Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Wordless Wednesday ~ Edmund Uriah GATES ~ Civil War Veteran

Edmund Uriah GATES

Born 8 January 1832 Hardy, Holmes County, Ohio
Died 7 January 1917 Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado
Buried Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas
Lived in Beattie for fourteen years from 1882 to1896.

In the larger photograph, I can see that he is wearing his signature hat!

SOURCE: Family photograph emailed by a first cousin 2009.
Cropped from a photograph taken with five of his six children, on the porch at his home with his daughter Sarah F. (GATES) WHITE, where he lived until his death in 1917.  He was taken to Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas to be buried with other family members.

SERVICE RECORD: THIRTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER REGIMENT, COMPANY E:
Page 62.

Gates, Edmund U. Age 32.
Residence Fourth Congressional District, nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered out July 21, 1865, Louisville, Ky

SOURCE: Internet search

Edmund Uriah GATES was my 2nd great grandfather.