Biographical Sketch of E. M. Yates, Agency Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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E. M. Yates, merchant and miller, Agency, was born October 7, 1838,
in Buchanan County, Missouri and has resided in this county all his
life.  He was raised a farmer and received but limited educational
advantages.  He was married November 5, 1873, to Miss Victoria Boone,
daughter of R. R. Boone.  They have had three children: Jewell, Effie,
and Victoria.  Jewell died in 1875.  Mrs. Yates died November 12, 1879.
The subject of this sketch was again married February 22, 1881, to 
Jessie L. Boone, who was born in Meade County, Kentucky.  Mr. Yates
owns forty acres of land in section 7, Jackson Township, his residence,
store, house, and one half interest in stock of goods and steam grist
mill in Agency.  He is a Master Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  He has never sought political
honors, preferring the quiet of private business to the turmoil of
politics.  He was among the first white children born in the county,
and the first born in Jackson Township.

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