Monroe County OhArchives Obituaries.....Gates, Samuel May 14, 1932
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Spirit of Democracy, May 19, 1932
Samuel Gates, aged 92 years, and one of the oldest residents of Beallsville, 
Monroe County, died after an illness of several years at midnight last 
Saturday. He was the last Civil War veteran in Beallsville and was also a 
member of the M. E. Church.
Surviving Mr. Gates are a daughter, Mrs. Celeste Markey, of Beallsville; also 
one granddaughter, Mrs. Vera Bonebright of Dover; three sisters, Mrs. Harriett 
Brown, Mrs. Minta Pugh and Mrs. Elizabeth Riley, all of the Beallsville 
community, and one brother Douglass Gates of Altitude.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the late home in charge of 
his pastor, Rev. M. Lafollette. Military honors were accorded by Monroe Post 
No. 87 of the American Legion. Interment in Beallsville cemetery.

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