Hi Listmates,
I am posting the family of my Cates brickwall in the hope that maybe
someone can help me locate the parents of Benjamin and maybe this will also
help someone else as well.
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Descendants of Benjamin Cates
Generation No. 1
1. BENJAMIN CATES was born Abt. 1814 in TN, and died Bef. 1880 in
Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN. He married ISABELLA COUSER Bef. 1834 in TN,
daughter of JOHN COUSER and REBECCA PEARSON.
Children of BENJAMIN CATES and ISABELLA COUSER are:
i. NANCY C3 CATES, b. 1834, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; m. (1) G. H. RENFROW,
January 5, 1860, Lynchburg, Lincoln Co., TN; m. (2) JOEL MULLINS, August 7,
1877, Lynchburg, Lincoln Co., TN.
ii. JOHN B CATES, b. 1837, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
2. iii. CHARLES TIMOTHY CATES, b. 1833, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft.
1880, Moore Co., TN.
3. iv. JASPER CATES, b. 1843, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
v. MARANDA ELIZABETH CATES, b. Bet. 1846 - 1847, TN.
4. vi. WILLIAM NEWTON CATES, b. 1849, Lynchburg, Bedford Co., TN; d. Aft.
1897, TN.
vii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CATES, b. 1854, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft.
1880; m. MAGGIE UNKNOWN, Bef. 1880, Moore Co., TN.
5. viii. ALBERT ERNEST CATES, b. 1857.
Generation No. 2
2. CHARLES TIMOTHY CATES was born 1833 in Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN, and
died Aft. 1880 in Moore Co., TN. He married SARAH JANE REAVIS Bef. 1854 in
TN.
Children of CHARLES CATES and SARAH REAVIS are:
6. i. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4 CATES, b. 1853, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
7. ii. WILLIAM NEWTON CATES, b. 1854, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
iii. THOMAS SIMMON CATES, b. 1858, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880; m. EVA C
UNKNOWN, Bef. 1880, Moore Co., TN.
iv. JOHN DANIEL (DUTCH) CATES, b. 1860, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
v. MARRYLL AMELIA CATES, b. 1862, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
vi. MERIDETH P GENTRY CATES, b. 1864, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
vii. JAMES HENRY CATES, b. 1867, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
viii. CHARLES MITCHELL CATES, b. 1868, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880.
3. JASPER CATES was born 1843 in Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN. He married CATHE
UNKNOWN Bef. 1865 in TN.
Children of JASPER CATES and CATHE UNKNOWN are:
i. JOHN4 CATES, b. 1865, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
ii. BEN CATES, b. 1867, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
iii. JANE CATES, b. 1869, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
iv. JASPER CATES, b. 1871, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
v. MARY CATES, b. 1873, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
vi. ELISHA CATES, b. 1876, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
vii. ELIJAH CATES, b. 1879, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
4. WILLIAM NEWTON CATES was born 1849 in Lynchburg, Bedford Co., TN, and
died Aft. 1897 in TN. He married DILLA ANN WOODARD January 16, 1871 in near
Lynchburg, Lincoln Co., TN, daughter of J WOODARD and RACHEL UNKNOWN.
Children of WILLIAM CATES and DILLA WOODARD are:
i. WILLIE4 CATES, b. 1872, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
ii. HENRY CATES, b. 1874, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; d. Aft. 1913; m. NORA
HARPER.
8. iii. JAMES CATES, b. 1877, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN.
9. iv. MINNIE (AMANDA) BELL CATES, b. April 22, 1880, Lynchburg, Moore Co.,
TN; d. March 30, 1962, Flint, Genessee Co., MI.
v. CURTIS (MACK) CATES, b. January 9, 1888, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; d.
December 22, 1924, Mt Morris Twp., Genesee Co., MI; m. MILLIE M HACKETT, May
2, 1919, Flint, Genessee Co., MI.
vi. BECKY CATES, b. 1890, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; d. Bef. 1920, Wabash
River, IN.
10. vii. OLLIE GRAHAM CATES, b. May 2, 1895, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN; d.
October 6, 1974, Genessee Co., MI.
5. ALBERT ERNEST CATES was born 1857. He married AIRI UNKNOWN Abt. 1870.
Child of ALBERT CATES and AIRI UNKNOWN is:
i. RUBY L4 CATES, b. Aft. 1870.
Generation No. 3
6. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CATES was born 1853 in Moore Co., TN, and died Aft.
1880. He married MARTHA UNKNOWN Bef. 1878 in Moore Co., TN.
Child of BENJAMIN CATES and MARTHA UNKNOWN is:
i. SUSAN W5 CATES, b. 1879, Moore Co., TN.
7. WILLIAM NEWTON CATES was born 1854 in Moore Co., TN, and died Aft. 1880.
He married R C UNKNOWN Abt. 1878 in Moore Co., TN.
Child of WILLIAM CATES and R UNKNOWN is:
i. MARIETTA5 CATES, b. June 1879, Moore Co., TN.
8. JAMES CATES was born 1877 in Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN. He married NANNIE
BELL PIERCE WFT Est. 1901-1933, daughter of HENRY PIERCE and SIDNEY WOODARD.
Child of JAMES CATES and NANNIE PIERCE is:
i. C L5 CATES, b. Aft. 1901.
9. MINNIE (AMANDA) BELL CATES was born April 22, 1880 in Lynchburg, Moore
Co., TN, and died March 30, 1962 in Flint, Genessee Co., MI. She married (1)
JAMES BENJAMIN THORNBERRY November 17, 1904 in Kennett, Dunklin Co., MO, son
of JAMES THORNBERRY and LUCY GUM. She married (2) RILEY A PRATT Bef. 1948 in
MI.
10. OLLIE GRAHAM CATES was born May 2, 1895 in Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN, and
died October 6, 1974 in Genessee Co., MI. He married (1) ANNA HELEN RESKY
August 22, 1918 in Flint, Genesee Co., MI, daughter of AUGUST RESKY and ANNA
GAETCH. He married (2) VALDA B DAUP August 26, 1948 in Flint, Genesee Co.,
MI, daughter of ELMER DAUP and CORA HOUGH.
Child of OLLIE CATES and ANNA RESKY is:
i. ROBERT E5 CATES, b. September 11, 1921, Alpena, Alpena Co., MI6; d.
October 1, 1976, Flint, Genesee Co., MI6; m. KATHRYN E STOVER, Aft. 1941.