I have nothing on my Cates line passed 1850-1856 Barry co. and Lawrence co.
MO
My G G grandpa Jesse L. Cates b: Feb.1850-56 MO. d: bet. 1900 - 1910 prob.
Jasper co., MO. According to most of the census his father was b: TN his mother
b: IN.
* Sarah Mitchell was the daughter of Griffin Mitchell b:1804 NC d: MO near
Corsicana and Johannah (Hannah) Boyd b: abt 1804.
* Griffin Mitchell was the son of Thomas Mitchell b:1757 NC d:1855 Lawrence
co, TN buried in Brush Creek cemetery and Sarah Lancaster
* Sarah Mitchell b:1842 Lawrence co. TN. d:4 or 5 of Feb. 1915 Jasper co. MO
Buried in Atlas/Sterling cemetery Sarcoxie, MO.
marriage records:
Missouri 1851-1900 Marriage Index (records-film #0930949-0932751)
* Sarah Mitchell married David/Daniel Pryor/Prior 11/26/1863 in Lawrence co,
MO
***They had 2 daughters
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Prior b:1864 MO
Lucinda (Lou) J. Prior b: 1869/70 MO m: Charles H Murphy
Daniel/David J. Pryor/Prior died 1869-71
Missouri 1851-1900 Marriage Index (records- film #0931375-0931378)
*Jesse Cates married Sarah Mitchell-Prior 10/26/1872 in Barry co, MO
***They had 6 children.
Ida Bell Cates b: Aug 1873 MO. m: Charner A Degraffenreid, George W. Grady
Sarah Ann Cates b: Dec 1877 MO m: Wiley Rains, George Toles, (?) Hardy
George Cates b: Jan 1879 MO d: Jun 1879 MO
Baby Cates b: May 1880 MO d: May 1880 MO
Dora Cates b: Aug 16 1881 MO d: Jan 24 1946. m: Walter Freeman Burton
(*I have been told by a distant cousin that Dora's full name was Deliah
Isadora Tennessee Cates.)
?Philip Unknown **Jesse Cates found this baby abandoned somewhere around the
farm and took him in and raised him like his own. According to old family
stories...
Death record:
Jasper county MO genweb
Cemetery: Sterling cemetery
Name of Deceased: Sarah Mitchell Cates
Date of Birth: 11 May 1832
Date of Death: 4 Feb 1914
Date of Burial: 5 Feb 1914
Source: Headstone, Photo of her grave, Obit and cemetery records.
Her birth date has also been recorded as 11 May 1842
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