George
William
Gates
Born in United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Gates Jr
and Jerusha Russell (Clark) Gates
Husband of
Sarah D (Todd) Gates
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Porterfield Gates
Died
at age 83
in United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Dec 2011
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Biography
Great grandfather of Bess Truman, wife of the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman.
Great grandfather of Bess Truman, wife of the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman. He was the father of George Porterfield Gates, who was the father of Margaret Gates, who was the mother of Bess Truman. George Porterfield Gates and Margaret Gates are also buried in this cemetery, as well as many other relatives of Bess Truman.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 November 2020), memorial page for George William Gates (5 Mar 1807–5 Jul 1890), Find a Grave Memorial no. 6791873, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Bill Walker (contributor 656) .
- WikiTree profile Gates-708 created through the import of Carp-1_2011-12-15.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Lyman Carpenter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lyman and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Barry Gates
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup I-BY189611, FTDNA kit #B750202, MitoYDNA ID T18242 [compare]
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Sarah Lewis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A667353 [compare], Ancestry member sspaschal2427
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~0.78%
Elizabeth Pease :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dinsdale5
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~0.78%
Alice (Brooks) Becker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936531 [compare], Ancestry member billaliceb
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Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Looks like two profiles have been confused, George Porterfield and George William, his father. I have the data, I can fix
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by Robin Lee
Rejected matches › William L Gates Jr (abt.1854-aft.1901) › William L Gates (abt.1808-1891) › William Geddes (abt.1807-)
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