Zebedee Gates
Their Story
Estimated birth year: | 1809 |
Birthplace: | New York |
Age: | 51 |
Sex: | M |
Marital Status: | Y |
Property: | |
Real Estate Value: | 3500 |
Value of Personal Estate: | 450 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Family Number: | 325 |
House Number: | 328 |
Household Members: | |
Zebedee Gates 51 | |
Mary Crossley 49 | |
Emeline Gates 38 | |
Tenton Peterson 25 | |
Augusta Plott 18 | |
Henrietta Gates 6 | |
Story: |
Zebidiah Gates was born in 1807 in New York. He helped lay out the streets of Shullsburg in the 1840's and boarded with the Dr. Azel Ladd Household. Once Dr. Ladd passed away from the Cholera Epidemic of 1854 that occurred at the Berry Tavern, Mr. Gates bought the Dr. Ladd's half completed Limestone block house and 80 acre property. Mr. gates who was a carpenter finished the half completed house in wood. This home is currently located on the Rennick Road just South of Shullsburg and was restored by The Lead Region Trust in the year 2000. Mr. Gates also built a boarding home in downtown Shullsburg. Mr.Gates married Emiline Stone in 1852 and they had one daughter Henrietta. Zebidiah was a Christian man and well respected in Shullsburg. He lived to the age of 80 and passed away in Shullsburg. He is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Shullsburg.
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