Gad Lowery YALE

26th Feb 1810 - 14th Apr 1882

Farmer/

Life History

26th Feb 1810	Born in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
16th Oct 1836	Married Abby W. REED
14th Apr 1848	Birth of son Frank YALE in Lynn Township, Henry, Illinois, USA
5th Feb 1849	Death of Abby W. REED
26th Aug 1849	Married Mary M. WISLEY
7th Aug 1850	Birth of son Sherman H. YALE in Lynn, Henry, Illinois, USA
13th Aug 1852	Birth of son Miles LaMott YALE in Lynn, Henry, Illinois, USA
20th Mar 1855	Birth of daughter Adella YALE in Lynn, Henry, Illinois, USA
23rd Aug 1856	Birth of son Edson Fremont YALE in Lynn, Henry, Illinois, USA
26th Sep 1864	Birth of son Rodney Horace YALE in Lynn, Henry, Illinois, USA
14th Apr 1882	Died in Lynn, Henry, Illinois, USA

Gad Lowery Yale moved with hiss family from South Cannan, CT, to KnoxCounty, Illinois in 1840 and purchased quite a large tract of land inLynn Township, Knox Co. The country there was new at the time, andChicago, then only a small place, was the favored trading post, 140miles distant. A trip to Chicago, with wagons loaded with wheat andhauled by ox teams, was not an unusual, yet a formidable undertakingin those days; returning with supplies for the farm and home. Thematerial for a large barn built on the Lynn Township farm, was partlyhauled from Chicago in this manner. Mr. Yale was an enterprising,energetic, genial and courageous man of unswerving integrity, andrespected by all that knew him. He was an invalid for the last sixyears of his life, and died on his Lynn Township farm. Yale School inLynn Township was named after him.