C. M. Yates, M.D.    

C. M. YATES, M. D., Meadville, was born January 2, 1804, at Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia, son of John and Mary (Riter) Yates, former a native of London, England, and formerly a shipping merchant of Philadelphia; latter a native of Trenton, N. J. Our subject was left an orphan at the age of about eight years, and his father’s estate permitting him to receive a thorough education he was placed under the charge of Rev. Francis A. Luther, a private instructor, with whom he remained several years, and from his tuition he entered Garrison Academy, near Baltimore, Md., where he completed his literary education. When eighteen years of age he then studied under Prof. Samuel Baker, of that city, finishing his medical education at the University of Maryland in 1825. The Doctor then immediately commenced the practice of his profession, locating at Meadville, Penn., where he continued in active and successful practice for forty years, and then retired. Our subject was united in marriage in 1826 with Maria A., sister of James B. Buchanan, and to this union were born five children, one now surviving—Mary Dunham. The Doctor was again married about 1850, on this occasion to Clara, daughter of Dr. Chamberlain, of this county. By this union were seven children, six now living, viz.: William M., married to Margaret Spade, of Meadville, Penn. (have one child, Dora Clara; they live in Meadville); Anna, wife of D. P. McClintock, a native of Ireland (have four children: Clara, Marie, Charles and an infant daughter; they reside in New York City); Albert; Emma, wife of Arthur Greenes (have two children; they reside in Minnesota); Frank, married to Ella Ewing, a native of this county (have one child, Ray); and Jennie. Dr. Yates is the only surviving member of the original chartered lodge of Meadville F. & A. M., which may be regarded the parent lodge of that fraternity for all northwestern Pennsylvania. 

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, pages 775-775. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free access  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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