Son of John Marshall Yates & Virginia Christian
Husband of Alice Levy
From Confederate Veteran Magazine:
Yates, Paul Christian Dr.- Born: March 1, 1839, Randolph County, Missouri. Died: February 18, 1907; Neosho, Missouri Buried:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.- Service Unit: Colonel Shavers Arkansas Regiment, Surgeon.
Confederate Veteran Magazine: v. 15, p. 322.
Text: DR. PAUL C. YATES. Dr. P. C. Yates died at his home, in Neosho, Mo., February 18, 1907, after a lingering illness. The death of this devoted father and husband was a great shock to his family and a loss to his State of a good physician and noble, kindly Christian gentleman, who was ever ready to sacrifice his own pleasure for the good of others. Dr. Yates was born in Randolph County. Mo., on March 1, 1836, the oldest son of Judge John M. Yates, a native of Virginia. Judge Yates belonged to a prominent family, with Revolutionary ancestors of note, and Chief Justice John Marshall was his great uncle, for whom he was named. He married Miss Virginia Christian, and went to Missouri in 1822. Dr. Yates studied medicine, graduating at Pope's College, in St. Louis, in 1861, when the country was stirred by the menace of war. He joined one of the first companies going South under Gen. John B. Clark. From the first skirmishing at Boonville and Carthage to the last call to "stack arms" he was always a brave a soldier, a faithful comrade and friend. After the battle of Springfield, he was appointed surgeon, and remained with Price's army till the close of the war, serving with Colonel Shaver's Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers. An incident of those times is strongly characteristic of his steadfast adherence to duty. After the battle of Elk Horn, Dr. Yates went with his wounded to Van Buren to insure their safety, the battlefield being in possession of the Federals. Then he hastened to General Price and asked permission to return to his brother. Will, who was wounded too severely to be removed. General Price told him he could not give him a pass, as the Federals were sure to arrest him, and he would probably be shot for a spy. General Price said: "General Davidson's special orders were to bring no doctors, as they consider them spies. Besides, I promised your father to take care of his boys." But the little man who stood before him was obdurate. "I must take my chances, General. He is only a boy, shot through the lungs, dying perhaps, and calling for me." The pass was written, and Dr. Yates was stopped on the road by a Major Reynolds, who frowned at his replies to his short questions until he told his name. It is the name of my bosom friend, who is now Governor of Illinois, said the Federal. Yes, he is my cousin. Dr. Yates replied. The Major with his carriage carried him into the camp.I started into this, Dr. Yates told the writer, "with my trust in Providence, and here my relationship to the genial Republican Governor of Illinois saved me in the very tightest of all tight places I ever found." He found his brother, nursed him back to life, and Dr. William Yates is practicing medicine to day at Calao, Mo. He was with the beloved brother during his last illness. A younger brother, Arthur, was killed at Kennesaw Mountain. Dr. Yates was married to Miss Alice Levy in Camden, Ark., at the close of the war but in 1880 returned for his health to South Missouri, where he practiced his profession till his health failed, last year. He leaves a wife and seven children: Mrs. Ruby Lacy, of Portland, Oregon, Misses Levy, Emma, and Mamie Lee, and Jack and Paul, of Portland, and Edward, of Globe, Ariz. In the army, in his lodge (he was a Mason in high standing), in his profession, and in his home he was the same, faithful to every trust and ever zealous in the cause of good. Dr. Yates worked untiringly in aid of the monument in memory of the Confederate soldiers a few years ago, and it was completed in time for "The Gray Soldier" to stand guard over his resting place in beautiful Neosho.
contributor: Paul V. Isbell
Husband of Alice Levy
From Confederate Veteran Magazine:
Yates, Paul Christian Dr.- Born: March 1, 1839, Randolph County, Missouri. Died: February 18, 1907; Neosho, Missouri Buried:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.- Service Unit: Colonel Shavers Arkansas Regiment, Surgeon.
Confederate Veteran Magazine: v. 15, p. 322.
Text: DR. PAUL C. YATES. Dr. P. C. Yates died at his home, in Neosho, Mo., February 18, 1907, after a lingering illness. The death of this devoted father and husband was a great shock to his family and a loss to his State of a good physician and noble, kindly Christian gentleman, who was ever ready to sacrifice his own pleasure for the good of others. Dr. Yates was born in Randolph County. Mo., on March 1, 1836, the oldest son of Judge John M. Yates, a native of Virginia. Judge Yates belonged to a prominent family, with Revolutionary ancestors of note, and Chief Justice John Marshall was his great uncle, for whom he was named. He married Miss Virginia Christian, and went to Missouri in 1822. Dr. Yates studied medicine, graduating at Pope's College, in St. Louis, in 1861, when the country was stirred by the menace of war. He joined one of the first companies going South under Gen. John B. Clark. From the first skirmishing at Boonville and Carthage to the last call to "stack arms" he was always a brave a soldier, a faithful comrade and friend. After the battle of Springfield, he was appointed surgeon, and remained with Price's army till the close of the war, serving with Colonel Shaver's Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers. An incident of those times is strongly characteristic of his steadfast adherence to duty. After the battle of Elk Horn, Dr. Yates went with his wounded to Van Buren to insure their safety, the battlefield being in possession of the Federals. Then he hastened to General Price and asked permission to return to his brother. Will, who was wounded too severely to be removed. General Price told him he could not give him a pass, as the Federals were sure to arrest him, and he would probably be shot for a spy. General Price said: "General Davidson's special orders were to bring no doctors, as they consider them spies. Besides, I promised your father to take care of his boys." But the little man who stood before him was obdurate. "I must take my chances, General. He is only a boy, shot through the lungs, dying perhaps, and calling for me." The pass was written, and Dr. Yates was stopped on the road by a Major Reynolds, who frowned at his replies to his short questions until he told his name. It is the name of my bosom friend, who is now Governor of Illinois, said the Federal. Yes, he is my cousin. Dr. Yates replied. The Major with his carriage carried him into the camp.I started into this, Dr. Yates told the writer, "with my trust in Providence, and here my relationship to the genial Republican Governor of Illinois saved me in the very tightest of all tight places I ever found." He found his brother, nursed him back to life, and Dr. William Yates is practicing medicine to day at Calao, Mo. He was with the beloved brother during his last illness. A younger brother, Arthur, was killed at Kennesaw Mountain. Dr. Yates was married to Miss Alice Levy in Camden, Ark., at the close of the war but in 1880 returned for his health to South Missouri, where he practiced his profession till his health failed, last year. He leaves a wife and seven children: Mrs. Ruby Lacy, of Portland, Oregon, Misses Levy, Emma, and Mamie Lee, and Jack and Paul, of Portland, and Edward, of Globe, Ariz. In the army, in his lodge (he was a Mason in high standing), in his profession, and in his home he was the same, faithful to every trust and ever zealous in the cause of good. Dr. Yates worked untiringly in aid of the monument in memory of the Confederate soldiers a few years ago, and it was completed in time for "The Gray Soldier" to stand guard over his resting place in beautiful Neosho.
contributor: Paul V. Isbell
Son of John Marshall Yates & Virginia Christian
Husband of Alice Levy
From Confederate Veteran Magazine:
Yates, Paul Christian Dr.- Born: March 1, 1839, Randolph County, Missouri. Died: February 18, 1907; Neosho, Missouri Buried:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.- Service Unit: Colonel Shavers Arkansas Regiment, Surgeon.
Confederate Veteran Magazine: v. 15, p. 322.
Text: DR. PAUL C. YATES. Dr. P. C. Yates died at his home, in Neosho, Mo., February 18, 1907, after a lingering illness. The death of this devoted father and husband was a great shock to his family and a loss to his State of a good physician and noble, kindly Christian gentleman, who was ever ready to sacrifice his own pleasure for the good of others. Dr. Yates was born in Randolph County. Mo., on March 1, 1836, the oldest son of Judge John M. Yates, a native of Virginia. Judge Yates belonged to a prominent family, with Revolutionary ancestors of note, and Chief Justice John Marshall was his great uncle, for whom he was named. He married Miss Virginia Christian, and went to Missouri in 1822. Dr. Yates studied medicine, graduating at Pope's College, in St. Louis, in 1861, when the country was stirred by the menace of war. He joined one of the first companies going South under Gen. John B. Clark. From the first skirmishing at Boonville and Carthage to the last call to "stack arms" he was always a brave a soldier, a faithful comrade and friend. After the battle of Springfield, he was appointed surgeon, and remained with Price's army till the close of the war, serving with Colonel Shaver's Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers. An incident of those times is strongly characteristic of his steadfast adherence to duty. After the battle of Elk Horn, Dr. Yates went with his wounded to Van Buren to insure their safety, the battlefield being in possession of the Federals. Then he hastened to General Price and asked permission to return to his brother. Will, who was wounded too severely to be removed. General Price told him he could not give him a pass, as the Federals were sure to arrest him, and he would probably be shot for a spy. General Price said: "General Davidson's special orders were to bring no doctors, as they consider them spies. Besides, I promised your father to take care of his boys." But the little man who stood before him was obdurate. "I must take my chances, General. He is only a boy, shot through the lungs, dying perhaps, and calling for me." The pass was written, and Dr. Yates was stopped on the road by a Major Reynolds, who frowned at his replies to his short questions until he told his name. It is the name of my bosom friend, who is now Governor of Illinois, said the Federal. Yes, he is my cousin. Dr. Yates replied. The Major with his carriage carried him into the camp.I started into this, Dr. Yates told the writer, "with my trust in Providence, and here my relationship to the genial Republican Governor of Illinois saved me in the very tightest of all tight places I ever found." He found his brother, nursed him back to life, and Dr. William Yates is practicing medicine to day at Calao, Mo. He was with the beloved brother during his last illness. A younger brother, Arthur, was killed at Kennesaw Mountain. Dr. Yates was married to Miss Alice Levy in Camden, Ark., at the close of the war but in 1880 returned for his health to South Missouri, where he practiced his profession till his health failed, last year. He leaves a wife and seven children: Mrs. Ruby Lacy, of Portland, Oregon, Misses Levy, Emma, and Mamie Lee, and Jack and Paul, of Portland, and Edward, of Globe, Ariz. In the army, in his lodge (he was a Mason in high standing), in his profession, and in his home he was the same, faithful to every trust and ever zealous in the cause of good. Dr. Yates worked untiringly in aid of the monument in memory of the Confederate soldiers a few years ago, and it was completed in time for "The Gray Soldier" to stand guard over his resting place in beautiful Neosho.
contributor: Paul V. Isbell
Husband of Alice Levy
From Confederate Veteran Magazine:
Yates, Paul Christian Dr.- Born: March 1, 1839, Randolph County, Missouri. Died: February 18, 1907; Neosho, Missouri Buried:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.- Service Unit: Colonel Shavers Arkansas Regiment, Surgeon.
Confederate Veteran Magazine: v. 15, p. 322.
Text: DR. PAUL C. YATES. Dr. P. C. Yates died at his home, in Neosho, Mo., February 18, 1907, after a lingering illness. The death of this devoted father and husband was a great shock to his family and a loss to his State of a good physician and noble, kindly Christian gentleman, who was ever ready to sacrifice his own pleasure for the good of others. Dr. Yates was born in Randolph County. Mo., on March 1, 1836, the oldest son of Judge John M. Yates, a native of Virginia. Judge Yates belonged to a prominent family, with Revolutionary ancestors of note, and Chief Justice John Marshall was his great uncle, for whom he was named. He married Miss Virginia Christian, and went to Missouri in 1822. Dr. Yates studied medicine, graduating at Pope's College, in St. Louis, in 1861, when the country was stirred by the menace of war. He joined one of the first companies going South under Gen. John B. Clark. From the first skirmishing at Boonville and Carthage to the last call to "stack arms" he was always a brave a soldier, a faithful comrade and friend. After the battle of Springfield, he was appointed surgeon, and remained with Price's army till the close of the war, serving with Colonel Shaver's Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers. An incident of those times is strongly characteristic of his steadfast adherence to duty. After the battle of Elk Horn, Dr. Yates went with his wounded to Van Buren to insure their safety, the battlefield being in possession of the Federals. Then he hastened to General Price and asked permission to return to his brother. Will, who was wounded too severely to be removed. General Price told him he could not give him a pass, as the Federals were sure to arrest him, and he would probably be shot for a spy. General Price said: "General Davidson's special orders were to bring no doctors, as they consider them spies. Besides, I promised your father to take care of his boys." But the little man who stood before him was obdurate. "I must take my chances, General. He is only a boy, shot through the lungs, dying perhaps, and calling for me." The pass was written, and Dr. Yates was stopped on the road by a Major Reynolds, who frowned at his replies to his short questions until he told his name. It is the name of my bosom friend, who is now Governor of Illinois, said the Federal. Yes, he is my cousin. Dr. Yates replied. The Major with his carriage carried him into the camp.I started into this, Dr. Yates told the writer, "with my trust in Providence, and here my relationship to the genial Republican Governor of Illinois saved me in the very tightest of all tight places I ever found." He found his brother, nursed him back to life, and Dr. William Yates is practicing medicine to day at Calao, Mo. He was with the beloved brother during his last illness. A younger brother, Arthur, was killed at Kennesaw Mountain. Dr. Yates was married to Miss Alice Levy in Camden, Ark., at the close of the war but in 1880 returned for his health to South Missouri, where he practiced his profession till his health failed, last year. He leaves a wife and seven children: Mrs. Ruby Lacy, of Portland, Oregon, Misses Levy, Emma, and Mamie Lee, and Jack and Paul, of Portland, and Edward, of Globe, Ariz. In the army, in his lodge (he was a Mason in high standing), in his profession, and in his home he was the same, faithful to every trust and ever zealous in the cause of good. Dr. Yates worked untiringly in aid of the monument in memory of the Confederate soldiers a few years ago, and it was completed in time for "The Gray Soldier" to stand guard over his resting place in beautiful Neosho.
contributor: Paul V. Isbell
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