OBIT: Name: Gates, Howard C.
Date: June 3, 1926
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Gates-Howard C., beloved husband of Edith K. Gates, father of Mrs. George W. Davidson and brother of Mrs. H. H. Bratton, at Lake Coma, Fla., April 15, age 74 years. Interment at Brookmere Cemetery, Cleveland, O., Thursday, June 3, at 3 p. m.

RESIDENCES: 1900 - 9 Gates Street, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio

OBIT: Name: Gates, Frances Mary
Date: August 19, 1912
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Gates-Frances Mary, beloved wife of Howard C. Gates, Saturday, Aug. 17, aged 59 years. Funeral from late residence, 4248 W. 35th st. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 2 p. m.

1. 1. Ella GATES b. May 1878, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

They all appear on the same census page (1870) in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

OBIT: Name: Gates, Charles
Date: July 1, 1907
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Gates-Charles, June 29, in his 83d year. Funeral at his late residence, 4224 Pearl rd., Monday, July 1, at 2 o'clock. 1825 - 1907. Brookmere Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

1. Lafayette GATES b. Abt 1848, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 22 Feb 1909, Cincinatti,, Ohio.
2. 2. Howard C. GATES b. Abt 1851, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 15 Apr 1926, Lake Coma,, Florida.
3. Mary L. GATES b. Abt 1856, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Dec 1939, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BIOGRAPHY: In 1816 Jeremiah GATES came from Delhi, (Delaware County,) N.Y., on foot in order to examine the country between that place and Brooklyn. Satisfied with his survey, he returned home, married Phoebe DEMING and started back with her and his brother, Nathaniel, making the trip, this time, with horse and wagon to Buffalo and thence to Cleveland by boat.

Their only daughter, Matilda, was the first white child born in the township. She married Isiah FISH, and died at the age of thirty-three.
-- "Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve", published in July 1896

OBIT: Name: Gates, Jeremiah
Date: 1870
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Age 75. Brookmere Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

RESIDENCES: Originally from Connecticut, he moved to Delhi, New York and then came to Ohio.
The Jeremiah Gates Home was built in 1820 with bricks fashioned with baking clay from a nearby stream. Located at 3506 Memphis Avenue it is believed to be the oldest residence in Old Brooklyn.

RELATIONSHIP_ESTABLISHED_BY: 1854 deed lists Jeremiah, Reuben, and Charles as the sellers of property in Brooklyn.

OBIT: Name: Gates, Phoebe
Date: Mar. 29, 1881
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Gates- March 27, at her residence in Brooklyn Phoebe, wife of the late Jeremiah Gates, aged 85 years. One of the old pioneer settlers of 1816. Funeral at the Brighton M. E. Church, Tuesday Mar. 25, at 2 p. m.

1. Matilda GATES b. Abt 1817; d. Feb 1850, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Reuben GATES b. 29 Aug 1821, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Apr 1899, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 4. Charles GATES b. 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 29 Jun 1907, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.