Rock Grove Township

Transcribed by Bonnie Stickney
Source: History of Floyd County, Iowa, 1882

Jonathan F. Gates page 961

Jonathan F. Gates, attorney, Nora Springs, was born near Marietta, Ohio, Nov 13, 1838. He went with his parents to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1843, and in 1847 to Fond du Lac County, Wis. In 1861 he went to Independence, Ia., and from there direct to what is now Springfield, D. T., and helped lay out the town; returned to Independence in 1861. In August 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and was discharged Feb 16, 1863, on account of disability. His education was limited till after the war, when he went to Lenox Collegiate Institute, Hopkinton, Ia., during 1866 and 1867. He then read law and was admitted to the bar in March, 1875. He practiced in Independence a short time; served five years as Deputy Sheriff of Buchanan County, Ia., before he was admitted to the bar. He came to Nora Springs in the fall of 1875, where he is engaged in the practice of law, collecting, notary public, real estate and general agent. He was married April 10, 1869, to Mary J. Burrington. They have one adopted child - Edna, born April 14, 1873. He is a member of the I.O.O.F.

Notes by Elaine Johnson:

• He was on the 1900 Census at Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska with wife Mary J. and Helen, adopted daughter, age 10. His occupation was attorney at law.
   
• He was on the 1920 Census at Eugene Ward 1, Lane, Oregon with wife Mary J.
   
• His widow Mary J. filed for a pension in Oregon -- Unfortunately the date is illegible.