1795 - 1881

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• Birth	Abt 1795	of Delhi, Delaware, New York
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Mar 1881	Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Person ID	I201	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Jeremiah GATES, b. Abt 1795, ,, Connecticut
  Married	1816	Delhi, Delaware, New York   [1]
  Children	> 1. Matilda GATES, b. Abt 1817 > 2. Reuben GATES, b. 29 Aug 1821, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 3. Charles GATES, b. 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet

• Headstones		Deming, Phoebe 1795-1881 Status: Located. Mrs. Jeremiah Gates. Small headstone located behind large GATES monument. Section F, Lot 484.
  		Gates, Jeremiah and Phoebe Large monument at the rear of Brookmere Cemetery. This is the rear view showing sculptural representations of both individuals: Jeremiah Gates and his wife, Phoebe Deming
  		Gates, Jeremiah and Phoebe Large monument at the rear of Brookmere Cemetery. This is a close-up of the sculptural faces of Jeremiah Gates and his wife, Phoebe Deming.
  		Gates, Jeremiah and Phoebe Large monument at the rear of Brookmere Cemetery. This is the front of the monument. Circling it are several smaller headstones of family members.

• Notes	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.

• Sources

  [S311] [BOOK] A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland, Coates, William R., (Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs), Pg. 67. Jeremiah Gates, originally from Connecticut but later a resident of Delhi, New York, was an early settler. In 1816 he walked all the way to Brooklynand examined the prospects here. Satisfied with the outlook, he walked back to Delhi and got married. The lure of the woods in the West and the girl in the East must have been compelling, for he made the roundtrip journey in six weeks. After his marriage, taking his brother Nathaniel into the party, he returned with his bride...