WILLIAM GATES - Biography

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This biography appears on page 662 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

WILLIAM GATES, farmer; P. O. Rochester; born in Ryegate, Caledonia Co.,
Vt.; son of Ezra and Elizabeth Gates; left Vermont in the spring of
1837; went to Michigan, thence to Illinois; came to Rochester in
February, 1840; carried on the carpenter and joiner business in the
village about ten years. Married Miss Marinda Fowler, daughter of Mr.
Benjamin and Nora Fowler; they had two children- John, born Feb. 6, 1841
(died in November, 1854); Louisa, Feb. 15, 1844. Mr. Gates was elected
Assessor in 1860, and has held the office since. He is a member of the
order of Odd Fellows, Temple of Honor, and is a Granger. His family
attend the Universalist Church.