Nathan P. Gates (1834-1900) was born in Haymoon, New York, and died in Rockingham, Vermont. He married Catherine "Kittie" A. Gates (b. Slade) in about 1865. Gates was a teacher, a Civil War veteran who served for New York, and then a railroad worker. In 1886, Gates wrote to Mary Baker Eddy that his wife had been receiving Christian Science treatment from Mrs. W. W. Robbins of New York and received some benefit. At Mrs. Robbins's suggestion, he wrote to inquire about the logistics and cost of having Eddy treat his wife.

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