Franklin Herbert Gates, b. in Minneapolis, MN, July 13, 1888, m. October 19, 1914 in Dayton, Ohio, Janet McKee, b. October 19, 1892 in Dayton, Ohio.
"Frank" was admitted to Yale in June 1908, received the Phi Beta Kappa key, and graduated in 1912. He loved athletics, and while at Yale was on the varsity tennis team which never lost a college match during that time.
After graduation, he worked at Broadacre, his father's twenty-thousand-acre farm in Scotland and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. He kept the books, conducted all correspondence, did the buying, and looked after all the livestock. With his brother Russell, he planted a peach orchard of more than seventeen thousand trees which the state horticulturist pronounced the finest in North Carolina. Frank subsequently sold it for $80,000. Broadacre was sold in 1920 and Frank moved his family to Montclair, NJ.
He completed the business course at Alexander Hamilton and took a position at Chase National Bank. In 1926 he became a second vice-president in charge of new business activities, and later he was promoted to full vice-president of the bank. Mr. Gates was a professional photographer and enjoyed sailing with his family in Maine during the summers. He died of multiple strokes in Montclair, NJ, November 6, 1945, age 57, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, NJ.
Children of Franklin Herbert and Janet (McKee) Gates:
1. Franklin "Frank" McKee, b. February 18, 1916 at Broadacre, his grandfather's plantation in North Carolina, m. September 2, 1938 in North Haven, Knox County, ME, Caroline "Carol" G. Carpenter, b. February 20, 1919. He and his brother, Richard Judson Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company. An excellent sailor, Frank served as commodore of the North Haven Yacht Club where he and Carol met and where they were married. They both d. May 30, 1979, in an airplane accident in Owls Head, Knox County, ME.
2. Eleanor, b. October 16, 1918 at Broadacre, NC, m. 1st in 1940, Richard King, 2nd John Ritchel and 3rd Paul Bonderico. She and her first two husbands were divorced. There were no children. She died in 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Richard Judson, b. April 3, 1920 in Montclair, Essex County, NJ, m. September 1946 in Connecticut, Joann Ferry. He and his brother, Franklin McKee Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company.
4. Gordon, b. April 1, 1921 in Montclair, NJ. He left Yale for service during World War II and was killed in a P-47 plane crash in the South Pacific on October 19, 1943. His name appears on a marble wall at Yale, along with others from Yale who died in the war.
5.Janet McKee, called "Audrey" by her family, b. September 1, 1924 in Montclair, NJ, m. December 23, 1945 in Montclair, Alfred Bonney III, b. December 27, 1920 in New York. Alfred d. March 1985, in Augusta, Kennebec County, ME, and Janet now runs the Fur and Feather Farm and Giftshop in Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME.
"Frank" was admitted to Yale in June 1908, received the Phi Beta Kappa key, and graduated in 1912. He loved athletics, and while at Yale was on the varsity tennis team which never lost a college match during that time.
After graduation, he worked at Broadacre, his father's twenty-thousand-acre farm in Scotland and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. He kept the books, conducted all correspondence, did the buying, and looked after all the livestock. With his brother Russell, he planted a peach orchard of more than seventeen thousand trees which the state horticulturist pronounced the finest in North Carolina. Frank subsequently sold it for $80,000. Broadacre was sold in 1920 and Frank moved his family to Montclair, NJ.
He completed the business course at Alexander Hamilton and took a position at Chase National Bank. In 1926 he became a second vice-president in charge of new business activities, and later he was promoted to full vice-president of the bank. Mr. Gates was a professional photographer and enjoyed sailing with his family in Maine during the summers. He died of multiple strokes in Montclair, NJ, November 6, 1945, age 57, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, NJ.
Children of Franklin Herbert and Janet (McKee) Gates:
1. Franklin "Frank" McKee, b. February 18, 1916 at Broadacre, his grandfather's plantation in North Carolina, m. September 2, 1938 in North Haven, Knox County, ME, Caroline "Carol" G. Carpenter, b. February 20, 1919. He and his brother, Richard Judson Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company. An excellent sailor, Frank served as commodore of the North Haven Yacht Club where he and Carol met and where they were married. They both d. May 30, 1979, in an airplane accident in Owls Head, Knox County, ME.
2. Eleanor, b. October 16, 1918 at Broadacre, NC, m. 1st in 1940, Richard King, 2nd John Ritchel and 3rd Paul Bonderico. She and her first two husbands were divorced. There were no children. She died in 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Richard Judson, b. April 3, 1920 in Montclair, Essex County, NJ, m. September 1946 in Connecticut, Joann Ferry. He and his brother, Franklin McKee Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company.
4. Gordon, b. April 1, 1921 in Montclair, NJ. He left Yale for service during World War II and was killed in a P-47 plane crash in the South Pacific on October 19, 1943. His name appears on a marble wall at Yale, along with others from Yale who died in the war.
5.Janet McKee, called "Audrey" by her family, b. September 1, 1924 in Montclair, NJ, m. December 23, 1945 in Montclair, Alfred Bonney III, b. December 27, 1920 in New York. Alfred d. March 1985, in Augusta, Kennebec County, ME, and Janet now runs the Fur and Feather Farm and Giftshop in Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME.
Franklin Herbert Gates, b. in Minneapolis, MN, July 13, 1888, m. October 19, 1914 in Dayton, Ohio, Janet McKee, b. October 19, 1892 in Dayton, Ohio.
"Frank" was admitted to Yale in June 1908, received the Phi Beta Kappa key, and graduated in 1912. He loved athletics, and while at Yale was on the varsity tennis team which never lost a college match during that time.
After graduation, he worked at Broadacre, his father's twenty-thousand-acre farm in Scotland and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. He kept the books, conducted all correspondence, did the buying, and looked after all the livestock. With his brother Russell, he planted a peach orchard of more than seventeen thousand trees which the state horticulturist pronounced the finest in North Carolina. Frank subsequently sold it for $80,000. Broadacre was sold in 1920 and Frank moved his family to Montclair, NJ.
He completed the business course at Alexander Hamilton and took a position at Chase National Bank. In 1926 he became a second vice-president in charge of new business activities, and later he was promoted to full vice-president of the bank. Mr. Gates was a professional photographer and enjoyed sailing with his family in Maine during the summers. He died of multiple strokes in Montclair, NJ, November 6, 1945, age 57, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, NJ.
Children of Franklin Herbert and Janet (McKee) Gates:
1. Franklin "Frank" McKee, b. February 18, 1916 at Broadacre, his grandfather's plantation in North Carolina, m. September 2, 1938 in North Haven, Knox County, ME, Caroline "Carol" G. Carpenter, b. February 20, 1919. He and his brother, Richard Judson Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company. An excellent sailor, Frank served as commodore of the North Haven Yacht Club where he and Carol met and where they were married. They both d. May 30, 1979, in an airplane accident in Owls Head, Knox County, ME.
2. Eleanor, b. October 16, 1918 at Broadacre, NC, m. 1st in 1940, Richard King, 2nd John Ritchel and 3rd Paul Bonderico. She and her first two husbands were divorced. There were no children. She died in 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Richard Judson, b. April 3, 1920 in Montclair, Essex County, NJ, m. September 1946 in Connecticut, Joann Ferry. He and his brother, Franklin McKee Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company.
4. Gordon, b. April 1, 1921 in Montclair, NJ. He left Yale for service during World War II and was killed in a P-47 plane crash in the South Pacific on October 19, 1943. His name appears on a marble wall at Yale, along with others from Yale who died in the war.
5.Janet McKee, called "Audrey" by her family, b. September 1, 1924 in Montclair, NJ, m. December 23, 1945 in Montclair, Alfred Bonney III, b. December 27, 1920 in New York. Alfred d. March 1985, in Augusta, Kennebec County, ME, and Janet now runs the Fur and Feather Farm and Giftshop in Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME.
"Frank" was admitted to Yale in June 1908, received the Phi Beta Kappa key, and graduated in 1912. He loved athletics, and while at Yale was on the varsity tennis team which never lost a college match during that time.
After graduation, he worked at Broadacre, his father's twenty-thousand-acre farm in Scotland and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. He kept the books, conducted all correspondence, did the buying, and looked after all the livestock. With his brother Russell, he planted a peach orchard of more than seventeen thousand trees which the state horticulturist pronounced the finest in North Carolina. Frank subsequently sold it for $80,000. Broadacre was sold in 1920 and Frank moved his family to Montclair, NJ.
He completed the business course at Alexander Hamilton and took a position at Chase National Bank. In 1926 he became a second vice-president in charge of new business activities, and later he was promoted to full vice-president of the bank. Mr. Gates was a professional photographer and enjoyed sailing with his family in Maine during the summers. He died of multiple strokes in Montclair, NJ, November 6, 1945, age 57, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, NJ.
Children of Franklin Herbert and Janet (McKee) Gates:
1. Franklin "Frank" McKee, b. February 18, 1916 at Broadacre, his grandfather's plantation in North Carolina, m. September 2, 1938 in North Haven, Knox County, ME, Caroline "Carol" G. Carpenter, b. February 20, 1919. He and his brother, Richard Judson Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company. An excellent sailor, Frank served as commodore of the North Haven Yacht Club where he and Carol met and where they were married. They both d. May 30, 1979, in an airplane accident in Owls Head, Knox County, ME.
2. Eleanor, b. October 16, 1918 at Broadacre, NC, m. 1st in 1940, Richard King, 2nd John Ritchel and 3rd Paul Bonderico. She and her first two husbands were divorced. There were no children. She died in 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Richard Judson, b. April 3, 1920 in Montclair, Essex County, NJ, m. September 1946 in Connecticut, Joann Ferry. He and his brother, Franklin McKee Gates, were founders of the Smith Gates Company.
4. Gordon, b. April 1, 1921 in Montclair, NJ. He left Yale for service during World War II and was killed in a P-47 plane crash in the South Pacific on October 19, 1943. His name appears on a marble wall at Yale, along with others from Yale who died in the war.
5.Janet McKee, called "Audrey" by her family, b. September 1, 1924 in Montclair, NJ, m. December 23, 1945 in Montclair, Alfred Bonney III, b. December 27, 1920 in New York. Alfred d. March 1985, in Augusta, Kennebec County, ME, and Janet now runs the Fur and Feather Farm and Giftshop in Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME.
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