Hi Jerry,
Ida Bell Cate was my grandfather's sister. My grandfather was Willis Nelson
Cate. They are children of
Elisha Porter Cate. Elisha Porter Cate was the son of Elisha Cate. Some
call him Elisha Porter Cate Sr.
but I have never found a reference to his middle name as being "Porter". I
did find the following article in
'Who Was Who' in Cocke County Tennessee, 1911:
"Cate, Horace Nelson, lawyer; born Sevier Co., Tenn., Jan 19, 1863; son of
Nelson N. and Margaret A.
(Scruggs) Cate; father farmer; paternal grandparents Elisha A. and Mary
(Newman) Cate; educated
Carson and Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.; began his career as a
teacher; Republican; State
Senator of Tenn., in 1893; at present Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals
of Tenn.; married Lillie Early,
June 15, 1893; F. & A.M.; member of Baptist Church."
I think his middle name might be Allen since he named his first son 'Allen
Fitzgerald Cate'. This is the
only reference I have found where the older Elisha Cate had a middle name.
If you know of another,
please share with me.
Elisha 'Porter' Cate, (son of Elisha (A?) Cate and Mary E. Newman) was born
in Sevier Co. TN January
3, 1832. Porter died January 22, 1911 in Jefferson Co. TN at 79 years old.
He died of old age according to
his death certificate. He was a Civel War Veteran. Both Porter and Mary are
buried in Bryan-Drinnen
Cemetery. Each have a single stone.
Mary Jane Drinnen, (daughter of John Drinnen and Elizabeth Mills) was born
January 28, 1840 in TN.
She died February 13, 1883 in Sevier Co. TN at 43 years of age. Elisha
Porter Cate and Mary Jane
Drinnen were married 9-15-1857 in Jefferson Co. TN.
The children of Elisha 'Porter' Cate and Mary Jane Drinnen are as follows:
1. Darthula Cate b. July 20, 1858 and d. July 10, 1860
2. Medora Allis Cate b. April 1860 and d. July 23, 1863
3. Thomas Lafayette Cate b. 3-17-1862 d. 4-20-1921 bur: Blountville Cem.,
Sullivan Co. TN
4. Gilbert Cate b. 1862-1767 and d. 1862-1867 This is all I know about him.
5. John Elisha Cate b. 3-1-1867 d. 3-15-1940 bur: Seven Island Cemetery,
Knox Co. TN
6. Willis Nelson Cate b. 6-12-1869 d. 3-25-1935 bur: Birdston Cem.
Freestone Co. TX
7. Triplett Boys b. 1869-1873 and d. at birth.
Willis told my father that he remembered seeing them on a kitchen
table shortly after their birth.
8. Cora Ella Cate b. 1-20-1873 d. 1-2-1937 bur: Bryan-Drinnen Cem. in TN
9. William Columbus Cate b. 6-14-1875 d. 1-1-1950 bur: Coleman City Cem.,
Coleman Co. TX
10. Ida Bell Cate b. 11-27-1877 d. 12-21-1922 bur: Bryan-Drinnen Cem. in
TN. Ida Bell was married to
Thomas Allen Bryan, son of William Enyard Bryan and Amanda Keener.
This is Thomas Allen Bryan's line:
1. Peter Bryan and Betty Hubbard
2. Thomas C. Bryan Sr. and Nancy Cate of William P. Cate
3. William Enyard Bryan and Amanda Keener
4. Thomas Allen Bryan and Ida Bell Cate
This is how we think Ida Bell Cate's line went:
Jo Cate (Joshua or Joseph who came over from England) (This is just a
guess.)
Shoemaker Robert and Ann
Capt. Robert Cate and Elizabeth
Richard Cate and Emilia
John Cate Sr. and Mary
John Cate Jr. and Mary Coons/Knootz
Elisha (A?) Cate and Mary E. Newman
Elisha Porter Cate and Mary Jane Drinnen
Ida Bell Cate and Thomas Allen Bryan
If you have different or other info., please let me know.
Patsy Beatty, Groesbeck, TX
patb(a)glade.net
Jerry Bryan wrote:
Elizabeth Cate Manly's "Bryans, Hortons, and Allied
Families" gives the
following for Ida Bell Cate.
"Thomas Allen Bryan, b. 19 Aug 1859; d. July 1930
m. Ida Bell Cate, 1897. She was b. 27 Nov. 1877; d. 22 Dec 1922.
She was the dau. of Elisha Porter & Mary Jane Drinnen Cate, of Elisha
and Mary E. Newman Cate, of John Cate, Jr., of John Cate, Sr. - another
Bryan-Cate intermarriage."
I wonder if anyone could confirm this line for Ida Bell Cate for me?
Thanks in advance.
By the way, working the problem in the other direction from John Cate
forward (the John Cate whom ECM says is John Cate Jr.), this is the
line which I believe leads to Ida Bell Cate. Any corrections
gratefully accepted.
John Cate (who may be John Cate Jr. ???)
John Cate was married to Mary Ann Koontz. (The name is given as Mary
Ann Coons and as Mary Knootz in the LDS files. I believe the most
likely correct spelling is Koontz.) John Cate and Mary Ann Koontz had
the following children:
I. Elisha Porter Cate Sr. was born on 11 Oct 1795 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee. He died on 17 May 1876 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee.
Elisha Porter Cate Sr. was married to Mary Elizabeth Newman on
21 Jul 1821 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Mary Elizabeth
Newman was born on 14 Dec 1800 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
She died on 11 Oct 1872 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Elisha
Porter Cate Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Newman had the following
children:
A. Elisha Porter Cate Jr. was born about 1828 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee. Known as Porter.
Elisha Porter Cate Jr. was married to Mary Jane Drinnen.
Elisha Porter Cate Jr. and Mary Jane Drinnen had the following
children:
1. Ida Bell Cate was born on 27 Nov 1877 in Tennessee. She
died on 22 Dec 1922 in Tennessee. She was buried in
Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ida Bell Cate was married to Thomas Allen Bryan on 18 Apr 1897
in Sevier County, Tennessee. Thomas Allen Bryan was born on 19
Oct 1855. He died on 13 Jul 1930 in Tennessee. He was buried
in Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
(As one more "by the way", I have recently visited the
Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery. Unless I am misreading it, the birth date
on the grave marker for Thomas Allen Bryan is 19 October 1855. So
that's the way I am showing it in my data base.)
One final point on Ida Bell Cate's line: her grandmother, Mary
Elizabeth Newman appears to be descended from Cates as follows:
Mary Elizabeth Newman is the daughter of Joseph Newman and Catherine
(Caty) Cate, and Caty Cate is the daughter of William P. Cate and Mary
Enyard.
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Jerry Bryan
jbryan(a)pstcc.cc.tn.us