. Mr. Gates is
skeptical about the divinity and truth of the Bible, but contributes
liberally to the support of the Episcopal church, which claims all the
other members of the family. He has always been a consistent adherent to
the principles of the republican party. Two daughters constitute the
offspring of this family. The elder is Mrs. W. R. Murray, of this city,
mentioned elsewhere; the younger, Hannah Frances, married Rev. Charles H.
Plummer, now rector of the Episcopal church at Branford, Connecticut.