John Robert Yates (1892 - 1954)
John
Robert
Yates
Born in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Chesley A. Yates
and Mary Lee Barksdale
Brother of
Loy Sanford Yates, Dallas H. Yates, Geneva Yates, Roger Prior Yates, Randolph J. Yates, Vernon Barksdale Ford [half] and George Ralph Ford [half]
Husband of
Miriam (Snell) Yates
— married
22 Jun 1921 in Lynchburg, Virginia
Descendants 
Died in Brookneal, Campbell, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified 16 Aug 2019
| Created 12 Feb 2015 | Last significant change: 16 Aug 2019
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Biography
John Robert Yates was the son of Chesley Yates and Mary Barksdale. He was married to Miriam Snell. [1]
John Robert Yates was a tobacco farmer for much of his later life, also working as an auctioneer. Earlier in life he was a postmaster in Brookneal. (source: personal family knowledge of Katherine Benbow)
Alternative death location given
Burial
FindAGrave.com memorial #60972821 in Wickliffe Cemetery, Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Sources
- "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/CD3C-R3Z : accessed 12 February 2015), John Yates, Brookneal, Campbell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0003, sheet 2B, family 39, line 84, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2438; FHL microfilm 2,342,172.
- ↑ Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 [img] via Ancestry.com
- birth and death records, family knowledge, census information
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMND-PRX : accessed 11 January 2016), John R Yates in household of Mary A Yates, Banister District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,722.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6ZW-D77 : accessed 11 January 2016), John Robert Yates, 1917-1918; citing Pittsylvania County no 1, Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,985,043.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share DNA with John:
- Betty (Yates) Dick
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T617769 [compare]
- Katherine (Dick) Benbow :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T365717 [compare]
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