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Needham P. Yates (c. 1818 – March 1870) was a member of the
Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted ...
from 1860 to 1862. He was the son of James Yates and Agnes Rowland. He was the first Yates in the Shingle Creek community in 1847. His land was homestead land with the deed signed by president
Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He was a northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity ...
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Barber–Mizell feud

Needham was accused of killing Dave Mizell in Orange County, setting off the
Barber–Mizell feud The Barber–Mizell feud was a feud in Brevard County, Florida, Brevard and Orange County, Florida, Orange counties, Florida in 1870 resulting in 41 deaths and no criminal convictions that arose when cattle baron Mose Barber disputed the jurisdi ...
among the Mizells, Barbers, Yateses and Overstreets. Needham was shot dead, along with his sons, Needham and William, in the feud in 1870.


See also

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List of members of the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County, Florida This is a historical list of members of the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County, Florida from the formation of the county in 1855 until the creation of districts in 1967. Prior to the creation of Brevard County, the area was called ...


References

People of Lawmaking in Florida
/ref> "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S5X2-ZV1 : accessed 2014-02-19), entry for Needham /Yates/. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Needham 1818 births 1870 deaths Deaths by firearm in Florida Members of the Florida House of Representatives People from Brevard County, Florida People from Washington County, Georgia 19th-century American politicians