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Newton S. Cates (Webster County, Ky, farmer and pvt 35th Ky Mtd Inf)

b. 1838-11-04 d. 1909-10-20

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Cates and Frances Cates. Married to Mildred Cates. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Served in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 2, 1863, to December 29, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

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. 623-24.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 3, p. 208B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0413.

"Newton Solomon Cates (1838-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46200473, accessed November 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46200473.

Citation

Cates, Newton S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213195 (November 12, 2026).

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