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Surnames: cato
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I don't know if this is helpful to you but any shared info could be helpful to both of
us. I am looking for more information on my grandfather Lee Cato. He died in Vian,
Sequoyah County, OK in Sept of 1968. His birth date was June 14, 1875. We are not sure
where he was born possibly AR, OK, or TX. My father says that he remembers granpa talking
about living approx 14 miles from Paris TX when he was a boy. He was married twice, his
first wife's name was either Maude, or Elizabeth and they were married in Arkansas in
1903. He had 4 children with her and she died sometime before 1918, we believe she is
buried in Mena, Arkansas. He later married my grandmother Tilitha Risley in Oklahaoma and
had six more children--my father Raymond Cato is one of them. He had a brother named Ben
Cato who was older and to our knowledge never married. We have also found information on
a relative from an old bible. Her name is Eula Cato and according to this she was born
May 17, 1809 and!
died Oct 11, 1905. We do not know where, possibly TX. She may have been Lee Cato's
grandmother judging by the dates in the bible.