Individual Details
James Franklin Gates
(21 Oct 1881 - 2 Feb 1960)
Wednesday, August 3, 1960
California Rites Held For Former Eakly Resident
Services for J.G. Gates, 78, former farmer in the Eakly community, who died recently in Chowchilla, Calif., were held in the Worden chapel in that city. Burial was in the Chowchilla District cemetery.
James Franklin Gates was born at Grapevine, Ark., in 1882. He was married to Miss Maude Greenhaw in 1902. They came to Oklahoma in the late twenties and lived one mile south of Eakly a number of years. They also lived in the Cordell community for some time, and moved to California in 1937, where they had lived since.
Surviving are his wife, Maude, of the home address, and four daughters, Mrs. Nina Ray of Chowchilla, Mrs. Nellie Blackburn and Mrs. Geneva Reynolds, both of Madera, Calif., and Mrs. Vera Miskulin of Los Angeles; four sons, Carl of Madera, Leon, of Fresno, Calif., Elmer, of Turlock, and Bill of Texas; 29 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Eddie of Oklahoma City and Noah of Arizona; four sisters, Kate Veazey, Donna Butler and Aoa Myers, all of Oklahoma and Myrtle Greenhaw of Modesto.
Events
| Birth | 21 Oct 1881 | Grapevine, Grant County, Arkansas |  |  | |
| Marriage | 21 Dec 1902 | Texas - Maude Greenhaw | |||
| Census (family) | 7 May 1910 | Indiahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma - Maude Greenhaw | | | |
| Census (family) | 22 Jan 1920 | Seger, Washita County, Oklahoma - Maude Greenhaw | | | |
| Census (family) | 21 Apr 1930 | Beaver, Caddo County, Oklahoma - Maude Greenhaw | | | |
| Draft registration | 1942 | Gracemont, Caddo County, Oklahoma | |||
| Death | 2 Feb 1960 | Chowchilla, Madera County, California | | | |
| Burial | Chowchilla Cemetery, Madera County, California | |
Families
| Spouse | Maude Greenhaw (1884 - 1982) |
| Child | Nina Mae Gates (1903 - 1990) |
| Child | Elmer Lee Gates (1905 - 1974) |
| Child | Charlie Carl Gates (1906 - 1983) |
| Child | Willie Virgil "Bill" Gates (1909 - 1973) |
| Child | Vera L. Gates (1911 - 2001) |
| Child | Jack Gates (1913 - 1990) |
| Child | Nellie P. Gates (1915 - 2000) |
| Child | Leon Vestel Gates (1919 - 1991) |
| Child | Geneva Lucille Gates (1921 - 2008) |
| Child | J. D. Gates (1927 - 1932) |
Notes
Birth
James Franklin GatesName Note Name and form dates: Application: JAMES FRANKLIN GATES (Feb 1940)
Sex Male
Social Program Application Date Feb 1940
Birth Date 21 Oct 1881
Birthplace Grapevine, Arkansas, United States
Race White
Father's Name Ed Gates
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Jennie Wood
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Social Program Correspondence
Census (family)
James F Gates Head M 28 Arkansas - FarmerMaude Gates Wife F 24 Texas - Farm laborer
Nina Gates Daughter F 6 Texas
Elma Gates Daughter F 4 Texas
Carl Gates Son M 3 Oklahoma
William Gates Son M 1 Oklahoma
Joseph T Gates Brother M 25 Arkansas
Census (family)
James F Gates Head M 39 Arkansas - FarmerMaude Gates Wife F 36 Texas
Nina M Gates Daughter F 16 Texas
Elmer L Gates Son M 14 Texas
Carl Gates Son M 13 Oklahoma
Willie V Gates Son M 10 Oklahoma
Vera L Gates Daughter F 9 Oklahoma
on the next page (not indexed together):
Jack Gates son M 6 Texas
Nellie P. Gates F 4 Oklahoma
Leon V. Gates M 11/12 Oklahoma
Census (family)
J F Gates Head M 48 Arkansas - FarmingMaud Gates Wife F 44 Texas
Carl Gates Son M 24 Oklahoma
Jack Gates Son M 16 Texas
Nellie Gates Daughter F 14 Oklahoma
Geneva Gates Daughter F 11 Oklahoma
Leon Gates Son M 10 Oklahoma
J D Gates Son M 3 Oklahoma
The older son, "Bill" Gates, lives next door with his wife, Marie, and son, J. W. Gates.
Death
James F GatesSex Male
Mother's Name Wood
Event Type Death
Event Date 02 Feb 1960
Event Place Madera, California, United States
Event Place (Original) MADERA
Birth Date 21 Oct 1881
Birthplace Arkansas
Endnotes
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2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7H-QPS : accessed 8 June 2018), William Gates in household of James F Gates, Indiahoma, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 11B, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1248; FHL microfilm 1,375,261..
3. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN11-P98 : accessed 8 June 2018), Willie V Gates in household of James F Gates, Seger, Washita, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 197, sheet 4A, line 49, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1489; FHL microfilm 1,821,489..
4. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQ1-STP : accessed 8 June 2018), J F Gates, Beaver, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 11A, line 17, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1894; FHL microfilm 2,341,628..
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6. Find A Grave Memorial 79634638.