Orvin M Gates (1839 - 1925)

Born 31 Jan 1839 in Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1925 at age 86 in Fulton, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Sgt Orvin Gates served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 23 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company E

Orvin was born in 1839 to Truman Gates and Jane Stewart. Orvin enlisted in Company E of the 103rd OVI on 23 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was promoted to Corporal on 23 Dec 1862 and then promoted to Sergeant on 1 May 1864. He mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865. He married Isabel A. Minor on 2 Sep 1865 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He moved to Michigan and became a Farmer. He passed away in 1925.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47047994/orvin-m-gates: accessed 18 July 2023), memorial page for Orvin M. Gates (31 Jan 1839–20 Dec 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47047994, citing North Fulton Cemetery, Fulton, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by ambs (contributor 46814643).

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 673; Page: 346a

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_955; Page: 578; Family History Library Film: 803955

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: M593_680; Page: 407A

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: 586; Page: 354B; Enumeration District: 144

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890

• Schedules of the Michigan State Census of 1894; Roll: 68; CD Number: SC021

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Fulton, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: 721; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0134

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: T625_776; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 195

• Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.