Typed by: Kay Ward

YATES, William B.

Surnames: YATES, SIPES, ELLIOTT, TUCKER, RICE, WALLACE, BARBEE, JONES, COOLEY

William B. Yates, b May 1832 in Meade County, Kentucky, d 1913 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried there in Calvary Cemetery (no tombstone)-was married on September 10, 1855 to Mrs. Elizabeth (Sipes) Yates, b August 1, 1832 in Kentucky, d September 7, 1920 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin (no tombstone)-a daughter of John Sipes and his wife (whose maiden surname was Elliott), and a widow of William B. Yates' cousin, David Yates, by whom shehad had a daughter, David Isabella Yates, b August 25, 1851 at Frankfort, Kentucky, d January 21, 1935 in McKinney, Texas to William Tucker, and had James Sterling Tucker, b 1867; and married second in Falls County, Texas in 1875 to Thomas J. Rice, b June 11, 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama, d April 25, 1924 in Colorado.
William and Elizabeth moved to Missouri in 1855, where two of their children were born. In 1860, they had settled in Collin County, Texas where they lived until ca 1867, when they arrived in Falls county, Texas, and remained the rest of their lives. Their children were:

Henry Yates, b 1856 in Missouri-was alive in Falls County in 1870. No further information.

Lucie Sendrilla, b 1858 in Missouri, d 1937 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery-married Cody D. Wallace, b 1843, d 1916 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin.

John William Yates, b 1860 in Texas-married first to Lela Frances Barbee, b 1866 in Arkansas, d 1884 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas; and married second to Maud Jones, of Reagan.

Martha Flora Yates, b January 10, 1864 in Texas, d June 13, 1931 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery-married C.G. Cooley, b December 19, 1855, d July 13, 1940 and buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin. They operated the Cooley Boarding House in Marlin.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page "Families of Falls County:, Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 506, column 1 and column 2 Member of Falls County Historical Commission