William Thomas Cates Sr.

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William Thomas Cates Sr.

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
13 Oct 1912 (aged 72)
Mason County, Texas, USA
Burial
Pontotoc, Mason County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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William Thomas Cates was born in Hickory County, Missouri on July 24, 1840 to Dr. Richard Stanford Cates and Cornelia Jane Harvey Cates. He was the second son and third child of six siblings. Their names and birth order is as follows:

1. R.S. Cates,
2. Margaret Cates (Thomas),
3. (Wm. Thomas Cates, b:1840 d:1912)
4. Robert Wesley Cates, b: 1842 d:
5. Richard Francis Cates, b:1846 d:1885
6. Sinia Cates (Vest), b: 1850 d: 19

Married Martha Elizabeth Cavin in Texas in 1863.

Child:
John Wesley Cates, b: January 2, 1864

Married Matilda Augusta Morrison in Texas in 1867.

Children:
Mary J Cates (1868 - 1873)
William T Cates (1870 - 1872)
Esther Arnetta Cates Campbell (1875 - 1955)
Joseph Arnett Cates (1877 - 1958)
Sinia Rosa Ana Cates Bush (1880 - 1951)
Cora Frances Cates Montgomery (1883 - 1957)
Mattie Ellen Cates Duncan (1885 - 1974)
Emma Belle Cates Wells (1887 - 1962)
Boston Avery Cates (1891 - 1944)

Of necessity, he was a farmer, a blacksmith, a munitions fabricator in service to the Confederacy, an Indian fighter, a Texas Ranger under McNeely and helped to manage his father's farm and investments. In his later years he was finally able to experience a lifelong desire and answer the calling to serve as a minister of the Christian gospel.
William Thomas Cates was born in Hickory County, Missouri on July 24, 1840 to Dr. Richard Stanford Cates and Cornelia Jane Harvey Cates. He was the second son and third child of six siblings. Their names and birth order is as follows:

1. R.S. Cates,
2. Margaret Cates (Thomas),
3. (Wm. Thomas Cates, b:1840 d:1912)
4. Robert Wesley Cates, b: 1842 d:
5. Richard Francis Cates, b:1846 d:1885
6. Sinia Cates (Vest), b: 1850 d: 19

Married Martha Elizabeth Cavin in Texas in 1863.

Child:
John Wesley Cates, b: January 2, 1864

Married Matilda Augusta Morrison in Texas in 1867.

Children:
Mary J Cates (1868 - 1873)
William T Cates (1870 - 1872)
Esther Arnetta Cates Campbell (1875 - 1955)
Joseph Arnett Cates (1877 - 1958)
Sinia Rosa Ana Cates Bush (1880 - 1951)
Cora Frances Cates Montgomery (1883 - 1957)
Mattie Ellen Cates Duncan (1885 - 1974)
Emma Belle Cates Wells (1887 - 1962)
Boston Avery Cates (1891 - 1944)

Of necessity, he was a farmer, a blacksmith, a munitions fabricator in service to the Confederacy, an Indian fighter, a Texas Ranger under McNeely and helped to manage his father's farm and investments. In his later years he was finally able to experience a lifelong desire and answer the calling to serve as a minister of the Christian gospel.

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