YATES, HENRY, was born October 29, 1786, in Caroline county, Virginia. Dr. Michael Yates, a native of England, emigrated to America before the Revolution and settled in Caroline county, Virginia. He there married Martha Marshall, a sister of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the United States. Their son, Abner, born in Caroline county, married Mollie Hawes, daughter of Thomas Hawes and Elizabeth Fisher, his wife. They had two children, Henry, whose name heads this sketch, and Martha, who married Henry Ellis. See his name. Henry Yates was taken by his parents, in 1788, from Caroline county, Virginia, to Fayette county, Kentucky, where his father died. The family moved to Woodford, thence to Scott, and from there to Gallatin county in the same State, in 1804. Henry Yates Henry Ellis, and Colonel Robert Johnson laid out a town on the Ohio river, and Colonel Johnson named it Fredericks burg, in honor of his native city of that name in Virginia. It was at a late period changed to Warsaw, and is th?? county seat of Gallatin county. Henry Yates returned to Caroline county Virginia, and was there married, July 11 1809, to his cousin, Millicent Yates, who was born May 15, 1791. They went to Gallatin county, Kentucky, where they had eleven children, five of whom died young, and Mrs. Millicent Yates died April 19, 1830. Henry Yates married Mary A. Shuff, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1831, at Springfield. In November, 1832, they moved to Island Grove, where Berlin now stands. They had one child there, and Mrs. Mary A. Yates died May 11, 1835. Henry Yates was married Sept. 28, 1835, to Elizabeth McMillan. They had six children, one of whom died in childhood. Of his twelve children, including the six brought from Kentucky--

THOMAS, born March 14, 1811, in Gallatin county, Kentucky, was married March 29, 1837, at Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, to Nancy Higgins, who was born May 23, 1816, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, and came with her parents to Sangamon county in 1836. Thomas and Nancy Yates had ten living children. MARY F. married Anthony A. Rhodes, and lives in Berlin, Illinois. JAMES, born April 19, 1841, married Barbara Dibert, and lives near New Berlin, Illinois. ANN married Davis Henderson, and lives near Berlin. MARTHA M. married Nathan Elliott, and lives near Berlin. GEORGE H. died in his fifteenth year. SARAH lives with her father. CATHARINE married Hugh McLaughlin, and lives near Berlin. JANE, JOANNA and EMMA live with their father. Mrs. Nancy Yates died Dec. 15, 1860, and Thomas Yates resides one mile northwest of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

RICHARD, born Jan. 18, 1815, in Warsaw, Gallatin county, Kentucky, was educated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Georgetown College, Kentucky, and graduated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, being the first graduate of that institution. He studied law at Jacksonville, and attended lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. Richard Yates and Catharine Geers were married at Jacksonville, Illinois. They had five children. WILLIAM was killed by lightning at twelve or fourteen years of age. MARY died young. HENRY, CATHARINE and RICHARD, Jun., live with their mother. Richard Yates was elected Governor of Illinois in 1856. At the end of his term he was elected United States Senator, serving six years. He died suddenly, Nov. 27, 1873, at Barnum's Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, and was buried Nov. 30, at Jacksonville, Illinois. His widow and children reside there.

ABNER, born August 4, 1819, in Warsaw, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married in 1851, in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Mary Geers. They have two children, MARY and WILLIAM, and reside in Jacksonville, Illinois.

MARTHA, born July 9, 1823, in Warsaw, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to John W. Scott. See his name.

JANE, born Oct. 23, 1825, at Warsaw, Kentucky, was married Dec. 10, 1846, in Sangamon county, to John F. Elliott, who was born April 14, 1823, at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. They had five children. MILLICENT, the fourth child, died in infancy. PHOEBE L., HENRY Y., CHARLES Y. and JOHN Y. reside with their parents in New Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Elliott has for the last few years represented Berlin township in the Sangamon County Board of Supervisors. He is one of the most substantial farmers in the county.

MILLICENT, born Sept. 25, 1827, in Warsaw, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, and married Wesley Matthews. They have one child, MARY E., and reside in Jacksonville, Illinois.

The children of the second wife were--

HENRY Jun., born March 7, 1835, at Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, married June 17, 1856, at Arenzville, Cass county, Illinois, to Louisa Arenz, daughter of Hon. Francis Arenz. She was born June 14, 1836, at Beardstown, Illinois. Henry Yates, Jun., and wife had five children. NELLIE died in her ninth year. GRACE A. died in her fifth year. HENRIETTA, MARY L. and LAURA live with their mother. Henry Yates. Jun., was a merchant in Berlin, sold out in order to enter the army, and raised a company in 1862, which became Co. A, 106th Ill. Inf. He was commissioned captain Sept. 17, 1862, promoted to lieutenant colonel, April 10, 1863, to colonel, April 8, 1864, and brevet brigadier general, August 26, 1866. He was accidentally shot in 1863, sun-struck at Little Rock, and never regained his health. General Henry Yates died Aug. 3, 1871, at Berlin. His widow and children reside in Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Children by the third marriage--

WILL, born June 11, 1837, at Berlin. He enlisted in 1862 in the 11th Mo. Inf., and was transferred to a cavalry regiment, became lientenant, and was in Grierson's raid. Mr. Yates came home sick and died Oct. 14, 1864.

JOHN, born Feb. 1, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 8, 1864, to Olivia Williams, who was born August 6, 1845, in Warsaw, Kentucky. They had five children. OLIVIA, the fourth child, died Nov. 10, 1872, in her third year. MARY E., WILLIAM H., THOMAS W. and JOHN reside with their parents, one mile north of New Berlin, Illinois.

HAWES, born Oct. 4, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married March 7, 1867, to Mary R. Bevans, and resides in New Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARY, born August 1, 1842, in Sangamon county, died unmarried at Jacksonville, Illinois, August 30, 1873.

MARSHALL, born May 23, 1845, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862 in Co. A, 106th Ill. Inf., for three years, served his full term and was honorably discharged. He was employed in the custom house, and died of apoplexy April 20, 1867, at New Orleans, Louisana.

Mrs. Elizabeth Yates died August 12, 1862, and her husband, Henry Yates, Sen., died Sept. 13, 1865, both at New Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Henry Yates, Sen., having been one of the proprietors of Warsaw, Kentucky. He laid out the town of Berlin in 1833. After the railroad was built, he laid out the town of New Berlin, also.