About Thomas J. Yates
Lived 1870 – 1958 (aged 87). Thomas J. Yates was an American teacher.
Thomas J. Yates (November 13, 1870 – February 8, 1958) was the first seminary teacher in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 1912, the first released-time seminary classes met in a building adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Early life and education Thomas Jarvis Yates was born November 13, 1870, to Thomas and Elizabeth Francis Yates. His parents were immigrants to the United States from England. Although Yates considered leaving school, he graduated from the academy in 1891.
When Yates returned from his mission, he and Lydia went to Cornell University. Investigators found that he died due to a pulmonary hemorrhage.
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Who was Thomas J. Yates?
LDS seminary teacher
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Thomas J. Yates was born on 13 November 1870 in Scipio.
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Thomas J. Yates died on 8 February 1958 in Abilene.
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Thomas J. Yates was a teacher.
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Thomas J. Yates was American.
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