Person:Samuel Spates (2)

Name^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]	Samuel Spates, II
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	31 Jan 1815	Bourbon County, Kentucky
Marriage	7 Oct 1845	Mt. Sterling, Brown, Illinoisto Sarah Pope
Death^[17]^[18]	19 Apr 1887	Goodhue County, Minnesota
Burial^[19]		Burnside Cem., Red Wing, Minnesota

In 1815 Samuel Spates was born on a farm in Swinneytown (later to become North Middleton, Kentucky) in Bourbon County near Paris. In his youth he was deeply affected by several experiences. At age seven he severely injured his foot with an ax - resulting in a life long limp. When he was about nine he was profoundly impressed by the death of an older brother and by his mother's subsequent fervent pursuit of religion which led to the maintenance of an alter in their home for the next six years.

      He was fifteen when his family moved to Illinois, arriving in October,  1830 - just in time for one of the worst winters in Illinois history ("The Year of the Great Snow")  which resulted in the death of his younger sister (Catherine).

     Grief-stricken by her death, Samuel sought religion at nearby camp meetings.  A few years later (1837) he enrolled in the newly established Ebenezer Manual Training School at Jacksonville to become a Methodist missionary. He then served as a missionary to the Ojibway Indians in Minnesota (largely at Sandy Lake) from 1840 to 1855 - longer than any other missionary in that era.  With his wife, Sarah (married in 1846 at Mt Sterling, Illinois), he struggled to maintain the Sandy Lake mission.  They fed the Indians as best they could during the terrible famine and diseases afflicting them in  1851.   Despite their efforts  some of the Indians grew more hostile during the next few years, probably aggravated by the many deaths caused by the government's delivery of contaminated  flour to the Indians

      In 1855 a number of the Indians broke into the mission, threatened Samuel's family ,  tried to poison one of his children, and struck Samuel.  After Sarah convinced the Indians to leave, Samuel gathered his family into a canoe and abandoned the mission, paddling rapidly to Belle Prairie (near Little Falls).  Subsequently he moved his family to Red Wing, Minnesota, where the Methodist Conference assigned him to various appointments in the Red Wing circuit.

     Samuel lived the rest of his life on his farm in Burnside township.  He died there  on April 19, 1887, suffering from cancer of the stomach.  A few days before his death, in answer to a question from his brother, Charles, as to his feelings, he replied, "Gloriously happy."  He was conscious up to within ten minutes of his death and the last word that he whispered was "Hallelujah!"
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Census 1860 Minnesota Goodhue County Township 113 Range 15

Samuel Spates45Born KY

Sarah H. Spates38Born KY

Samuel P. States12Born Mi

Sarah I. Spates10Born MN

Rezin Spates7Born MN

Anna E. Spates4Born MN

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Census Minnesota State Census 1865 Goodhue County Burnside Image 1 of 4

Family #2 Charles Spates Elizabeth Spates Finley C. Spates Charles Spates Emma L. Spates Eda Spates

Family #3 Rezin Spates Margret Spates Sarah K. Spates John H. Spates Belle W. Spates Mary E. Spates

Family #11 Samuel Spates Sarah Spates Samuel P. Spates Rezin J.K. Spates Anne E. Spates Julia L. Spates

Census 1870 Minnesota Goodhue county Burnside

Samuel Spates 55 Clergyman Born KY

Sarah Ann Spates 47 Born KY

Samuel Pope Spates 22 Farmer Born MN

R. Kossuth Spates 17 Born MN

Anna E Spates 14 Born MN

Julia L. Spates 7 Born MN

Census   Minnesota State Census  1875  Goodhue County  Burnside  Image 1 of 4

Charles Spates 48 Born KY Both parents born MD

Elizabeth Spates 40 Born Illinois Both parents born VA

Finley C. Spates 19 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

Chas F. Spates 17 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

Emma S. Spates 14 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

Eddy A. Spates 10 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

Mattie M. Spates 7 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

William S. Spates 4 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

Arthur E. Spates 1 Born MN Father born KY Mother born Illinois

Samuel Spates 60 Born KY Both parents born MD

Sarah A. Spates Born KY Father born Tennessee Mother born Pennsylvania

R.J.K. Spates 22 male Born MN Both parents born KY

Anna E. Spates 19 Born MN Both parents born KY

Julia S. Spates 12 Born MN Both parents born KY

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Census 1880 Minnesota Goodhue Burnside

Samuel Spates 65 Minister of Gospel Born KY Both parents born in MD

Sarah Spates 59 Born KY Father born in Tennessee Mother born in PA

Annie Spates 27 Born MN Teaching school Born MN Both parents born in KY

Julia L. Spates 17 Born MN Born MN Both parents born in KY

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Census  Minnesota State Census  1885   Goodhue County  Burnside

Family #26 Saml Spates 70 Born KY

Sara A. Spates 64 Born KY

Annie Spates 30 Born MN

Julia Spates 22 Born MN

Family #27

Chas Spates 59 Born KY

Elizabeth Spates 49 Born Illinois

Emma Spates Born 23 MN

Edward Spates Born 20 MN

Martha 16 Born MN

Willie 13 Born MN

Arthur Spates 10 Born MN

      He was fifteen when his family moved to Illinois, arriving in October,  1830 - just in time for one of the worst winters in Illinois history ("The Year of the Great Snow")  which resulted in the death of his younger sister (Catherine).

     Grief-stricken by her death, Samuel sought religion at nearby camp meetings.  A few years later (1837) he enrolled in the newly established Ebenezer Manual Training School at Jacksonville to become a Methodist missionary. He then served as a missionary to the Ojibway Indians in Minnesota (largely at Sandy Lake) from 1840 to 1855 - longer than any other missionary in that era.  With his wife, Sarah (married in 1846 at Mt Sterling, Illinois), he struggled to maintain the Sandy Lake mission.  They fed the Indians as best they could during the terrible famine and diseases afflicting them in  1851.   Despite their efforts  some of the Indians grew more hostile during the next few years, probably aggravated by the many deaths caused by the government's delivery of contaminated  flour to the Indians

      In 1855 a number of the Indians broke into the mission, threatened Samuel's family ,  tried to poison one of his children, and struck Samuel.  After Sarah convinced the Indians to leave, Samuel gathered his family into a canoe and abandoned the mission, paddling rapidly to Belle Prairie (near Little Falls).  Subsequently he moved his family to Red Wing, Minnesota, where the Methodist Conference assigned him to various appointments in the Red Wing circuit.

     Samuel lived the rest of his life on his farm in Burnside township.  He died there  on April 19, 1887, suffering from cancer of the stomach.  A few days before his death, in answer to a question from his brother, Charles, as to his feelings, he replied, "Gloriously happy."  He was conscious up to within ten minutes of his death and the last word that he whispered was "Hallelujah!"
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