An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 442

	EDWARD YATES, one of the prosperous farmers of Lewis county, Washington, was
born in Frederick county, Maryland, in the year 1834. In 1846 he emigrated with
his parents from Maryland to Ogle county, Illinois, where he remained until
1852. His boyhood days being spent upon a farm. In 1852 he joined the throng of
emigrants who were seeking homes in the far West, and in due time landed in
Lewis county, Washington, where he has since been an honest tiller of the soil.
	Mr. Yates married Sarah Garrison, a native of Henry county, Iowa. Mrs. Yates
crossed the plains with her parents from Iowa when she was four years old, and
for five years they made their home in Polk county, Oregon, after which they
removed to Lewis county, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Yates have five children:
Nancy, Charles, George, Frank and Edward

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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