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Name	Gates, Thomas S
Imagefile	People\Gates_ThomasS.jpg
Father	Jabez Gates
Mother	Isobelle Sovereign, daughter of Clara
Children	Thomas S. Gates, Jr. 1906 Jasper Gibson Gates 1911 Virginia Ewing Gates 1912
Born	March 21, 1873
Deceased	April 8, 1948

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