Descendant Chart of Robert W. Cates Surnames in Lineage: Cates, Harvey, Morrison, Cavin, Wooten, Lloyd, Justus, Calvert Richard Stanford (R.S.) Cates was born April 16, 1812 in North Carolina; was a physician; died June 20, 1886, Fairland, Texas; buried in Fairland Cemetery between Burnet and Marble Falls, Tx. …+Cornelia Jane Harvey, born November 5, 1809 in Tennessee; died August 1, 1888; buried in Fairland Cemetery. Children of Richard S. Cates and Cornelia Jane Harvey: 1 - Margaret Ann Cates, b. 1832, Smith County, Tennessee; married Lewis Thomas,
stonemason and farmer, in Fairland, Tx. He built the Burnet jail;
they lived in Backbone Valley, Burnet Cty., TX after her marriage until
she died in 1883.
2 - William Thomas Cates, b. 1840, Hickory County, Missouri; married Matilda Morrison (1840-1868); married Martha Elizabeth Cavin (1845-1939); he was an Indian scout in the 1860s; he died in 1886. *Children of William Thomas Cates and Matilda Morrison: 2-1 John Cates (1864-????)
2-2 Sarah Cates (1868-????) *Children of William Thomas Cates and Martha Eliza Cavin:
2-3 Mary Jane Cates (1869-1873); buried in Fairland Cemetery;
3 - Robert W. Cates,
b. abt. 1843, Hickory County, Missouri; died January 4, 1924, Burnet,
TX; buried in Old Burnet Cemetery. He was sheriff, Burnet County,
1869-1873; member of worshipful Master of Valley Lodge No. 175 in 1891;
Burnet County Judge 1876-1878 and 1886-1890. A fever settled in
his leg when he was 18 years old, could not serve in Confederate Army;
became a shoemaker during the war (Per Sinia Elizabeth Cates [sister] memoirs, Burnet County TXGenWeb). [Photo of Robert W. Cates]2-4 William T. Cates (1870-1872); buried in Fairland Cemetery 2-5 Francis S. Cates (1872-1874); buried in Fairland Cemetery …+ Larissa Eliza(beth) Lloyd, b. 1844 d. 1872; buried Old Burnet Cemetery *Children of Robert W. Cates and Eliza Lloyd—
…+ Mary Ruth Justus, b. September 11, 1854, Hendersonville, NC; died September 17, 1896, Hendersonville, NC of consumption; see obit, Burnet Bulletin, Burnet County TXGenWeb; buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, NC in the family plot. [Photo of Mary Ruth Justus]3-1 Robert F. (1868-???)
3-2 Jane (1869-???) 3-3 William (1871-???) *Child of Robert W. Cates and Mary Ruth Justus— 3-4 Flora Cates, b. September 11, 1877, Burnet, Tx; married George Carson Calvert in 1901 in Burnet; died February 6, 1936, Waco, Tx, of pernicious anemia; buried in Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet.
[Photo of Flora Cates] [Photo of George Calvert] [more Calvert photos in photoalbum] *Children of Flora Cates and George Carson Calvert:
3-4-1 Irene, b. 1901, Burnet, Tx; died 1982, of respiratory failure, Waco, TX; buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX 3-4-2 Mary Ruth (Sweetie), b. 1906, Burnet, TX; died 1915, Burnet, TX of spinal meningitis; buried Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet. 3-4-3 Carolyn, born 22 June 1916; died March 18, 1994 of congestive heart failure, Waco, TX; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX 4 - Richard Francis (Frank) Cates, b. January 29, 1846, Hickory County, MO; died December 5, 1885; he is buried at Liberty Hill, TX; he was a farmer, Methodist minister, and teacher; married Cornelia Isabella Wooten, b. Jan. 25, 1850 in Meridian, MS; she is buried at Sandy Mtn., Llano County, TX. Children of Richard Francis Cates and Cornelia I. Wooten:
4-1 Richard Franklin Cates (1869-1954) 4-2 Ella Lucinda Cates (1869-1957) 4-3 Sarah Margaret Cates (1871-1959) 4-4 Cordelia Jane Cates(1873-1873) 4-5 Wesley Wooten Cates (1874-???) 5 - Sinia Elizabeth Cates, b. March 3, 1850, Hickory County, Mo.; married Britton Capell Vest; died April 18, 1947, Llano County, TX. See her memoirs, Burnet County TXGenWeb. Children of Sinia Elizabeth Cates and Briton Capell Vest:
5-1 Margaret Elizabeth Vest (1881-1964) 5-2 Lucinda Francis Vest (1883-1979) 5-3 Lucy Orminta Vest (1886-1979) |
