Adair County and Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Culpepper County, Virginia native. Married to Mary E. Yates. Father of F. J. Yates, E. E. Yates, James H. Yates, John A. Yates, William T. Yates, Nancy B. Yates, Hiram P. Yates, and Joseph H. Yates. Farmer in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Resident of Hopkins County in 1861.