Confederate soldier. Joined Morgan's command in 1862. He moved to Texas in 1869 and to Oklahoma in 1897. He died at Ashland in 1912. His memory is kept green by two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Roller of Garfield, Ark., and Mrs. Fannie May of Oklahoma City, and three sons, Jim Cates and Hewitt Cates of Los Angeles and John Cates of McAlester. His widow (Martha A. [Burgess] Cates) died June 19, 1934. (McAlester Paper 1936)
He was with Co. I, 6th Tennessee Cavalry. He enlisted on July 9, 1861 at Camp Lee Tennessee. He was captured by the Union near Spring Place, Georgia on April 22, 1864. He was paroled at Camp Marton, Indiana and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange on Feb. 14, 1865, and was furloughed to Charlotte, North Carolina on March 28, 1865. He was in poor health the rest of his life.
Son of John B. Cates and Alice Johnson.
He was with Co. I, 6th Tennessee Cavalry. He enlisted on July 9, 1861 at Camp Lee Tennessee. He was captured by the Union near Spring Place, Georgia on April 22, 1864. He was paroled at Camp Marton, Indiana and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange on Feb. 14, 1865, and was furloughed to Charlotte, North Carolina on March 28, 1865. He was in poor health the rest of his life.
Son of John B. Cates and Alice Johnson.
Confederate soldier. Joined Morgan's command in 1862. He moved to Texas in 1869 and to Oklahoma in 1897. He died at Ashland in 1912. His memory is kept green by two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Roller of Garfield, Ark., and Mrs. Fannie May of Oklahoma City, and three sons, Jim Cates and Hewitt Cates of Los Angeles and John Cates of McAlester. His widow (Martha A. [Burgess] Cates) died June 19, 1934. (McAlester Paper 1936)
He was with Co. I, 6th Tennessee Cavalry. He enlisted on July 9, 1861 at Camp Lee Tennessee. He was captured by the Union near Spring Place, Georgia on April 22, 1864. He was paroled at Camp Marton, Indiana and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange on Feb. 14, 1865, and was furloughed to Charlotte, North Carolina on March 28, 1865. He was in poor health the rest of his life.
Son of John B. Cates and Alice Johnson.
He was with Co. I, 6th Tennessee Cavalry. He enlisted on July 9, 1861 at Camp Lee Tennessee. He was captured by the Union near Spring Place, Georgia on April 22, 1864. He was paroled at Camp Marton, Indiana and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange on Feb. 14, 1865, and was furloughed to Charlotte, North Carolina on March 28, 1865. He was in poor health the rest of his life.
Son of John B. Cates and Alice Johnson.
Inscription
The pains of death are
past, Labor and sorrow
cease, And life's long
warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.
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