Re: Yates in Asheville and Wilson NC
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Re: Yates in Asheville and Wilson NC
Joan E. Rambo 3/02/02
We have some information regarding Jesse Jackson Yates, he was the son of Dr. lafayette Yates a lamar county texas physician and eye doctor. Dr. Yates was a confederate solider in the texas calary. His father died in 1877 when he was 16 after being born in 1861. He went to live with an aunt who married a clark in the area of present day clarksville texas. He later moved to Ashville, where he met his wife. Mary Elizabeth Graves. His mother was susan bruton also of kentucky and the daughter of enoch bruton. Her mother was edith grant Jackson and that is where jesse got his middle name.Susan had a brother that like her father was named enoch. They were all from kentucky.
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Re: Yates in Asheville and Wilson NC
Joan E. Rambo 5/25/04