| 词条 | Cyrus Gates |
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| name = Cyrus Gates | image = Picture of Cyrus Gates, Maine, NY.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1802|07|27}} | birth_place = Lisle, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1891|12|11|1802|07|27}} | death_place = Nanticoke, New York, U.S. | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = | parents = Russell Gates Esther Briggs | spouse = {{marriage|Lucia Fowler Perkins |November 5, 1828|1891|reason=his death}} | children = 4 | relations = Frederick Taylor Gates (nephew) }}Cyrus Gates (July 27, 1802 – December 11, 1891) was an abolitionist, cartographer, and owner of the Cyrus Gates Farmstead in Maine, New York.[1] Early lifeGates was born on July 27, 1802 in Lisle, New York near Maine, New York. He was the son of Russell Gates (1766–1839) and Esther (née Briggs) Gates (1761–1850). Under the Boston Purchase of 1786, Cyrus' father and mother had migrated from the East Haddam, Connecticut area in the early 1790s. His father and uncle Alfred Gates trail blazed the road from Union Center to Nanticoke in order to gain access to their newly purchased property. Cyrus would follow his father by continuing to farm and staying on the land.[1] CareerGates worked as a cartographer and surveyor, mapping 15 counties for the State of New York. For several years, he served as the local Justice of the Peace in the then newly formed Town of Maine. Gates was able to grow several crops of produce, including apples, maple sugar, honey, as well as other standard farm produce.[1] Cyrus would also serve as a deacon in the Maine Baptist church, as he maintained a proactive and sacrificial abolitionist stance.[1] The Underground RailroadEven before Cyrus built his Greek Revival home in 1848 he had taken to harboring runaway slaves. When Cyrus built his new home in 1848 he continued in his activism. He built a secret access door to a hidden part of the attic.[2] If ever needed, this hiding space would add to the safety of runaway slaves that he was harboring at his home.[1] Personal lifeOn November 5, 1828 Cyrus married Arabella Leadbetter (1805–1897), the daughter of Thomas Leadbetter (1768–1844). Together, they were the parents of four children:
Gates died at the age of 89 on December 11, 1891. The Cyrus Gates Farmstead{{main|Cyrus Gates Farmstead}}In 1848, when Cyrus was 45 years old, he began building a Greek inspired farmhouse. He hired a man from New York City named Charles Yarrington to build it. By the standards of the day and Cyrus' rural location, the style of the house would be considered quite extravagant and over-done for a stick frame farmhouse. In fact, the locals feeling somewhat miffed by Cyrus' use of an out of town builder, called the new house "Gates' white elephant." Construction on the building commenced in January 1848.[5] Great x2 Granddaughter of Cyrus-Louis Gates-Gunsalus says that the house was completed enough to be lived in by the end of that year. The inside carpentry and other finish work of the house would not be completed until 1851.[6][7] References
1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Biography of Cyrus Gates|url=https://www.wpcsd.org/BiographyofCyrusGates.aspx|website=www.wpcsd.org|publisher=Whitney Point Central School District|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Treasures of the Tier|url=https://nyslandmarks.com/treasures/08feb.htm|website=nyslandmarks.com|publisher=Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin|accessdate=6 November 2017}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Osterud|first1=Nancy Grey|title=Bonds of Community: The Lives of Farm Women in Nineteenth-century New York|date=1991|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0801497981|page=290|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNAmU2kfOlgC&pg=PA290&lpg=PA290|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=en}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Brockett|first1=Edward Judson|last2=Koetteritz|first2=John B.|last3=Brockett|first3=Francis Edward|title=The Descendants of John Brockett: One of the Original Founders of New Haven Colony. Illustrated with Portraits and Armorial Bearings; an Historical Introduction Relating to the Settlement of New Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut. The English Brocketts. "A Pedigree of Brockett," Published in England in 1860|date=1905|publisher=Orange Chronicle Company, printers|page=99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qz42AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news|last=Luther|first=Roger|title=Freedom is Where I'm Going: Cyrus Gates' Station on the Underground Railroad|work=Treasures of the Tier|url=http://nyslandmarks.com/treasures/08feb.htm|publisher=Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin|date=February 7, 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104162058/http://nyslandmarks.com/treasures/08feb.htm|archivedate=November 4, 2012|df=}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=4. Historic American Buildings Survey, 1963, INTERIOR, DOOR, CENTER ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, SOUTH WALL. - Cyrus Gates House, Old Nanticoke Road, Maine, Broome County, NY|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ny0476.photos.122240p/|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=6 November 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Beukema|first1=Steven|title=Cyrus Gates Farmstead Maine, NY|url=https://www.wpcsd.org/CyrusGatesFarmstead.aspx|website=www.wpcsd.org|publisher=Whitney Point High Library|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=en}}
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