"Word has been received by relatives here of the death Monday night at Phoenix Arizona, of Albert G. Cate, a former well known resident of Steven's Point and Portage county. He was the son of the late Judge and Mrs. G. W. Cate, and was assistant postmaster under his father, during the last administration of President Cleveland. He was a brother of Miss Ruth Cate, 1026 Clark street.
"Mr. Cate was born at Plover, August 27, 1851. When a boy he lived at Amherst with his parents and then came to Stevens Point. He spent about 25 years intermittently, in Stevens Point, during which time he was an engineer on the old Wisconsin Central railroad and served as assistant postmaster. While at Amherst he operated a Jersey dairy farm on the Cate homestead.
"He was married to Miss Lucy C. Wadleigh, daughter of Matthew Wadleigh in 1876. They moved to Arizona about 20 years ago and Mr. Cate was in real estate business there. He had been retired for the past few years.
"Surviving are his wife, one son, Garth W. Cate of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers, Lynn B. Cate, Minneapolis, and Henry Cate of Phoenix, Arizona; three sisters, Miss Cate, city, Mrs. G.M. Dahl, New York, and Mrs. Carrie Crony, Milwaukee. Clinton Cate of the town of Stockton is a cousin.
"Lynn Cate, a brother, is visiting Miss Cate here.
"No details of Mr. Cate's death were learned and it is not known where the funeral will take place."
- Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), October 10, 1933, page 3
"Mr. Cate was born at Plover, August 27, 1851. When a boy he lived at Amherst with his parents and then came to Stevens Point. He spent about 25 years intermittently, in Stevens Point, during which time he was an engineer on the old Wisconsin Central railroad and served as assistant postmaster. While at Amherst he operated a Jersey dairy farm on the Cate homestead.
"He was married to Miss Lucy C. Wadleigh, daughter of Matthew Wadleigh in 1876. They moved to Arizona about 20 years ago and Mr. Cate was in real estate business there. He had been retired for the past few years.
"Surviving are his wife, one son, Garth W. Cate of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers, Lynn B. Cate, Minneapolis, and Henry Cate of Phoenix, Arizona; three sisters, Miss Cate, city, Mrs. G.M. Dahl, New York, and Mrs. Carrie Crony, Milwaukee. Clinton Cate of the town of Stockton is a cousin.
"Lynn Cate, a brother, is visiting Miss Cate here.
"No details of Mr. Cate's death were learned and it is not known where the funeral will take place."
- Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), October 10, 1933, page 3
"Word has been received by relatives here of the death Monday night at Phoenix Arizona, of Albert G. Cate, a former well known resident of Steven's Point and Portage county. He was the son of the late Judge and Mrs. G. W. Cate, and was assistant postmaster under his father, during the last administration of President Cleveland. He was a brother of Miss Ruth Cate, 1026 Clark street.
"Mr. Cate was born at Plover, August 27, 1851. When a boy he lived at Amherst with his parents and then came to Stevens Point. He spent about 25 years intermittently, in Stevens Point, during which time he was an engineer on the old Wisconsin Central railroad and served as assistant postmaster. While at Amherst he operated a Jersey dairy farm on the Cate homestead.
"He was married to Miss Lucy C. Wadleigh, daughter of Matthew Wadleigh in 1876. They moved to Arizona about 20 years ago and Mr. Cate was in real estate business there. He had been retired for the past few years.
"Surviving are his wife, one son, Garth W. Cate of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers, Lynn B. Cate, Minneapolis, and Henry Cate of Phoenix, Arizona; three sisters, Miss Cate, city, Mrs. G.M. Dahl, New York, and Mrs. Carrie Crony, Milwaukee. Clinton Cate of the town of Stockton is a cousin.
"Lynn Cate, a brother, is visiting Miss Cate here.
"No details of Mr. Cate's death were learned and it is not known where the funeral will take place."
- Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), October 10, 1933, page 3
"Mr. Cate was born at Plover, August 27, 1851. When a boy he lived at Amherst with his parents and then came to Stevens Point. He spent about 25 years intermittently, in Stevens Point, during which time he was an engineer on the old Wisconsin Central railroad and served as assistant postmaster. While at Amherst he operated a Jersey dairy farm on the Cate homestead.
"He was married to Miss Lucy C. Wadleigh, daughter of Matthew Wadleigh in 1876. They moved to Arizona about 20 years ago and Mr. Cate was in real estate business there. He had been retired for the past few years.
"Surviving are his wife, one son, Garth W. Cate of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers, Lynn B. Cate, Minneapolis, and Henry Cate of Phoenix, Arizona; three sisters, Miss Cate, city, Mrs. G.M. Dahl, New York, and Mrs. Carrie Crony, Milwaukee. Clinton Cate of the town of Stockton is a cousin.
"Lynn Cate, a brother, is visiting Miss Cate here.
"No details of Mr. Cate's death were learned and it is not known where the funeral will take place."
- Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), October 10, 1933, page 3
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