I posted the following info. a few months ago, but thought I'd repost it and give it another try. My gg-grandfather William R. Cato has me totally baffled as to what happened to him. Any info. at all would be appreciated ever so much! Thanks - Teri teepee@flash.net wrote: > Hi to all! I am looking for info. on a William R. CATO Jr. > (born~1852 in GA) and his wife Mary Frances (Ward) Cato (born 1855 in > SC). William and his family left GA sometime after the birth of his > last child (Edgar) in 1894. His mother's obit. (GA) in Dec. of 1898 > stated that William "went West." (I am therefore assuming that he is > still alive then in 1898.) On the 1900 Collin Co., TX census, his son > (John H., age 24) is shown, widowed and head of family. Mary F., > widowed, is listed with son John H., along with sisters Bessie, Pearl, > Lula, and youngest brother Edgar. I believe that they are in the Wylie > area. It would appear that Wm. R. Cato Jr. died in 1899 or early 1900 > and possibly in Collin Co. (He would have only been around 46-48 yrs. > old) His oldest son, James J., was married in Collin Co. in 1896 - so, > again, I am assuming that everyone is in Collin Co. by this time. > Oldest daughter, India, is also married (to Charles Skelton) and living > in Collin Co. (There were two other children of William and Mary's - > Robert B. and Herbert - but I don't know if they are in Collin Co. or > even alive at this time.) On the 1910 census, Mary F. is shown again in > Wylie, Collin Co., (on Railroad St) with son Edgar, age 16. > If anyone has any info. on any of these, I would be forever > grateful! I'm really interested in finding out if William R. Cato Jr. > was buried in Collin Co. somewhere, what happened to Mary F. after 1910, > and if there's any info. on John H.'s deceased 1st wife. > > Thanks, > Teri Wotipka > teepee@flash.net