| Gates, John Warne, 1855-1911 | |||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||
| dates | 1855-1911 | ||||||||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||||||||
| state | NY | ||||||||||||
| other cities | Turner Junction, IL; Port Arthur; TX; Chicago, IL; | ||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||
| history |
Collector, financier and promoter, known as Bet-a-Million Gates, born near Chicago. He discovered a market for wire fencing on the Western plains, began the manufacture of fencing in St. Louis, and, by a succession of consolidations and promotion schemes, organized (1898) the American Steel and Wire Company. He was a well-known figure on the grain and stock exchanges and later, interesting himself in oil, became prominent in the development of Port Arthur, Tex. He married to Dollora R Baker of St. Charles, IL, in 1874. He purchased Messonier's "L'Aumone," at the Hilton sale in 1900 (NYTimes.com). |
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| decades | 1900-1910 | ||||||||||||
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:12:23 | ||||||||||||
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