This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: YATES, BURHAM, STONE, TUBBS, VAN NESS, HESSELINK Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1267 Message Board Post: **Posted for informational purposes only -- poster is not related to the subject of this biography and has no further information. William John Yates, merchant, Fall City, Dunn county, was born April 19, 1851, a son of Thomas B. H. and Martha (Burham) Yates. He remained with his parents on the farm until he was eleven years old, when he came to Spring Brook township and worked for Christ Tubbs for the winter, then afterward went to school summers and worked winters until he hired out to the Knapp Stout Lumber Company, at Menomonie, to work in their warehouse. He remained in their employment until 1883, when, with J. M. Van Ness, he purchased the store and property at Fall City, where he has since remained. In March, 1891, his partner sold his interest to Henry Hesselink, and the firm now is Yates & Hesselink. Mr. Yates has just completed a nice residence, with two acres of grounds. He is a republican in politics, and has been postmaster since 1883. October 28, 1883, he married Etta Stone, who was born in Plainfield, N. Y. One child, Olive May, born December 21, 1887, has been given to them. -Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 887