BIOGRAPHIES:  William John YATES, Fall City, Dunn County, WI

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William John Yates, merchant, Fall City, Dunn county, was born April 19, 1851, 
a son of Thomas B. H. and Martha (Burham) Yates.  He remained with his parents 
on the farm until he was eleven years old, when he came to Spring Brook township 
and worked for Christ Tubbs for the winter, then afterward went to school summers 
and worked winters until he hired out to the Knapp Stout Lumber Company, at 
Menomonie, to work in their warehouse.  He remained in their employment until 
1883, when, with  J. M. Van Ness, he purchased the store and property at Fall 
City, where he has since remained.  In March, 1891, his partner sold his interest 
to Henry Hesselink, and the firm now is Yates & Hesselink.  Mr. Yates has just 
completed a nice residence, with two acres of grounds.  He is a republican in 
politics, and has been postmaster since 1883.  October 28, 1883, he married 
Etta Stone, who was born in Plainfield, N. Y.  One child, Olive May, born 
December 21, 1887, has been given to them.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley,
Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 887