SECOND GENERATION

2. Richard Marion Yates ⁽⁴⁾ was born in Jun 1839 in Hardin Co. Ky. He died on 13 Nov 1900 in Hardin Co. Ky.

He was married to Nancy Hester Shelton (daughter of William Shelton and Susan B. ?) on 9 Dec 1869 in Hardin Co. Ky. Nancy Hester Shelton⁽⁵⁾ was born in 1846 in Hardin Co. Ky. She died on 15 Jan 1925 in Hardin Co. Ky. Nancy was a cousin or neice of Sarah Shelton 1st wife of Henry Franklin
Patterson.

Richard Marion Yates and Nancy Hester Shelton had the following children:

+11 i. John Floyd Yates.
12 ii. Taylor Yates⁽³⁾ was born in 1870 in Hardin Co. Ky.
13 iii. Robert J. Yates⁽³⁾ was born in 1873.
+14 iv. Jesse Marion Yates.
15 v. Minnie Yates⁽³⁾ was born in 1880.
16 vi. Lon (Alonza) E. Yates⁽³⁾ was born on 3 Jul 1883.
17 vii. Mack Yates⁽³⁾ was born on 13 Jun 1885.