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(V) Sir William Eyryk, Knight, son of Robert (1). was commissioned to attend the Prince of Wales on his expedition to Gascony, 1355; he was a distinguished man.
(VI) Robert Eyricke, son of Sir William Eyryk (5), was of Houghton, about 1400. By his wife Agnes he had Robert and Thomas.
(VII) Thomas Herrick, son of Robert Eyricke (6), was of Houghton, in Leicester county. The first record of him there is 1511; his will is dated August 25, 1517, and he is buried in St. Martin's Church.
(VIII) John Herrick, son of Thomas Herrick (7), was born 1513 and died April 2, 1589. He re- sided in Leicester ; married Mary Bond and they lived together as husband and wife fifty-two years. She died 1611, aged ninety-seven years, leaving one hundred and forty-two descendants. A de- tailed epitaph on his gravestone in St. Martin's Church gives much information about his family. They had five sons and seven daughters.
(1X) Sir William Herrick, son of John Herrick (8), was born 1557 and died March 2, 1652-53, aged ninety-six years. He resided at Leicester, London, and Beat Manor Park; was member of Parliament, 1601 to 1630: was knighted in 1605. He became a courtier, about 1575, in the court of Queen Eliza- beth; was an ambassador to the Ottoman Porte on an important mission. He carried on the business of a goldsmith. His son Henry is the ancestor of the American family.
(1) Henry Herrick, fifth son of Sir William Herrick, mentioned above, was born at Bean Manor, Leicester county, England, in 1604. He was the immigrant ancestor of Francis R. Herrick, of Mill- bury. Massachusetts, and of his son, Leander F. Herrick, of Worcester. Henry Herrick, we are told, was named by command of the unfortunate Prince Henry, the eldest son of James I. He prob- ably went first to Virginia, then came north. He was among the first settlers of Salem. and he and his wife were of the thirty who founded the First Church of Salem in 1629. He was a proprietor of the town in 1635. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631. He removed to Wenham and then to Beverly-the Cape Ann side of Bass river. He bought large tracts of land in Beverly and gave farms there to his sons-Zachariah. Ephraim, Jo- seph and John-at Brick Plains and Cherry Hill. He was called a good and honest Dissenter from the doctrines of the Church of England; was a friend of Higginson, but not so bigoted as some of the
Puritans, for he was fined a few shillings in 1667 with others for "aiding and comforting an excom- municated person." He and his wife were among the founders of the church at Beverly.
He married Editha Laskin, daughter of Hugh Laskin. He died 1671, and the inventory of his estate taken March 15, 1670-71, was presented by his son Henry. The widow Edith deposed Novem- ber 28, 1672, concerning some land her father, Hugh Laskin, sold "before he went away 25 years ago." She gave her age then as about sixty years, indi- cating that she was born about 1612. Children of Henry and Editha Herrick were: Thomas, married Hannah Ordway: Zacheus, born in Salem, baptized December 25, 1636; Ephraim, born in Salem, bap- tized February 1I, 1638; Henry, see forward; Jo- seph, baptized August 6, 1645; Elizabeth, baptized July 4, 1647: John, baptized May 25, 1650; Benja- min, died about 1677.
(11) Henry Herrick, Jr., son of Henry Her- rick (1), was baptized at Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 1640, died at Beverly, June 17, 1702. He inherited part of the homestead of his father, and some of the original place is now or lately was in possession of the family. He was a farmer in Beverly. He served as a juror in the witch- craft trials and was one of those who signed the acknowledgement of error in these cases where con- victions had been had, stating that they were "sadly deluded and mistaken; for which we are much disquieted and distressed in our minds and do therefore humbly beg forgiveness." He married (first) Lydia Woodbury: (second), 1690, Sarah Giddings, widow of John Giddings, of Gloucester. Children of Henry and Lydia Herrick were: Lydia, born in Beverly, baptized there September 26, 1666; Joseph, baptized September 26, 1666; Elizabeth, bap- tizcd December 6, 1668, married Isaac Woodbury ; Samuel, baptized 1670; Jonathan, see forward.
(III) Jonathan Herrick, son of Henry Herrick (2), was baptized at Beverly, Massachusetts, 1672, and died 1724. He resided at Beverly and later at Concord, Massachusetts, where he acquired a large estate in mills and lands. He married ( first) October 28, 1696, Elizabeth Dodge, daughter of William Dodge. Elizabeth was born 1672 and died March 13, 1712. He married (second). September 13. 1713, Bethia Conant. Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Herrick were: Elizabeth, born May 6, 1697: William, born 1699; Hannah, baptized No- vember 9, 1701; Rebecca, born May, 1702, baptized March 24, 1702; Jonathan, born August, 1706; Lydia, born July 12. 1709. Children of Jonathan and Bethia Herrick: Israel, born August I. 1714; son, horn 1715. died 1725; Mary, September, 1717; Lucy: Joseph, see forward.
(IV) Joseph Herrick, son of Jonathan Herrick (3), was born in 1720 and died March 16, 1795. He settled in Concord, Massachusetts. Then he bought a farm in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1744, selling it in 1746 to Josiah Conant. He lived at Townsend, Vermont, and Brattleboro, Vermont, later. He married, 1742, Lois Cutler, of Chester- field. New Hampshire. She died August 5, 1812, aged ninety-two years. Their children were: Jonathan. born September 26, 1743; Joseph, died without issue at Rumney. New Hampshire; Shad- rach, see forward; Lois, born 1749, at Chelmsford ; Amos. married Widow Miles and lived at Mason, New Hampshire: Abner, Bethia, Mary.
(V) Shadrach Herrick, son of Joseph Herrick (4), was born at Concord. Massachusetts, about 1755, and died June 19, 1832. aged seventy-seven veais. About 1785 he removed from Dummerston, Vermont, to Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and set-
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tled on a farm owned and occupied later by Will- iam Smith Cressey. He married, at Brattleboro, Vermont, December 23. 1779, Abigail Stoddard, daughter of David Stoddard. She died March 26, 1835, in her seventy-fourth year. Children of Shadrach and Abigail Herrick were : Silas, see forward; Samuel, born 1783 (twin), died July 13, 1868; married Lucretia Fields; Joanna (twin), born 1783, married Elijah Walton; Shadrach, born May 24, 1785, married Susanna Farnsworth; Mason, born May 14, 1787; Abigail, born July 24, 1789, mar- ried Abner H. Cobleigh; Ralph, born August 15, 1791; Zimri; Arethusa, married, 1833, Jairus Haven; Belinda, born December 12, 1794, married Jonathan Davis; Ira, born 1798; Sophia, born 1801, died at Sutton, Vermont, unmarried; Alanson, born July 22, 1803; Eliza, born May 8, 1805, married Nathan R. Symonds.
(VI) Silas Herrick, son of Shadrach Herrick (5), was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, September 13, 1780, died March 6, 1869. He settled at Ches- terfield, New Hampshire. He married (first) Sally Bliss, of Royalston, born August 1, 1780, died 1812. He married (second) Susan Rogers, of Royalston, born October 4, 1789, died January 15, 1865. Chil- dren of Silas and Sally Herrick were: Šilas M., died young ; Betsey, born August 16, 1806, mar- ried William Lancey; resided at Chesterfield. New Hampshire, and Springfield, Massachusetts; he was killed by the explosion of a steamboat boiler ; Mi- randa, born August II, 1808, died October 10, 1849, married Horace Scott. Children of Silas and Susan Herrick were: Marshall, born December 11, 1818; Susan, born January 27, 1820, died August 6, 1881 ; married Caleb A. Cook: John Leonard, born April 18, 1823; Francis Rodney, see forward; Sarah Rogers, born July 4, 1827, married John Fowler, born August 7, 1793, died December 24, 1877; Charles Prescott, born September 25, 1829, deceased ; William Anson, born November 15, 1831, deceasedl; James Monroe, born May 24, 1874, married Addie Carter, of Hinsdale, New Hampshire.
(VII) Francis Rodney Herrick, son of Silas Herrick (6), was born at Chesterfield, New Hamp- shire, March 10, 1822. He settled in Millbury, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools and at Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He followed mechanics as his occupation. He died July 15, 18S9. He married (first) Almira Pierce, of Millbury. She died February 15, 1859. He mar- ried ( second) Mary Ellen Pitts, daughter of Esek and Bathsheba (Daniels) Pitts, of Mendon. Chil- dren of Esek and Bathsheba Pitts were: Job A., died young ; Nathan D., died at age of thirteen years; David M., born October 1I, 1829: Mary Ellen, mentioned above, born at Uxbridge, May 24, 1832: Daniel G., born December 16, 1835, enlisted in Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment and again went out as captain in the Nineteenth Massachu- setts, and was killed in the siege of Petersburg, September 28, 1864. Mary Ellen Pitts was educated at the public schools and Millbury Academy, and for ten years before her marriage was a school teacher. She is a member of the First Baptist Church and for twenty years has taught a class in the Sunday school. The only child of Francis R. and Almira Herrick was: Philanda A., born Oc- tober 15, 1846. died November 21, 1894; taught school twenty-five years in Millbury. The children of Francis R. and Mary Ellen Herrick are: Leander F., born December 10, 1861, married Florence J. Ellsworth; is associated with Hon. Joseph H. Walker with offices in the Walker building, Wor- cester : Annie L .. born November 2, 1869, died July 5. 1872; Mary R., born March 1, 1877, married
Clarence A. Fenner, at Watertown, New York; they have two children-Donald L., born August 4, 1899; Alice E., born December 20, 1902.
BLANCHARD FAMILY. Isaac Blanchard (1), the progenitor of Bradford Johnson Blanchard, of Northbridge, Massachusetts. settled in Rhode Is- land. He was doubtless of English descent. Among his children was William Blanchard.
(II) William Blanchard, son of Isaac Blan- chard (I), was probably born in Rhode Island and settled there, in Foster. Among his children was Douglas F., see forward.
(III) Douglas F. Blanchard, son of William Blanchard (2), was born in Foster, Rhode Island, about . 1813. He married (first) Phebe Seamans and (second) Lydia ,who survived him. He died at Uxbridge, March 26, 1881. He resided at Uxbridge during his active years. He was a stone mason and granite dealer. Children of Doug- las F. and Phebe Blanchard: Henry Clinton, mar- ried and had three children: Luella, married C. S. Taft; Nettie and Alice. George B., married Eunice - , who married after his death, Russell Matthewson; Bradford Johnson, see forward; Wil- Jard D., settled in Leominster, Massachusetts; Louise P., married E. A. Kinnicome. Child of Douglas F. and Lydia Blanchard was Charles.
(IV) Bradford Johnson Blanchard, son of Doug- las F. Blanchard (3), was born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, February 21, 1838. He attended the district and high school, and was a member of class of 1859 at
Massachusetts. Phillip's Academy, Andover, He started in business with his father as a stone mason and contractor. In 1865 he bought out his father's interests and continued the business alone. He is a skilful mechanic him- self, having spent four years in the stone yards at East Cambridge and Boston, learning the art of stone cutting, from 1860 to 1865. In 1897 he as- sociated his five sons with him in the business, which was incorporated at that time. Mr. Blan- chard is secretary and director of the Blanchard Brothers' Granite Company, much of the manage- ment having been turned over to his sons. The capital stock is $15,000. Among the large contracts of the company were: Stone for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute foundations for engines and machinery; for bridges for New Haven & Hart- ford Railroad; for bridges and stations on the Bos- ton & Albany Railroad. The company has the lat- est machinery and at times turns out a hundred tons of finished stone daily. The company is at present under contract to furnish stone for the Point street bridge at Providence, Rhode Island, and Seconk river bridge. Mr. Blanchard is a Re- publican in politics. He is an active member and generous supporter of the North Uxbridge Baptist church, and other educational and charitable pur- poses.
He married, May 19, IS58, Elizabeth Isabelle - Buchan, born February 28, 1839, in Arbroath, Scotland. They have eight children: I. William Douglas, see forward. 2. C. Edward. born August 21, 1861, see forward. 3. Rollin Harvey Neale, father of Rollin, Bertha Bullard, Edward Payson, Ernest, Marjorie, Ruth and George Russell. 4 Carrie Elizabeth, graduate of the Conservatory of Music, Boston. teacher of music in the Shaw Uni- versity at Raleigh, North Carolina. 5. Clarence Bradford, graduate of the Uxbridge high school and Worcester Polytechnic Institute; his children- Philip Alden and Roger Marshall. 6. Jessie G., graduate of the Uxbridge schools and the Moody school at Northfield, Massachusetts, married Curtis
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Royal Blanchard and has-Elizabeth and Curtis Royal Blanchard. 7. Adelaide M., educated at the Uxbridge public and high schools, the State Normal school at Worcester, graduate of the Normal Art school, Boston; teacher of ceramics at the Art school of Alfred University; married, July 3, 1906, Lynton B. Crandall. 8. Fred Seaman, educated in the public and high schools of Uxbridge and in Worcester Academy; has three children-Grace, Lois and Miriam. All the sons are now active officers of the corporation, with their father.
(V) William Douglas Blanchard was born in Boston, and came with his parents to Uxbridge at the age of five, receiving his education in the public schools and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. On leaving that institution he went into the stone busi- ness which he followed all his life. He was a mem- ber of the North Uxbridge Baptist Church, and was widely known and highly estcemed throughout Ux- bridge, where he has been active as a private citi- zen and alert to the best interests of the town. He was killed in an accident at Blanchard Bros.' quar- ries. August 23, 1906.
The facts surrounding the case as near as can be determined are these: Messrs. Blanchard and Good- ness were engaged in charging a hole in one of the ledges. Two six inch dynamite cartridges had already been lowered into the hole drilled for the purpose and the men were placing the third cart- ridge in position when it exploded, simultaneously exploding the other two. As the other men work- ing in the vicinity heard the explosion they looked and saw Mr. Blanchard lying prostrate on the ground. Further hunt showed Mr. Goodness's mangled body suspended on one of the trusses of a derrick high in mid air. Mr. Blanchard was still alive when the men reached him and a litter was provided to carry him to the company's office. The first doctor on the scene was Dr. Little of North Uxbridge and soon after Medical Examiner Dr. W. L. Johnson and Dr. Ledbury arrived. Exami- nation showed that Mr. Blanchard's injuries were fatal. The wooden tamping rod which he was using in his work had been forced through the right leg near the groin, piercing the femoral artery.
Mr. Blanchard's first words after the accident were to inquire after the fate of Goodness. When told that he was dead Mr. Blanchard said, "God help his wife and six children. I am sorry for my wife and glad no one else was hurt." Shortly after arriving at the office he reached down and with his own hand pulled out the rod which had been allowed to remain on account of the fact that it stopped the flow of blood. As soon as the stick was pulled out the blood gushed forth in a large stream and in a few moments the illfated man was beyond all earthly suffering. He was survived by his wife, Calista (Marble) Blanchard.
(V) C. Edward Blanchard, son of Bradford Johnson Blanchard (4), was born in Boston, Au- gust 21, 1861. He came with his parents to Ux- bridge when he was three years old. He was edu- cated in the Uxbridge schools and at the Perry Commercial College, Providence, Rhode Island. At the age of eighteen he began to work in his father's quarry and mastered the business from top to bot- tom. When the business was incorporated he be- came one of the stockholders and directors. The granite quarry of the Blanchard Brothers is one of the finest in Worcester county, a district famous for good granite. The company is known throughout the eastern states in the building trades and has a reputation, not only for good stone but for up- rightness and square dealing.
C. Edward Blanchard furnished the stone for il1-25
several large bridges which have been built in and around Uxbridge for the past years; also built the new reservoir connected with the Uxbridge works at a cost of $10,000; is now building the foundation for the C. A. Root & Co. plant at Far- numsville, Massachusetts, and many others, and has furnished material for many other of the prominent concerns up and down the Black Stone Valley.
Mr. Blanchard has found time to serve his town in many ways. He has been an active member of the school committee for three years, has been clerk of the committee; has been a inember of the board of health and selectman for the past five years, has been representative from his district in the general court, has served on the committee on harbors and public lands. He is a Republican in politics, but is strong with all parties in Uxbridge. He is a member of the Baptist church and of the Uxbridge Lodge of Odd Fellows.
He married, April 23, 1885, Ariadne Josephine Ballou. Their children: Roy Edward, born May 29, 1886, died young; Lucile Murray, born Sep- tember 18, 1888, graduate of the Uxbridge high school, now a student in Brown University, Provi- dence ; Harold Bradford, born September 14, 1890, student in Uxbridge high school; Mildred Desire, born February 24, 1893; Lloyd Henry, born Sep- tember 26, 1895; Carlton, born April 23, 1898; Edward Rollin, born February 22, 1901.
GATES FAMILY. The subjoined genealogy in- cludes the Gates family who settled at Worcester, Massachusetts, about 1731. They all trace from Stephen Gates, who was the son of Thomas, of Nor- wich, England. Stephen was born in Hingham, Eng- land, and sailed from America in the ship "Delight." His wife was Ann, and they were accompanied by two children, and appeared in Hingham, Massachu- setts. March, 1638. From there they went to Cam- bridge, where he died, 1662, when his widow mar-
ried Richard Woodward, of Watertown. After his death she assumed the name of Gates again, and died at Stow, February, 1682. The five children of Stephen Gates were: Stephen, who by will had the old homestead ; Simon, Thomas, Elizabeth, mar- ried John Lasell, Mary, who married John May- nard, of Sudbury.
(II) Stephen Gates, son of Stephen Gates (1), married Sarah , and had Simon, born in Cam- bridge, March 5, 1666; Stephen, Simon, Thomas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Daniel, Rebecca. He had by his wife, Margaret : Abigail, born 1671 ; Simon, September 1, 1673, died 1675; Simon, January 5, 1675, settled at Marlboro: George, April 6, 1678, died 1679; Amos, 1680; Jonathan, June 22, 1683; Samuel, August 1, 1685; Margaret, August 13, 1689. The father died at Brookline and the estate was settled by consent October II, 1705. He first came to Worcester about 1735.
(III) Jonathan Gates, son of Simon Gates (2), removed to Worcester and bought one hundred and eighty acres of land, with building thereon, from Captain Nathan Jones, in 1731. The same was west of Lake Quinsigamond, running to what is now Bel- mont street. It formerly belonged to Aeneas Salter. Mr. Gates died February 7, 1756, aged seventy-three years. His widow died July 12, 1776, aged eighty- . six years.
(IV) Jonathan Gates, Jr., son of Jonathon Gates (3), born about October 20, 1717, married Abigail , and had: Abigail. horn December 31, 1741 ; Nathaniel, March, 1743; Jonah, January 14, 1744; Hannah, December 8, 1745; Susannah, December 2, 1748; Stephen, May 8, 1750; Thomas, June 28, 1753; Samuel, May 9, 1755; Paul, June 22, 1757;
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Elizabeth, December 12, 1759; William, December 15, 1761; Amos, August 21, 1764. Jonathan Gates, the father of the above children, served in the revolutionary war, and his record can be seen on page 317 of "Soldiers and Sailors" of Massachu- setts.
(V) Thomas Gates, son of Jonathan Gates (4), born June 28, 1753, married Mary Eaton, in Lei- cester, March 3, 1789. They moved to Rome, New York, and had: Oliver, born 1790; Suell, 1792 ; Abel, 1794: Sally, 1798, died 1876.
(VI) Abel Gates, son of Thomas Gates (5), was born in Worcester, March 8, 1794, removed with his father to Rome, New York, married Eliza- beth Flagg, October 16, 1816, settled in Caroline, Tompkins county, New York. Their children were : Thomas, born June 12, 1822, in Caroline, New York ; Emily, December 24. 1825: Catherine, May 12, 1829; Sarah Cummings, June 27, 1833; Eveline, October 27, 1835.
(III) Simon Gates, son of Simon Gates (2), born 1675, married Sarah Woods, and had: Simon, born December II, 1710; Sarah, October 15, 1717; Susannah. December 19. 1714; Stephen, August 8, 1718; Solomon, May 14, 1721; Samuel, February 28, 1723; Silas, February 3, 1727: John, January 27, 1729. The last named died at Worcester, April 7, 1763, willed his property to his brothers and sisters.
(IV) Simon Gates, son of Simon Gates (3), born December 11, 1710, married Sarah Howe, moved to Worcester, and had: Catherine, born July 4. 1752, married Phineas Jones. 1772: Rebeccah, December 27, 1753, married David Richards, 1778; Simon, June, 1756; Asa, January 29, 1759; Sarah, April 3. 1761, married John Sergeant, of Leicester, 1783; John, January 14. 1764: Levi, March 29, 1766; Mary, January 17, 1769, married William Moore, in Watertown. February II, 1789.
(V) Levi Gates, son of Simon Gates (4), born March 20. 1766, married Chloe Summer.
(V) Asa Gates, son of Simon Gates (4), born January 29. 1759. married Fanny Field.
(IV) Solomon Gates, son of Simon Gates (3), born May 14. 1721, married Mary Clark, November 10, 1748, and they had: Sarah, baptized 1749; Sam- uel, born Jannary I, 1750: Mary, January 19, 1753; Paul, December 12, 1754; Silas. December 1, 1756; James, January 20. 1759; Joseph, baptized April II, 1759. Solomon, the father, removed to Worcester and located east of his brother Simon. He died May 2. 1761.
(IV) Samuel Gates, son of Simon Gates (3), born February 28. 1723, married Caroline Howe, and died at Petersham. They had: John, Solo- mon, Samuel, Oliver Cromwell.
(V) Samuel Gates, son of Samuel Gates (4). was born in 1766, at Petersham, married Hannah Dike, died 1822 at Petersham. Their children were: Geor~^ born 1790, married, 1814. Lucy Howe, died 1863: Lucretia, born 1792. at Petersham, married Tainter: Moses, born 1794. at Petershamn, married Anna Towne, at Greenwich. Massachusetts ; Louisa, born 1796, at Petersham, married George (first) Holland and (second) Luther Adams; El- bridge, born 1798. at Petersham. died 1854, married Martha Sophia Grosvenor: Anna, born at Peter- sham, married Daniel H. Wiswall, and removed to New York state.
(VI) Elbridge Gates, son of Samnel (5) and Hannah Gates, was born at Petersham. 1798, died 1854; married Martha Sophia Grosvernor. Their children were: Larkin Newton, born September 6. 1826. married, September 30, 1817. Mary Lewis Crocker. of Paxton; Frederick Stephen, married
Abbie Battles, of Fitchburg; Martha Sophia, mar- ried Eleazer Gilson; Lyman E., born 1837, died: July 7, 1856; Frederick E., died 1839, aged seven- teen months; Mary J., died December 1, 1839, aged nineteen days; David H., died 1849, aged five years. (VII) Larkin Newton Gates, son of Elbridge (1) and Martha Gates, was born September 6, 1826, married, September 30, 1847, Mary Lewis Crocker, of Paxton, Massachusetts. He resided in Wor- cester and was a prominent contractor and builder, dealing extensively in real estate. Their children were: Charles Larkin, born January 6, 1849, mar- ried Emma Blood; is a prominent real estate dealer
of Worcester, also fire insurance agent; Henry, died in infancy; Edwin, died in infancy; William Her- bert, born May 4, 1857, married, October 11, 1887, Sophia Alicia Fay, of Princeton, Massachusetts.
(VII) William Herbert Gates was descended from Stephen Gates (1) by Simon (2), Simon (3), Samuel (4), Samuel (5), Elbridge (6), Larkin Newton (7). He was born in Worcester, May 4, 1857. He attended the common schools and Phillips Academy where he graduated in 1878. He spent one year in Williams College, leaving at the age of twenty-two to study law in the office of John E. Day, of Worcester. In 1882 he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law which he pur- sued for fourteen years. In 1896 he decided to devote all his time to manufacturing and has since then been president and treasurer of the Baldwin Chain and Manufacturing Company, 199 Chandler street, Worcester. He is a member of the Piedmont Congregational Church. He married S. Alicia, daughter of J. B. Fay, of Princeton. She was born May 19, 1860. Their children are: Helen Fay, born July 29. 1889; Mildred Crocker, February 22, 1892; Alicia Wilhelmina, September 26, 1893; Will- iam Herbert, Jr., November 4, 1900. (See Gates family for further genealogy.)
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