History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 633.
[Scott County]   [Stamping Ground Precinct]

JOSEPH J. YATES, farmer, P. O. Stamping Ground, is a native of Shelby
County, Ky,. and son of Franklin T. and Louisa (Mitchell) Yates. Franklin
T. Yates was born in Scott County, in 1805; during his life worked at his
trade of tailor.  He died Nov. 4, 1879.  Joseph, his father and grandfather
of our subject, was born in Washington County, Md., July 16, 1763, and
emigrated to Woodford County, Ky., in about 1790.  Louisa, the mother of
our subject, is a native of Shelby County, Ky., and the daughter of
Livingston Mitchell, who was also a native of Kentucky.  She was born in
1815, and now resides in Ray County, Mo.  Of the eight children born to
them is Joseph J., our subject, who was born No. 4, 1843, at Shelbyville.
He attended the common schools of Scott County, where he received his
education, and at the age of nineteen removed to Missouri, where he
remained until January, 1872, when he returned to Scott County, where he
has since remained engaged in agricultural pursuits.  In Ray County, Mo.,
on Oct. 7, 1869, he married Miss Oniska Spurlock who was born in Ray
County.  Her mother, Mary (Bates) Spurlock, was born in Hart County, in
1822, and died July 30, 1855.  Mr. Yates and his wife are members of the
Baptist Church.  They are the parents of four children, three of whom are
now living, viz: George, born Nov. 29, 1872; Ella, born July 26, 1876; and
Walter, born Aug. 27, 1880.  Mr. Yates has accumulated a good property
and is now the owner of 224 acres of improved land.  He is a man of liberal
views, but of strict honesty and integrity in all business transactions,
and having the confidence of the people who know him.

Yates Mitchell Mitchell Spurlock Bates
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Woodford-KY Shelby-KY Hart-KY Washington-MD Ray-MO

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