Ernest M. Poate
Poate, Dr. Ernest Marsh
October 10, 1885 – February 1, 1935 (aged 49)
Birth place: Yokohama, Japan
The author of English/American parents was a physician (psychiatrist). He came to USA in 1892 and died in Southern Pines, Moore, North Carolina, USA. The month of birth is not clear: Oct. 1884 (Catalogue of Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity Chicago 1909, Military Draft Registration 1917, Veterans Affair 1919, Gravestone 1935) or Oct. 1885 (US Census 1900, Death Certificate 1935) [Sources: original record scans in www.familysearch.org]