Hello everyone,
I am fairly new to genealogy and to this mailing list. So many of you
post family info for CATES in the western part of TN, but not one of you has
posted anyone near to whom I am looking for. I have an "In Loving
Remembrance Of" card, probably given by a funeral home to one of my
ancestors:
B. H. CATES
Died Sept. 24, 1926
Age 27 years
My grandmother says this is my maternal grandfather's father. My maternal
grandfather was: James Herschel CATES b.2/7/1918, (born in Jackson or
Columbia, TN) d.7/22/82. My grandmother also says that B. H. CATES'
first name was Bishop and that he married Ola Mae HIMES; they were from
the Columbia, TN area; Bishop & Ola Mae HIMES CATES owned a farm in
Columbia and when Bishop died the farm was sold and Ola moved back home with
her parents. She too died young and her two sons,
Ernest and James (my grandfather) were raised by an aunt & uncle Jodie &
Morris CUPP
The CUPP's when I knew them lived in the Harriman, TN area.
DOES ANYONE recognize any of these people or have any info or census records
with them listed. I am having a terrible time!
Thanks
Angie
jadds(a)bellatlantic.net