Elizabeth Gates
Jan. 25, 1900; Oregonian, p 4
Corvallis, Jan. 24

   At Oak Ridge cemetery today occurred the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Gates, pioneer of 1852, who died at her home five miles west of Philomath, Monday.  Deceased was born in Kentucky in 1830, was married in Missouri in the '40s and crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852.  In 1856 the family settled on the donation claim, on which Mrs. Gates died.  The husband died six years ago.  The surviving children are William and George Gates and Mrs. R. P. Irwin.