My Cates brick wall is Jesse Cates (it is possible his parents may have been
Greenberry Cates and Eliza Seabolt) However I have no proof.
*Jesse L. Cates b: Feb.1856 MO. d:1910 MO His father was b:TN his
mother b:IN. this is according to most of the census reports I have found.
* Sarah Mitchell was the daughter of Thomas Griffin Mitchell b:1804 NC d:
Granby, Newton co MO near Corsicana and JoHannah (Hannah) Boyd b:abt 1804.
Thomas Griffin was the son of Thomas Mitchell b:1757 NC d:1855 Lawrence co,
TN buried in Brush Creek cemetery and Mary?
* Sarah Mitchell b:1842 Lawrence co. TN. d:Feb 4 1915 Jasper co. MO. She
is buried in Sterling cemetery, Jasper co 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
***David/Daniel Pryor d:abt. 1870 MO
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 1872-173 MO
Sarah Ann Cates b: Dec 1877 MO
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 (this daughter is in my grandma
Goldies notes I am unable to find anything on a sixth child)
*1860 census Shoal creek twnp, Barry co, MO 11July 1860 pg. 89 household
#580
Philip Haynes 21 farmer
Mary A Haynes 31
*1860 census Shoal creek twnp. Barry co, MO 13 July 1860 pg. 95 household
#621
Griffin Mitchell 59 farmer
Hanner Mitchell 55
James D Mitchell 23
Thomas J Mitchell 20
Sarah Mitchell 15
Robert Mitchell 16
*1870 census Capps creek twnp Barry co MO 5 Aug 1870 pg. 648 household #15
Philip Haynes 30
Mary A Haynes 40
Sarah Prior 25
Elizabeth Prior 6
Lucinda J Prior 1
Polly Haynes 25
*1880 census Shoal Creek, Barry co. , MO 18 Jun 1880 pg. 5 household #37
Philip Haynes 41 head
Mary A Haynes 51 wife
Lucinda J Pryor 9 niece
*1880 census Shoal Creek Barry co MO 18 June 1880 pg. 31 household #270
Jesse Cates 24 self farmer MO
Sarah C. Cates 37 -wife TN
Elizabeth Pryor 15 step daughter MO
Ida B. Cates 6 daughter MO
Sarah A. Cates 3 daughter MO
****The records for 1890 have mostly been distroyed. Obviously this is when
Dora Cates would have shown up and she could have been married to Walter
Freeman Burton and living in KY by 1900.
*1900 census Jackson Twp, Jasper co, MO 11 Jun 1900 pg69A household 140
Jesse Cates 55 head Zinc miner
Sarah Cates 65 wife
*Sarah had 8 children 5 of which were still living. Neither Jesse of Sarah
could read or write.
*1900 census Jackson Twp, Jasper co, MO 11 Jun 1900 pg69A household #141
Charner A Degraffenreid 34 head Zinc miner
Ida B Degraffenreid 25 wife
Dora M Degraffenreid 7 daughter
Mary L Degraffenreid 4 daughter
Walter A Degraffenreid 2 son
Joseph J Degraffenreid 7/12 son
*1900 census Jackson Twnp, Jasper co., MO 11 Jun 1900 pg. #69A household 142
Charles H Murphy 34 head Zinc miner
Lucinda J. Murphy 29 wife
Flora M Murphy 11 daughter
Rosa M Murphy 9 daughter
John J Murphy 6 son
Raymond B Murphy 1/12 son
*Cates, Degraffenreid and Murphy worked as zinc miners. According to records
Cates and Degraffenfreid owned their own homes.
Information Thanks to Herk & Deanna Slutter- Mitchell researchers.
**According to everything I have heard from relatives and have seen on line
Sarah Mitchell-Pryor-Cates died 1915 in MO I assume in Jasper co. MO. Also
that Jesse Cates died 1910 also MO
*1910 census Dueneweg, Jasper co., MO 5 May 1910 pg # 44 household #493
George W Grady 34 head Zinc miner
Ida B Grady 35 wife
Fredy L Grady 4 son
Ralph R Grady 2 son
Goldie E Grady 11/12 daughter
Mary L or E Degraffenreid 15 step daughter
Marie M Degraffenreid 10 step daughter
Earl V Degraffenreid 8 step son
*1910 census Sarcoxie city, Jasper co MO 4 May 1910 pg#36 dwelling #368
family #379
Walter Burton 28 head Zinc miner
Dora Burton 27 wife
Zola Burton 8 son
Olpha Burton 6 daughter
Roy Burton 3 son
Lonnie Burton 1/12 son
Sarah Cates 78 mother-in-law widow
*1920 census Dueneweg, Jasper co., MO 13 Feb 1920 pg. #6 dwelling #62
Charles H Murphy 55 head Zinc miner
Lucinda Murphy 50 wife
Charles E Murphy 18 son
Jack Murphy 15 son
Estal Murphy 12 daughter
Beatrice Murphy 9 daughter
*1930 census Seneca city, Newton co., MO Apr 1930 pg.#3 dwelling # 28 family
#31
George W Grady 54 Head Labourer
Ida B Grady 66 wife
Ralph R Grady 22 son Labourer
Twilia M Grady 14 daughter.
* George Washington Grady died:1933 Watsonville CA
Ida Belle Cates-Degraffenreid-Grady died:1935 Watsonville CA
Susan Verhaeghe