Nahum Ball Gates

Colonel Nahum Ball Gates (1812–1890) was an American military officer, politician and businessman from Lorain County, Ohio.

Nahum Ball Gates was born in St. Alban's, Vermont, on September 28, 1812, to Capt.

They were Puritans who participated in the American War of Independence, and were discharged by Founding Father Gen. Henry Knox.

He was made Constable of the city, as well as Justice of the Peace, and Marshal of Charlestown village.

[3] The reverend's house was used as a stop of the Underground Railroad at the time, where he helped enslaved people escape the country and obtain their freedom.

[11][12][3] In the same year, Gates acquired a mill on the Black River, and built a saw-mill, sash, door, and blind factory.

[3] In 1852, Gates was elected president of the Lorain County Agricultural Society, which was founded in 1845.

[3] In 1862, he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the 14th district, being nominated by president Abraham Lincoln.

Portrait of Colonel Nahum Ball Gates, son-in-law of abolitionist Rev. John Monteith , cofounder of the University of Michigan [ 1 ]
Monteith Hall, Elyria, Ohio , childhood home of his wife