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Here is another bio from the 1887 pub by Goodspeed. Please realize that
this is unverified data:
pg 1165 Jefferson CO TN
I. M. Cate, farmer, was born in Sevier CO, TN May 13, 1850, the son of Perry
and Sarah (Underwood) Cate. His father, born in Sevier CO in 1820, was a
farmer and merchant there for several yrs before and after the war, but is
now a farmer, and a highly respected member of the Baptist Church. Joshua,
the grandfataher was born in North Carolina, and came when two years old
with his parents to the Indian infested regions of East TN. An aunt was
killed by the Indians in North Carolina. His mother was born in 1820 in
sevier CO, the daughter of George Underwood, a farmer. She was a Baptist
and died in 1873. I. M. Cate attended school at Dandridge, Mossy Creek, and
Dumplin Valley, and in 1871 engaged in farming and saw milling in Jefferson
County. He owns 160 acres in the 11th District, and also 83 acres, 73 of
the first and 50 of the last, in timber. He also owns with his father a saw
and grist mill with a daily capacity of 4000 to 6000 feet of lumber and 100
bushels of corn. He is a Baptist, a Mason, and a highly respected man.
May 3, 1870 he married Millie, a daughter of J.M.THomas and Mary Denton.
Millie was bornMay 26, 1851 in Cocke County. J.M. Thomas was born in 1825,
the son of George Thomas of England, and he died in Jan;u;ary 1886. Mary
was born in 1827, athe daughter of Abraham Denton. She is a Baptist and now
lives in Jefferson County. Their children are Ida C. b 1871, Sallie A. B
1872, Mollie E. b 1876, Effie C. born 1878, Perry B. born 1882 and Lora
E. b 1886. The wife is a Baptist.
Note: I did a slight rewording of the bio so as to have more continuity but
did not alter the contents of the data.
Regards, Bettye
Hi All,
I will be gone Nov. 6th - Nov 10th to Arlington VA for my son's
wedding so hope you don't have problems with the Cate List. I think I
will get your messages when I get back I don't remember how long
Prodigy keeps messages.
Happy Hunting, Roberta Pierson, Cate Listowner
Distribution:
To: <Name Not Given> CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com
I am sure that many of you have seen the following but I decided to post it
again as I feel that we need to pursue the connection contained in this:
*( ) denotes my note ( ) is in the body of the publication
HISTORY of TENNESSEE pub by Goodspeed in 1887 - g 1035 Meigs County
Robert E. CATE, planter and miller, was born near Decatur September 1, 1830,
the son of Daniel and Ava (Elder) Cate, both of English stock, and natives
of Jefferson County; the former *(Daniel) was born in 1796 and died in 1858,
and the latter *(Ava) was born in 1800, and died in 1867. They were
married in 1817, and lived in Jefferson County about six years, then came to
Rhea (now Meigs) County. The father was a successful farmer, and a
Democrat, and both were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Our
subject is of a large family, was educated in Meigs County and taught school
five or six years in Meigs and Hamilton Counites. In 1858 he settled on a
farm in the Fourth District, from which date he has been a successful
farmer, and from 1868 on his present farm. His fine residence was built in
1880 at a cost of $2500. November 16, 1858 he married Arminda Stephenson;
she was born in 1834 in McMinn County. They have three sons and four
daughters. He now owns about 700 acres on the Tennessee River, with a
(water) flouring mill on it. He is a Democrat, and both he and his wife
are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
*(the following is the part of the article that bears further research):
In about the year 1680 four brothers of the name CATE came from Europe, and
settled in America- two of them in Virginia and two in North Carolina. From
these brothers sprang all the kin of this name in the United States.
The Cate family are largely scattered throughout the Western and Southern
states. JOHN C. CATE was governor of New Hampshire, and WILLIAM CATE was an
eminent judge of Arkansas. They are also noted for the number of Baptists
preachers they have furnished.
_______________________________________________________________________
Remember this was written in the 1880s and that the source of the
information was not provided.
You will note the insinuation is that the Cate surnamed people in all of the
states at that time were presented to be descended from the 4 brothers who
arrived in 1680. That seemed to include the John C. Cate that had been
governor of NH and William Cate that had been a judge in AR.
What records might exist to show that the Cate/s who were in the New England
states were related to those who arrived in 1680 and whose descendents
remained in Virginia and North Carolina? Do any of you have data in your
files that might shed light on the above theory?
Please post what you know on this as I am sure several of us would like to
know if the above theory is true.
Regards, Bettye
Hello,
I am doing research on a Nathaniel J. Cates, b: about 1820's. He
married a Mrs. Bollen, who had a son William Monroe Bollen. He live with
William untill his death.
Any information would be deeply appreciated.
Thank You,
Glen Hearell
VITAL RECORDS of DOVER, NH 1686-1850 compiled by the Dover Historical Society.
pg 89 John G. Cate m. Deborah R. Prime March _ 1827. Both of Dover.
Baptisms by Rev Jonathan Cushing 1717-1766
pg 141 William, son of Wm Cate, 6 Oct 1734
pg 144 Sarah, dght of Wm Cate, 10 June 1739
pg 146 John, son of Wm Cate, 14 June 1741
Baptisms by Rev Jeremy Belknap 1767-1786
pg 168 Betsey, dght of Joseph Cate of Barrington, 12 March 1781
pg 109 Rebecca Cate y 12 Nov 1686 m John Vrin. pr Just Wadleigh
pg 125 same couple and date, pr Jus Crafort
M.E. Church records 1835-1850
pg 246 John Cate of Barrington m. Mrs. Lavina Pott of Dover, 4 Sept 1842
pg 247 Sarah Ann Cate m. Capt. Henry Card, both of Dover, 22 Dec 1842.
This concludes the NH data that I copied. The library only had abt 3 bks on NH.
Regards, Bettye
Following is the remainder of the New Hampshire Genealogical Digest index
that I started yesterday:
CATE
Benjamin b 1814, son of John Cate. Benjamin m. Eliza A Wells, dght of
Stephen Wells of Louden, NH. They resided in Louden and had the following
children: William W., Carter E. b 1852 who m. Electa Dunavan. NH-0004-506.
John B 1783, son of Stephen and Anna Cate. ch 1 dy, Nancy, Miles, Benjamin
b 1814 m. Eliza A Wells. NH-0004-506.
Shadrach b 1779 son of Stephen and Anna Cate. m. Rebecca Chamberlin. ch
Hiram, Hannah, Rebecca, Eliza, Sally, Judith, Shadrach, Moses, and 3 others.
NH-004-506,
Stephen m. Anna ____ lived Deerfield and Loudon, NH. ch. Shadrach b 1779,
Charles b 1781, John b 1783, Stephen b 1785, Jonathan b 1785, Sally b
1787, Mesbach b 1789. NH-0004-506.
If this data is of interest to you I assume that you could write to the NH
Genealogical Society or the NH Archives to see if you can obtain a copy of
what the article shows.
Regards, Bettye