Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Nelson Yates    
       Also known as: Nelson Yates 1,2
                Born: ca 1832              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3
                Died: Jul-31-1917          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Boring Cemetery (aka Bethlehem Church), Davisson Run, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1867                 in Taylor Co, WV  3
              Father: Martin Yates 
              Mother: Nancy Wiseman 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Rebecca J. Marple     
             Married: Feb- 3-1867          in Taylor Co, WV  6
                Born: ca 1848              in Taylor Co, (W)VA  3
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1867                 in Taylor Co, WV  3
              Father: Benjamin B. Marple 
              Mother: Emily ___ 
           M Child 1: Arson Benjamin Yates      
                Born: Feb- 7-1870           5,7
                Died: Jul-18-1938           5,7
              Buried:                      in Sycamore Methodist Cemetery, btwn Rt 19 & US 50, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Wife: Lucy M. Swiger  b. Nov- 6-1872  d. Aug- 8-1951  
             Married: Nov-21-1897          in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Emma E. Yates      
         Census name: Emily E. Yates 
                Born: 1879                  7
                Died: 1950                  7
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  8
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Ithra M. Ward  b. 1882  d. 1956  
             Married: Oct- 8-1903          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, Identified as William N. Yates, widower, 34, b. Harrison Co, res. Taylor 
Co, son of Martin & Nancy Yates; and Rebecca J. Marple, single, 18, b. & res. in Taylor Co, dau of Benj. B. & Emily 
Marple.  Married Feb 3 1867 in Taylor County. MR p. 73 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11210251&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 







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