Obediah Charles Cate

CATE, Obediah Charles – Obediah C. Cate was born September 15, 1831 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, a son of Charles Cate, born in Jefferson County, Tennessee on September 9, 1805, and Rachel Thornburg, born January 21, 1808 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Mr. Cate was conscripted into the Confederate Army in 1862 and served but four months before being discharged. He died January 8, 1912 and was buried in the Rieff’s Chapel Cemetery. [from usgenwebarchives].........Obed C. Cate, farmer, stock raiser, and trader, was born in Jefferson County,

Tenn., September 15, 1831, and is the son of Charles and Rachel (Thornburg)

Cate. The father was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., September 9, 1805, and

the mother in the same county January 21, 1808. They lived in their native

State until 1847, when they moved to Washington County, Ark., and purchased

the property where their son, Obed C., is now living. Here they passed their

last days, the father dying December 3, 1869, and the mother February 14, 1863.

The father was a thrifty farmer, was a Whig before the war, and during that

eventful period he was a Union man. Both were members of the Missionary

Baptist Church. Their family consisted of seven children, three sons and four

daughters. Obed C. Cate and his sister Jane were twins. He was educated to

a limited extent in the old subscription schools, and after working for his father

until twenty-one years of age, he began as an independent farmer. October 9,

1853, he married Miss Mary Miller, who was born in Washington County, and

who bore him ten children, Sidney M., Lafayette, William A., Annie J., Charles

E., Laura A., John 0., Aimy, Carrie and Mary A. In 1862 Mr. Cate was conscripted

in the-Confederate army, but succeeded in getting out after four months'

service. After marriage he settled upon the farm where he now lives, and

which consists of 300 acres. Mr. Cate is a Republican in his political views,

and is a member of the I. 0. O. F. He has lived in this county for forty-one

years, and is accounted one of the most successful farmers in his community.