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Yates, Carlton E., Buffalo, was born in Hinsdale, N. Y., January 7, 1850, a grandson of Emery Yates, who was
born in Vermont in 1791, and served as volunteer in the war of 1812; he came to Western New York soon after the
close of the war and was one of the first settlers in Hinsdale, where he died in 1856. Carlton E. Yates's education
was limited and he early in life commencedbusiness for himself in a saw mill at Scott's Corners, where he remained
for a few years and then removed to Taitnadge Mill, Pa., to look after the mill interests for F. H. Goodyear, remaining
there until 1887, when he removed to Buffalo and has since been engaged in buying hard wood lumber. He was for
five years with the Empire Lumber Co., and is now with the Union Lumber Co. of Jamestown. He was elected town collector
of Hinsdale in 1874 and justice of the peace in 1875, and again in 1883, resigning that office to go to Talmadge
Mill, Pa. March 15, 1871, he married Florence E. Huyck, and they have two daughters living in Buffalo; Edith R.,
wife of Peter Post, and Katherine E., wife of A. R. Hague. Mr. Yates is a member of the Red Jacket Lodge I. O.
O. F., and Knights of the Maccabees.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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