SAMUEL
S. YATES, farmer; P. O. Conover; was born in Lost Creek
Township, in 1830, and is a son of Nezer S. and Pricilla (Sayers)
Yates. Our subject was brought up on the farm and attended
to the duties connected with farm life; thus half a century has been
passed by him. Samuel S. has been a landholder of Miami
Co. since 1851; in the mean time he dealt in land to considerable
extent, by buying unimproved and improving, then selling, leaving
many open fields which were cleared from their wild state by his
labor and supervision; he now owns 230 acres in Secs. 7 and 12,
Brown Township, Miami Co., where he lives. Mar. 9, 1851, his
marriage was celebrated with Phebe A. Shanks, who was born in
Brown Township in 1830. They have six children, viz., Alice
J., now Mrs. G. W. Brecount; Florence E., who died at the
age of 17; Mary A., now Mrs. Joseph Wolcott; S. Frank,
Clara B. and Earl A. Mr. and Mrs.. Yates spent
their early winter days in the same school, and were raised in the
same vicinity; they have been consistent members of the Baptist
Church of Lena for over a quarter of a century, during which time he
has held the office of Deacon for nearly twenty years; their family
have been brought up in the doctrines of same church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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