Background
Yates, Matthew Tyson was born on January 8, 1819 in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. Son of William and Delilah Yates.
Yates, Matthew Tyson was born on January 8, 1819 in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. Son of William and Delilah Yates.
Graduate Wake Forest College, 1846.
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1846. Appointed to mission in China by Foreign Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention. Arrived in Shanghai (China), 1847.
Built substantial church largely from own funds (because of lack of support after 1861).
Founded Baptist missions and opened number of out-stations in cities of Kiangsu Province. United States vice consul and interpreter in Shanghai, 1873.
Author: Ancestral Worship and Fung Shuy, 1867. The Tai Ping Rebellion, 1876: translated New Testament into Shanghai vernacular.
Married Eliza East. Moring, September 27, 1846.