Jonathan L. Yates

1833 - 1874  (40 years)

• Name	Jonathan L. Yates  [1]
  Birth	4 Nov 1833	Ohio   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Sep 1874  [2]
  Burial	Quiver Presbyterian Cemetery, Havana, Mason, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I36926	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson Yates,   b. 12 Jun 1809, Ohio d. 17 Feb 1876, Mason County, Illinois (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Nancy Drake Ross,   b. 25 Mar 1813, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey d. 1 Jan 1878, Havana, Mason, Illinois (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1833	Ohio   [3]
  Family ID	F23029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Howell,   b. 6 Oct 1836, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 9 May 1925, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1853  [4]
  Notes	Her grave marker says she married Jonathan Yates on "Nov. 22, 1853". The text-only "Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920" on ancestry.com says 22 Nov 1855, in Mason, Illinois.
  Children	+ 1. Minerva Josephine "Minnie" Yates,   b. 29 Aug 1869, Topeka, Mason, Illinois d. 20 May 1953, Oxford Junction, Jones, Iowa (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F21706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was a blacksmith, and he built the first residence in Topeka, Mason County, Illinois, in 1860 shortly after the village was chartered. Prior to that he had been pursuing his trade at McHarry's Mill.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6130] The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1879. [S6125] Find a Grave page for Jonathan L. Yates. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com. [S6126] Find a Grave page for Mary Elizabeth Howell Yates.