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Silas Mattison Gates 1847–1929 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Apr 1847

Birth Location: Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 06 Oct 1929

Death Location: Kenwood, Delaware Co., Oklahoma USA

Father: Egbert Gates

Mother: Cynthia Allen

Spouse(s): Vianna Gates

Children(s): Horace Gates, Louella Gates, Benjamin Gates, Isom Gates, Lillian Gates, James Gates, Elbert Gates, Mattison Gates, Matt Gates

The story of Silas Mattison Gates began in 1847 in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA. Silas Mattison Gates married Vianna Cordelia Woodard Gates, and had children including Benjamin Benj P Gates, Elbert Severe Ebb Gates, Horace Greeley Gates, Isom Roscoe Gates, James Henry Gates, Lillian Jane Lily Gates, Louella Rebecca Gates, Matt Silas Gates, Mattison Silas B Gates. Silas Mattison Gates passed away in 1929 in Kenwood, Delaware Co., Oklahoma USA.

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  • The story of Silas Mattison Gates began in 1847 in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA.
  • Silas Mattison Gates married Vianna Cordelia Woodard Gates, and had children including Benjamin Benj P Gates, Elbert Severe Ebb Gates, Horace Greeley Gates, Isom Roscoe Gates, James Henry Gates, Lillian Jane Lily Gates, Louella Rebecca Gates, Matt Silas Gates, Mattison Silas B Gates.
  • Silas Mattison Gates passed away in 1929 in Kenwood, Delaware Co., Oklahoma USA.

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Silas Gates's Ancestors

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Silas Gates
1847–1929
Birth Place: Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Egbert Hezekiah Gates
1811–1859
Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
Cynthia (Anna) Allen
1813–1895
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Silas (Valentine) Gates
1782–1850
Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Fore) Faure
1780–1858
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Hezekiah Gates
1757–1833
Sarah Gates
1757–1806
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Charles Sr
1738–1805
Elizabeth Gates
1736–1807

Silas Gates's Descendants

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Silas (Mattison) Gates (26 Apr 1847–06 Oct 1929) m. Vianna (Cordelia WOODARD) Gates (10 April 1850–6 July 1928)
  1. 1. Horace (Greeley) Gates 1888–1969 m. Lydia (Camerlyn) Gouge 1891–1972
    1. 1. Cordelia (Josphine) Gates 1917–2010 m. Albert (Steven Hensley) Sr 1912–1966 m. Eugene (Irvine) Tuttle 1922–1989
      1. 1. Albert (Steven Hensley) Jr 1939–2016
      2. 2. Baby (Girl) Hensley 1938–1938
    2. 2. Richard (Leon) Gates 1924–2001
    3. 3. Silas (Jackson 'Jack') Gates 1921–2008
    4. 4. Claud (Ray Gates) (twin) 1929–2011
    5. 5. Beulah (Mae Gates) (twin) 1929–2011
    6. 6. Ethel (Frances) Gates 1913–2001
    7. 7. Wilbert (Lee) Gates 1910–1979
    8. 8. Margaret ('Nixie') Gates 1919–2005
    9. 9. Raymond (Ralph) Gates 1911–1914
    10. 10. Curtis (Levi) Gates 1926–1994
  2. 2. Louella (Rebecca) Gates 1884–1943
  3. 3. Benjamin ("Benj" P) Gates 1874–
  4. 4. Isom (Roscoe) Gates 1881–1956
  5. 5. Lillian (Jane "Lily") Gates 1873–1920
  6. 6. James (Henry) Gates 1870–1949
  7. 7. Elbert (Severe "Ebb") Gates 1867–1926
  8. 8. Mattison (Silas B) Gates 1881–1913
  9. 9. Matt (Silas) Gates 1879–1913

Silas Gates's Timeline

2 Records

1847
26 Apr 1847
Birth of Silas Mattison Gates in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
1929
06 Oct 1929
Age 82
Death of Silas Mattison Gates in Kenwood, Delaware Co., Oklahoma USA
Kenwood, Delaware Co., Oklahoma USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Apr 1847
    Event Place: Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Oct 1929
    Event Place: Kenwood, Delaware Co., Oklahoma USA

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