Willis Nelson Cate

Birth: 12 Jun 1869
Dumplin, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 25 Mar 1935 (aged 65)
Navarro County, Texas, USA
Burial: Birdston Cemetery

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He was married to Ida Williams Nov. 12, 1890 in Freestone Co. TX.(It was said he came to Texas to find someone he was not related to for a wife.)They had 10 children.
A baby girl b. about 1894 (unknown cemetery)
Nora Ovada Cate b. 1-14-1906 d. 1-30-1907.(unknown cemetery, Coleman Co. TX)

Family Members

Parents

Elisha Porter Cate

1832–1911
Mary Jane Drinnen Cate

1840–1875

Spouse

Ida Williams Cate

1872–1919

Siblings

Darthula Cate

1859–1860
Medora Allis Cate

1860–1863
Rev Thomas Lafayette Cate

1862–1921
Gilbert Cate

1863–1863
John Elisha Cate

1867–1940
Triplet 1 Boy Cate

1871–1871
Triplet 2 Boy Cate

1871–1871
Triplet 3 Boy Cate

1871–1871
Cora Ella Cate

1873–1937
William Columbus Cate

1875–1950
Ida Bell Cate Bryan

1877–1922

Children

Oscar Roy Cate

1892–1936
Infant Girl Cate

1894–1894
Mary Ila Cate Rogers

1896–1970
Addie May Cate Cate

1899–1984
Alva Porter Cate

1901–1971
Lura Emma Cate Catlin

1903–2003
Nora Ovada Cate

1906–1907
Teddy Floyd Cate

1908–1981
Beulah Lee Cate York

1912–1997
Virgil Prince Cate

1916–1995

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Originally Created by: Patsy Cate Creech Beatty
Added: Apr 23, 2003
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Oscar, Willis Nelson, Ida, Ila, Addie May, Alva

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Lura, Alva, Ila, Addie May
Ida Williams Cate holding Virgil
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Picture taken about 1898 at Henry's Crossroads, TN
top row: John Elisha Cate, Cora Ella Cate, Willis Nelson Cate, Thomas Lafayette Cate, Martha Raines Cate, Bertha May Cate, William Columbus Cate, Allen Bryant, Ida Bell Cate Bryant
bottom row: Lillie Cate, Dora Cate, Dog Rover, Lydia Emma Cate, Elisha Porter Cate holding Mary Bryant, Mary Emma Cate, Elisha Jones Cate, Charles Lyman Cate

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Death Certificate 1935

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Near Streetman, Texas in Navarro Co. farm road 416

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Elisha Porter Cate

Mary Jane Drinnen Cate

Ida Williams Cate

Darthula Cate

Medora Allis Cate

Rev Thomas Lafayette Cate

Gilbert Cate

John Elisha Cate

Triplet 1 Boy Cate

Triplet 2 Boy Cate

Triplet 3 Boy Cate

Cora Ella Cate

William Columbus Cate

Ida Bell Cate Bryan

Oscar Roy Cate

Infant Girl Cate

Mary Ila Cate Rogers

Addie May Cate Cate

Alva Porter Cate

Lura Emma Cate Catlin

Nora Ovada Cate

Teddy Floyd Cate

Beulah Lee Cate York

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