This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BOY.2ACIB/1367.1 Message Board Post: Osman Preston Gates was a son of Silas Cook Gates and his wife Electa Morse. Osman was born about 1861 in Minnesota. I am not a descendant, but thought this information might interest you if you had not known the names of his parents. Robert robert.gates@verizon.net