Kate was the daughter of adventurer, soldier, and rancher, John Reagan Baker and his wife, Avis who are buried in the city cemetery at Stockdale, Texas. On 13 Dec 1882 Kate married Alonzo Wheeler, also of Stockdale. They had one child, Alonzo Carroll who is buried next to them in the Anchorage Cemetery. The family of three moved from Stockdale to Sue, Texas*, just East of Anchorage around the end of the 1800s. This began the era of the "Poteet Wheelers." Aunt Kate, as she was known, was a school teacher in her younger days. She also served as one of the postmasters of Sue, Texas while the post office was active from 1896 to 1915. Kate enjoyed writing poetry. One of her poems, circa 1900, is displayed to the right. It may be enlarged for ease of reading by clicking on the image.
*Sue, Texas was a little known community located near present day Tank Hollow and Wheeler Road. It was founded around 1890 and had a school that combined the Agua Negra and Fern Schools. A post office was established in 1896 and named after its first postmistress, Sue Collins. In 1914, the community had a general store. Other postmasters were H. J. Babbitt and Alonzo Wheeler, husband of Kate. The post office was closed in 1915.
*Sue, Texas was a little known community located near present day Tank Hollow and Wheeler Road. It was founded around 1890 and had a school that combined the Agua Negra and Fern Schools. A post office was established in 1896 and named after its first postmistress, Sue Collins. In 1914, the community had a general store. Other postmasters were H. J. Babbitt and Alonzo Wheeler, husband of Kate. The post office was closed in 1915.
Kate was the daughter of adventurer, soldier, and rancher, John Reagan Baker and his wife, Avis who are buried in the city cemetery at Stockdale, Texas. On 13 Dec 1882 Kate married Alonzo Wheeler, also of Stockdale. They had one child, Alonzo Carroll who is buried next to them in the Anchorage Cemetery. The family of three moved from Stockdale to Sue, Texas*, just East of Anchorage around the end of the 1800s. This began the era of the "Poteet Wheelers." Aunt Kate, as she was known, was a school teacher in her younger days. She also served as one of the postmasters of Sue, Texas while the post office was active from 1896 to 1915. Kate enjoyed writing poetry. One of her poems, circa 1900, is displayed to the right. It may be enlarged for ease of reading by clicking on the image.
*Sue, Texas was a little known community located near present day Tank Hollow and Wheeler Road. It was founded around 1890 and had a school that combined the Agua Negra and Fern Schools. A post office was established in 1896 and named after its first postmistress, Sue Collins. In 1914, the community had a general store. Other postmasters were H. J. Babbitt and Alonzo Wheeler, husband of Kate. The post office was closed in 1915.
*Sue, Texas was a little known community located near present day Tank Hollow and Wheeler Road. It was founded around 1890 and had a school that combined the Agua Negra and Fern Schools. A post office was established in 1896 and named after its first postmistress, Sue Collins. In 1914, the community had a general store. Other postmasters were H. J. Babbitt and Alonzo Wheeler, husband of Kate. The post office was closed in 1915.
Inscription
Front of memorial:
She is not dead - the
Wife of our affection -
But gone unto that school
Where she no longer
Needs our poor
Protection,
And Christ himself
Doth rule.
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There is no death; what
seems so is transition.
Back of memorial:
In the great cloister's
stillness and seclusion,
By guardian angels led,
Safe from temptation,
Safe from sin's pollution,
She lives, whom we call
dead.
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