Thomas J. Cates

Birth Date

1831-07-04

Death Date

1899-05-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Cates and Frances Cates. Married to Nancy Cates. Father of Mary F. Cates, William L. Cates, John N. Cates, and Richard E. Cates. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U. S. A.) as a private and sergeant from December 3, 1864, to September 20, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 157A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 610.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0137.
"Thomas Jefferson Cates (1831-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46200771, accessed November 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46200771.

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