Catherine was last child born to Seth and lst wife Sarah.

1850 US Fed Census about Catherine E Strange Age: 1 Est Birth Year: abt 1849 Birth Place:MS Color: White Gender:Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Southern District, Lauderdale, Mississippi Family Number: 341
Household Members: Name Age
Seth Strange 26 1824 Ala
Caroline Strange 21 1829 SC mrd Apr 22 1844 Lauderdale Co MS
James M Strange 5 1845 MS
Colom L Strange 4 1846 MS
Catharine E Strange 1 1849 MS
Starling Strange 74 blind VA

From desc of Catherine-"seth had a dau name catherine, married james kennady blalock who had a dau maggie blalock. maggie married marcus l. mccarty, they had a son william albert mccarty, married florence evelyn stechenfinger. they had a dau name joyce a mccarty, my grand mother who married charles g bitts and had my real father bruce charles bitts
maggie's great grand father giles blalock recorded the following:
Giles Blalock and his family left Attala Co MS in the late 1853 or early 1854. Family tradition was the trip took six to eight weeks to Jackson Parish Louisiana.The wagon train was comprised of Giles and Dolly Justice Blalock, Stephen Jackson Blalock and family, James Hubbard Blalock and family, John Blalock and family, H.P. and Dolla Blalock Lackey Pennell and Elizabeth Blalock Quarles and family, Hubbard Quarles and Family and others not related to our line. Their destination was TX to the fertile land they had all heard about. On or around 25 February 1854, the train had to stop for Sarah Ann Belzora Elizabeth Blalock Prestridge, daughter of Stephen Jackson Blalock to give birth to a daughter.James Hubbard Blalock and Hubbard Quarles and their families continued on to TX. Family tradition states that John Blalock, son of Giles, also went on to TX."

Catherine and James Sr married 22 JUL 1869 Falls Co TX.

1880 US Fed Census about Katherine Blalock Age: 30 Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: MS Home 1880: Precinct 5, Coleman, Texas Race: White Gender:Female Relation Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: James K P Blalock Father Birthplace: Ala Mother Birthplace: Ga
James K P Blalock 33
Katherine Blalock 30 Strange lst wife
Margaret Blalock 9 1871
Elizabeth Blalock 7 1873
Stephen J Blalock 2 1878
Sarah Belle Blalock 1m 1879
Hubbard J S Blalock 23 brother to James

by 1910 Catherine is dec'd between 1886-87 as James is remrd
again 1 APR 1887 Robertson Co TX to
Francis Ann Annie SHAUDS b 30 DEC 1870 Pontotoc Co MS D Feb 26 1948 McClain Co OK

1910 last children of Catherine are living with James and Annie that Catherine had, Giles and Thomas.

1910 US Fed Census about J K P Blalock Age 1910: 63 Birth Year: 1847 Birthplace: MS Home 1910:Justice Precinct 2 Bosque Texas Race: White Gender: Male Relation Head of House: Head Marital Status:Married Spouse Name:Annie Blalock
Father Birthplace:Ala Mother's Birthplace: GA
Household Members: Name Age
J K P Blalock 63 James Kenady Blaylock Sr
Annie Blalock 40 2nd wife Frances Shauds
J K P Blalock 16 1894 Jr Annie's kids thru Annie
Nora Blalock 13 1897
David Blalock 8 1902
Ruben A Blalock 6 1904
Annie Blalock 1 1909
Thomas K Blalock 24 1886 TX Kenady/Catherine son
Giles H Blalock 27 1883 TX Hubert ""
William Blalock 26 1884 TX brother to JK Sr

Children Catherine and James
1Margaret "Maggie" BLALOCK b JAN 1871 TX
+Marcus L McCarty
[marcus l. mccarty, they had a son william albert mccarty, who married florence evelyn stechenfinger. they had a dau name joyce a. mccarty my grand mother. who married charles g. bitts and had my reall father bruce charles bitts]
2Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLALOCK b NOV 1873 TX
3Steven Jackson BLALOCK b 7 JAN 1877 d Apr 2 1965 Burial:Holhausen Darby Cem Moscow Polk Co TX
+1 Evans
+2Neasy Jane Kelsey b July 9 1877 Wood Co TX d Aug 13 1960 Corrigan Polk Co TX Memorial# 20308647
4Sarah Belle BLALOCK b APR 1880
5Giles Hubert BLALOCK b 11 FEB 1883 Polk Co TX # 79175786 d May 2 1926 Burial:Hillside
6Thomas Kennedy "Tom" BLALOCK b 10 JUL 1885 Robinson Co TX