Earlier today, I wrote:
I ran into another 1880 Sevier County, Tennessee census entry that
gave me
some pause. This one appears to be another child of Elisha Cate and Mary
Elizabeth Newman. The following is from a transcription. Some of my
questions may go away when I am able to check the microfilm.
Well, I went to the library tonight to check the microfilm. I composed the
following based on my trip to the library. Then I logged on to read my
E-mail.
I think I could have saved the trip if I had read my E-mail first. Several
of you all gave very complete answers to my questions. But since I composed
the following, I will share it even though it pretty much duplicates the
information which was in your answers. Your responses were *most*
appreciated. This is a great group.
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I've been back to the library to get the full census entry rather than a
transcription, so let's try this again. The following is from Sevier
County, Tennessee in 1880. (Does anybody know who the census taker was --
E.R. Cate?)
HN 142 FN 142 E.D. 185 10 June 1880 by E.R. Cate p.412
Cate Henry w m 37 farmer TN TN TN
Mary w f 36 wife keeping house TN TN TN
Harriet w f 13 daughter attended school TN TN TN
Nelson w m 9 son works on farm attended school TN TN TN
Sarah w f 56 sister TN TN TN
Perry w m 19 nephew TN TN TN
We have Henry C. Cate and his wife Mary Jane Johnson. Mary married first
Thomas Lowery Thornburg who died in the Civil War. The children of Henry
and Mary were Harriet Rebecca Cate and Ira Nelson Cate. Sarah was Henry's
sister Sarah Adeline Cate b. 8 Oct 1823. She never
married. Although the entry looks as if Sarah might be Perry's mother,
Allen Perry Cate was the son of Allen Fitzgerald Cate (Henry's brother) and
Catherine Perry. Allen Perry Cate and Harriet Rebecca Cate were married 21
Mar 1883 in Sevier County. Theirs was a marriage of first cousins. In
addition, they had lived in the same home prior to their marriage, namely
Henry's home.
Jerry Bryan
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