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From: Dlcatesoo(a)aol.com [mailto:Dlcatesoo@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 10:27 AM
I need some documented proof of the link between Urial Cate
and U. Riley J. Cates. Riley was born in McMinn County, Tn
in 1865, the same year Urial died. Therefore I will not
find Riley on a census record listing Urial as the parent.
You don't mention what other means you've tried, and you don't mention
anything about when and where Riley died, but here are a couple of ideas.
Having been born in 1865 he could have lived well into the twentieth
century. By then most states were keeping formal death records, many of
which listed the names of the parents. Have you tried getting a death
certificate for Riley?
You don't mention anything about his mother. Is she on a census record? If
so, a marriage record for her and Urial combined with a census record, say
1870, could provide the documentation.
Brian Bivona
[mailto:bbivona@wans.net]
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbivona/main.html