Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
George O. and Elizabeth (Bishop) Gates, 8 South 51 West
Alice Bishopis in Atchison County, Kansas in 1880, 13, with Walter 39 and
Cynthia 35. Adolphus is 11, Martha 8, and Elizabeth 6.
Elizabeth is in Kit Carson County, in 1900, 28, married to George C. Gates 29. Amy R. is 10, Elsie E. 8, John E. 6, Sarah M. 2, and Edgar five months. Edmund W. Gates is 60.
In 1910 Kit Carson county, George is 40, Lizzie H. 37, Amy R. 19, John E. 15, Marie S. 12, and Donald McK 9.
In 1920 Kit Carson County, she's widowed, 46, with daughter Marie Ford 22
and her husband Larence Ford, 23.
Elizabeth is buried in Oakland, California 1873-1956 # 119106856.
She was born June 6, 1874 in Atchison, Kansas to Walter Bishop and Susan Lane.
"mother of Amy Hall of Bartow, Florida and Mrs. Marie Ford of Danville,
John K. Gates of Oakland
grandmother of Don Gene Ford
great grandmother of Deborah Ann and Donna Marie Ford
aged 83 years"
George Oliver Gates 1871-1944 is buried in Flagler # 21496689.
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In 1884, at age 13 years, George Oliver Gates went to live with this sister,
Sarah Frances (Gates) White (she was age 25 years at that time),
after their mother Harriet (Sponsler) Gates died.
Earlier, Sarah and her husband John White had adopted Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bishop 1873-1945. Lizzie was given the White surname.
When George Oliver went to live with the White family, he was 13 years old and that Elizabeth `Lizzie` was 11 years.
In 1889, these two unrelated children who had grown up together, were married. George was 18 and Lizzie was 16.
George Oliver became a prominent member of the Flagler community, he was known to be serving on the Town Council as County Clerk in 1907.
In 1905, their second oldest daughter, Elsie Elizabeth, aged 13 years, 2 months, 3 days, died. Elsie is buried in the Flagler Cemetery.
Although George Oliver was in Denver, Colorado when he died in 1944, his request was to be buried beside his daughter Elsie Elizabeth, in Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado.
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Amy R. Gates married Edward H. Kurchter on May 11, 1910 in Kit Carson County.
In 1920 Berkeley, California, Ada M. Collier is 23, amrried to Claude S. 28 with daughters Lillian A. 4 and Eleanor H. 2.
Her sister Lillian M. Moore is 23, brother Irving W. Moore 26, and sister Anna 19.
Don is an undertaker in 1930 Pomeroy, Washington, 32, with Ada A. 32, Lillian A. 14, and Ellnore H. 13.
Donald M. Gates is in Oakland, California in 1940, 40, with Ada A. 42, Lillian A. 24 and Elenore H. 23.
Anita Lillian was born Dec 24, 1915 in St. Helens, Oregon to Donald M.Gates and Ada A. Moore, named Jahngen in 1936,
Gates in 1940, McLaughlin in 1942, Zimmerman in 1945, Brooks in 1952. Her spouse was Richard J. Brooks, sister Elinore Lucchesi.
She died in San Francisco on March 21, 1989,.
Lawrence O. Ford 1896-1952 is buried in Golden Gate # 3575224, with Marie Sarah Gates Ford 1897-1978 # 3575227.
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