Source: Past and Present of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa
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Born February 13, 1832 in Chasewater, Cornwall, England.
Emigrated to America in 1846 with his parents Joseph and Cordelia (Pollard) Oates, settling in Shullsburg, Wisconsin.
Much of his education secured after marriage.
Father of Edward W. Oates.
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