ANDREW GATES
Mr. Gates, born in Adams County, Penn, March 4, 1813. His father, JACOB GATES, 
was a native of Lancaster County, Penn. He married Catherine Suthrey, a native of the
same county, and after a few years, moved to Adams County, in the same State. From
that point he moved to Preble County, Ohio, where he remained for a period of twenty years,
finally locating in Tippecanoe County, Ind. His son Andrew came with him at that time and,
through the years which have followed, has been on the of the honored and respected citizens 
of this county and the community in which he resides.  Eliza Cunningham was born the 31st
day of May, 1824 Andrew married Eliza on Nov. 7, 1844. She was a native of Clermont
County Ohio, who came with her parents, John and Sarah Cunningham, to Tippecanoe County
in 1831. By this marriage, Mr. Gates is the father of six children, named respectively,
JAMES A., LEWIS A., SARAH M., GEORGE W., CHARLES H., and LILLIE B., of whom the
two former are deceased. Mr. Gates is one of the early pioneers of this county, having
located here at a time when the present city of Lafayette was a mere frontier village,
containing only a few log cabins. After a vigorous struggle with the hardships of pioneer life,
he has been rewarded with a goodly portion of this world's goods; a competence which places
him beyond the possibility of want, and enables him to pass the declining years of his life in
peaceful repose. In the sixty-sixth year of his age, he is still vigorous and healthy, pleasantly
situated, and surrounded by a happy family. His home, which is situated three and one half
miles south of Lafayette, is well represented in the pages of this volume. 

Source: 1878 Historical Atlas, Tippecanoe Co., IN page, 52.