Submitted By: M. Bradley
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.

Submitted By: M. Bradley
The years between 1830 and 1840 were noted for the great influx of settlers into the future town of Shullsburg. Among the number were John K. Williams, Zebediah Gates, the McNulty family, Solomon, William, and Edwin Osborne, Alexander Mock, Thomas, Hoskins, J.H. Knowlton, John Ryan, the Meloy family, James McFerrin, W. H. Howard, A.A. Overton, W.P. Boyce, Charles and Harry Brockway, John Cottle, John Hill, Joseph Pulis, DennisTynan, Charles Pole, Andrew, John and David Roberts, John Hardy Col. Scales, the Ladd Family, Mr. Quinch, Mr. Copeland, Mr. Stephens, Mr. McQuadey, S. Recor, and many others who have crossed the river of death or departed for unknown climes.