Pulaski County ArArchives Biographies.....Gates, Meyer F. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 July 17, 2009, 1:59 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) MEYER F. GATES. Meyer F. Gates, assistant treasurer of the Bankers Trust Company at Little Rock, comes to Arkansas from Memphis, Tennessee, where his birth occurred January 8, 1892. He is a Harvard man and throughout his entire life has wisely used the talents given him and the opportunities that have come to him in the course of the years. His parents were Ferdinand and Tillie (Schamburg) Gates. The father was horn in Bavaria, Germany. in 1832, and coming to America in early life, devoted his attention to business affairs in Memphis for many years. On crossing the Atlantic, however, he first located at Hickory Plains, Arkansas, and it was in 1890 that he removed to Memphis, Tennessee, where his remaining days were spent, his death occurring July 9, 1909. He had been a merchant and planter and at the time of the Civil war he put aside all business considerations and joined an Arkansas regiment of Confederate troops, serving from the beginning of hostilities in 1861 until the middle of the year 1865. His political endorsement was given to the democratic party. His widow, who was horn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1859, is still living in Memphis. They were married in her native city in 1890 and their family numbered a son and three daughters, but two of the daughters are deceased. Meyer P. Gates pursued his education in the public and high schools of Memphis and in a preparatory school before entering Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having completed a classical course. In 1916 he became connected with the Bankers Trust Company in the capacity of messenger and through the intervening period has won various promotions until he is now treasurer, having been called to this office in January, 1921. He is thus active in connection with one of the foremost financial interests of the state and his ability is widely recognized. On the 30th of November, 1915, Mr. Gates was married to Miss Gladys Theresa Frauenthal, who was born in Conway, Arkansas, November 30, 1896. They are now parents of cue son, Meyer P. Gates, born October 17, 1916. During the World war period Mr. Gates served on various drives in connection with financing the war. He is a democrat in his political belief and religiously he adheres to the Jewish faith. He belongs to the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith and also to the Concordia Club. He has steadily worked his way upward not only in the sense of success in business but also in the regard of his fellowmen and is today one of the highly esteemed young representatives of financial circles in Little Rock. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/pulaski/bios/gates220bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb