LEGEND: Family tradition hold that prior to, or soon after, 1850 a PATE family, originally from TN, residing in MS lost several members to an disease epidemic, perhaps cholera. Lost were the father and mother and an unknown number of children. Four children survived. They were: G Henderson Pate b TN ca 1834 James Pate b TN ca 1836 Anna Pate Madison Mayberry Pate b MS ca 1853 These children were taken in by a Smith family and relocated to the White River area near Helena, Phillips Co, AR. The Smiths were millers and hired a man, perhaps named Hinkle, to build and open their mill. When Mr Hinkle moved on he took Madison Mayberry Pate with him. Anna Pate perhaps married a Mr Gwanty. G Henderson Pate and James Pate also married, but would soon die during the Civil War. They supposedly served in the same unit. FINDINGS: 1860 PHILLIPS CO AR P 407, Lewisville, site 20/21 G H PATE 26 W/M LABORER TN 1834 SUSAN PATE 24 W/F TN 1836 L E PATE 5 W/F AR 1855 JAMES PATE JR 3 W/M AR 1857 JOSEPHINE PATE 1 W/F AR 1859 ANNIE PATE 14 W/F AR 1846 JAMES PATE SR 24 W/M LABORER TN 1836 This family, in the 1860 census of Phillips Co AR is perhaps G Henderson Pate, his brother James Pate and sister Anna or Annie Pate. 1868 PHILLIPS CO AR ANNA PATE md EPHRAIM GWARTNEY in PHILLIPS Co AR 17 NOV 1868. G Henderson Pate and James Pate died during the Civil War. They supposedly were in the same unit. Specific detail of this has not yet been located, however there are service cards for HENDERSON PATE COMPANY A, 2ND ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT. J. D. PATE COMPANY C, 2ND ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT. DRUMMER. 1860 IZARD CO AR Page 492, Richmond Twsp, site 1083/1083 WM HEINKLE 69 W/M MECHANIC SC 1791 FANNY HEINKLE 34 W/F DOMESTIC TN 1826 WM R HEINKLE 31 W/M FARMER TN 1829 CATHERINE HEINKLE 14 W/F TN 1846 MADISON M PATE 11 W/M AR 1849 [Madison Mayberry Pate] 1870 IZARD CO AR Page 262, Blue Mtn, RiggsVille, site 9/9 ELIJA CHAPPEL 46 W/M FARMER SC 1824 ELIZABETH CHAPPEL 46 W/F TN 1824 WILLIAM CHAPPEL 14 W/M AR 1856 PANDA CHAPPEL 6 W/F AR 1864 JOHN F CHAPPEL 11 W/M AR 1859 M M PATE 20 W/M FARM LABOR AR 1850 [Madison Mayberry Pate] 1878 MADISON MAYBERRY PATE md 1 SARAH ELIZABETH BROWN in BELL Co TX 28 FEB 1878 [SOURCES: CENSUS 1880 BELL CO - vsutton@vvm.com ] [Phyllis Ray <Raysofsun@Lebanon.Total-web.net>] 1880 BELL CO TX Page 429A ED 7/5, site 37/37 M M PATE 27 W/M HEAD FARMER MS/MS/MS 1853 SARAH E PATE 23 W/F WIFE MD TX/GA/AR 1857 MANDA F PATE 1 W/F DAU TX/MS/TX 1879 [Madison Mayberry Pate] 1884 BELL CO TX MADISON MAYBERRY PATE md 2 LUCY CALISTA WRIGHT in BELL Co 01 FEB 1884 [SOURCES: CENSUS 1900, 1910 BELL CO - vsutton@vvm.com ] [Phyllis Ray <Raysofsun@Lebanon.Total-web.net>] 1900 BELL CO TX Page 193, ED 33/20, PRCT 7, site 379/389 MADISON M PATE 47 W/M HEAD MD FARMER MS/--/-- APR 1853 LUCY PATE 30 W/F WIFE MD 6y 2/2 MS/TN/MS OCT 1869 AMANDA PATE 21 W/F DAU TX/MS/TX DEC 1878 JESSE PATE 14 W/M SON TX/MS/TX DEC 1885 FREDERICK O PATE 5 W/M SON TX/MS/MS NOV 1894 HENRY L PATE 3 W/M SON TX/MS/MS JAN 1897 MATTHEW BUTTON 19 W/M COUS TX/AR/KY SEP 1880 [Madison Mayberry Pate] [Perhaps Henry Pate 6 Jan 1897 - 13 Feb 1979] 1910 BELL CO TX MADISON M PATE HEAD 63 W/M MS 025/012/008 LUCY PATE WIFE 40 W/F MS FRED H PATE SON 15 W/M TX HENRY L PATE SON 13 W/M TX [Madison Mayberry Pate] 1920 BELL CO TX MATTISON PATE HEAD 66 W/M MS 009/030/012/059 FREDDIE PATE SON 25 W/M TX [Madison Mayberry Pate] PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY, Bell Co TX PATE Annie 1887- [11 MAY 1887-22 JAN 1976] PATE Freddie O. 1894-1942 PATE Jesse 1885-1950 [1 DEC 1885-14 JUN 1950 PATE Jessie GILMER -1926 Inf. PATE Lucy R. 1868-1911 PATE M.M. 1853-1925 PATE Mary C. 1890-1891 PATE Sarah E. 1856-1891 PATE Velma J. 1997- Pandemics 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1849 New York - cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1851 Coles Co., Illinois cholera 1851 The Great Plains - cholera 1851 Missouri - cholera 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans: 8,000 die in summer) The mystery of the parents of Madison Mayberry Pate remains. There may be clues in the names Mayberry and Henderson. Joel