Solomon Yates (1846 - 1931)

Born 11 Jun 1846 in Albany, Worth Co., MO

Ancestors

Died 11 Feb 1931 at age 84 in Bozeman, Gallatin Co. , MT

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Biography

Sol was wounded by an Indian's arrow on one of the trips from MO to MT. One morning on the Yellowstone when the stock was being taken down to the river for watering before starting on the long day, Indians rose out of the tulies and attacked the herders. The men on the bluff immediately fired and drove off the attacking Indians. Sol was wounded in the leg--the only injury from the attack. Sol managed to jump on the back of his brother Ben's horse and they returned safely to camp. His leg was bound and splinted and tie d to the wagon braces. He recovered without any infirmity of any kind. For awhile he drove freight from Virginia City to Fort Benton. He was a wagon boss for George Samples, made on trip for the old Diamond R Transportation Comp any, and for a long time was in the employ of I.G. Baker & Company of Fort Benton. Much of his work carried him through Indian Country and into Canada, but he was embittered against the Indians and he finally quit teaming at Calgary after he had been warned by Joe Kipp that the Indians had threatened to k ill him. He returned to Fort Benton where he was made a deputy by Sheriff Black of Chouteau County. Yates went to Great Falls when it was first laid out , hauling James J. Hill and Paris Gibson from Fort Benton to Great Falls and o n various other trips in the territory. When Cascade County was created, taking its land primarily from Chouteau, C.P. Downing was appointed Sheriff and he made Sol one of his deputies. Later he served as city jailer under the reign of George Streit and John Guerin, and when H.E. Benner was elected Sheriff Ed Hogan. Because Sol had long ago lost the sight in one eye and the vision in his other eye was failing, he left the County service in 1919 and returned to the Gallatin Valley to make his home with relatives. Soloman Yates, Jr., never married. from the Great Falls Tribune 8/12/1929

Birth

Birth:

Date: 11 JUN 1846

Place: Albany, Worth Co., MO^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: 11 FEB 1931

Place: Bozeman, Gallatin Co. , MT^[2]

Reference

Reference: 5653

User ID

User ID: 5118036E5EC247C4AA0B17A7026C1DF2F582

Note

Note: #NI147

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 26 APR 2006

Time: 12:55:00

Prior to import, this record was last changed 12:55:00 26 APR 2006.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Platte, Andrew, Missouri
• Fact: Residence (1860) Township 64, Gentry, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Montana, United States
• Fact: Burial (February 1931) Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S0002
2. ↑ Source: #S0002

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 February 2017, 23:11), entry for Solomon Yates(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L8SB-TDZ); contributed by various users.
• Source: S0002 Title: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #6253, Date of Import: Dec 31, 1995 Abbreviation: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #6253, Date of Import: Dec 31, 1995 Data Changed: Date: 25 NOV 2011 Time: 07:15:02

Notes

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