This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gates, Rock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1979 Message Board Post: Lafayette Morning Journal December 30, 1900 DEATH OF JOHN GATES John Gates, a well-known farmer who lived about five miles west of the city, was stricken with paralysis early Saturday morning and the stroke had a fatal termination at 4:30 o'clock. The deceased was 79 years of age and had been an invalid a number of years. The funeral services were held yesterday morning from the Number Ten Church and interment was made in the Burton Cemetery. John Gates was the son of Henry Gates and Eleanor Rock. He was born September 22, 1822 in Springfield, Clark Co., OH.