Generation 5 Isaac A. Cates

The Story of Isaac A. Cates#

Isaac A. Cates was born Dec. 27, 1823 in Henry County, Georgia. He married Oct. 10, 1844 in Clayton County, Georgia Serena Crow. He died Feb 8, 1891 in Ellenwood, Clayton County, Georgia. Serena was born Mar 20, 1828 in Henry County and died July 27, 1902 in Clayton County, Georgia.

They had 11 children:

Children of Isaac A. Cates

1. 1. Stephen M. Cates
   Born September 25, 1846, Georgia; died July 7, 1900, Clayton County, Georgia
   He married September 12, 1880 D. A. Clark, born about 1864.
2. 2. Mary Martha Cates
   Born August 21, 1847, Clayton County, Georgia; died July 10, 1919, Montague County, Texas
   She married Martin L. Mitchell, born Oct 17, 1847 in Ellenwood, Clayton County, Georgia, on Dec. 10, 1871 in Clayton County, Georgia. He died on Nov. 18, 1926, Spanish Fort, Montague County, Texas. Their daughter Alice Leether Mitchell, born Mar 9, 1874 in Clayton County, Georgia and died Aug. 15, 1964, Illinois Bend, Montague County, Texas, married Frank Driskill, born Jan. 3, 1872 in Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas, died 1958 in Waurika, Montague County, Texas. (This is a relative of Dana Lee Dickson who contacted me July 3, 2008. Offered other info when her Mother could locate it in Oregon or Calif.)
3. 3. Rachel Elizabeth Cates
   Born September 15, 1849, Henry County, Georgia; died May 30, 1896, Ellenwood, Clayton County, Georgia
4. 4. William Martin Cates
   Born February 21, 1851, Henry County, Georgia; died July 14, 1908, Rusk County, Texas
   Married Dec. 4, 1873 in Clayton County, Georgia, Georgia Mitchell, born June 12, 1853, Henry County, Georgia. They had 14 children.
5. 5. Sarah Jane Cates
   Born May 19, 1852; died April 15, 1936, Clayton County, Georgia
   She married Elijah Walter Tanner, born 1853 in Clayton County, Georgia, on Oct. 23, 1873 in Clayton County, Georgia. They had three children.
6. 6. Rufus B. Cates
   Born April 12, 1854, Clayton County, Georgia; died December 13, 1933, Clayton County, Georgia
   He married Elizabeth J. Collins on Mar. 22, 1874 in Georgia, and married Lula F. Puckett, born August 2, 1859, on Nov. 2, 1876 in Georgia. He had one child with Lula.
7. 7. Isaac Monroe Cates (Mack)
   Born October 5, 1855, Clayton County, Georgia; died December 1, 1933, Crowell, Foard County, Texas
   He married Permelia Amanda Worley about 1882. She was born March 26, 1867 in Texas. They had 12 children.
8. 8. Josephine Cates
   Born 1861, Georgia
   No further information.
9. 9. Nancy Victoria Cates
   Born April 4, 1862, Clayton County, Georgia
10. 10. Thomas J. Cates
    Born 1864, Georgia
11. 11. Yancy Marion Cates
    Born February 13, 1868; died May 31, 1945, Clayton County, Georgia
    He married Sarah Elizabeth Tanner about 1893 in Georgia, born 1874 in Georgia, died Oct. 16, 1912 in Ellenwood, Clayton County, Georgia.

Census Records

• 1850/1860 — Isaac A. Cates and his family has not been found in a census in 1850 or 1860
• 1870 — Isaac A. Cates was listed in Henry County, Georgia in 1870
• 1880 — Isaac A. Cates family listed in Clayton County, Jonesboro, Georgia in 1880