Adruain-- It's not surprising those Catos ended up in Greene County, Ark. after the war. In addition to Hildebrand and the Bolins, that was also a primary base of operations for Tim Reeves, with a number of the remnants of the McGee/Cato clan gravitating to his command after the McGee Massacre (4 Feb. 1863). Regarding the Catos who died at Alton, my research of the Alton register of Confederate soldiers who died there indicates it was Nathan, Chapman, and Wilson Sr. In fact, the following entry is in my book: "Civilian members of the Cato family were also dying in Federal custody. Nathan Cato died at Alton Prison across the Mississippi River from St. Louis the day after the McGee Massacre, as Chapman Cato and Wilson Cato Sr. had the previous 3 Jan. and 9 Nov., respectively." In addition, Jack Cato was hanged by the Federals at Bloomfield. While the date is uncertain, it was probably March 1863. Of probable additional interest to you, while I have not seen the edited result of the index I provided to the publisher, here are entries I submitted to them for that index: Cato, Chapman 198 Cato, Jack 199 Cato, James 30, 61, 183, 186, 200 Cato, Nathan 198 Cato, Simeon 197-98 Cato, William 57, 188, 189, 198, 199, 207-208 Cato Sr., Wilson 198 And under an entry for Skirmishes, I include: Cato's Farm, Billy 44, 188-189 Cato's Farm, Simeon 197-198 I also detail the McGee Massacre, and place it into the fuller context of the events that happened earlier that same day that the McGees were involved in along with Hildebrand and Jesse Ellison's newly-forming company of the 7th Mo. Cav., including a sharp skirmish at Bollinger's Mill against the 68th Enrolled Missouri Militia. --Kirby Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Cato324@wmconnect.com To: MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Hildebrand hideaway Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:16:14 EDT > > Kirby > Thanks for the reply, the reason I was asking is my > family ended up in the household with Confederate Major > William C Grimsley as orphans in the 1870 Greene Co > census. William Grimsley was the first Sheriff of Bollinger > Co and a neighbor to my 3x great Henry Cato. Henry was > the father of William, Wilson and Nathan who all died > at Alton. Nathan was my great great and because of the > three Nathans it took me 10 yrs through the process of > elimination to prove it was my Nathan who died at Alton. > I always suspected it was my Nathan since the kids were listed > as orphans in the Household with William Grimsley. I found > William Grimsley and Wife Matilda buried at Liberty Cemetery > just East of Boydsville Ar. Boydsville is located on the same road > from Rector and is Just West of Rector on Hwy 90. > By the way there were 6 0r 7 Williams in the war and 3 > Henry's and 3 Nathans. This makes it tough to decipher this > family with all the records destroyed. > > Adruain > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and > will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/