Muhlenberg County Kentucky


Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records C

Wilson G. Cates & Rebecca S. Long

Husband: Wilson G. (Green?) Cates
Born: 17 March 1811, North Carolina
Died: 07 January 1884, Muhlenberg or Hopkins Co., KY
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Father: Robert D. Cates
Mother: Margaret Carrigan
Spouses:

  1. Unknown (Source: military record)
  2. Rebecca S. Long, married 08 November 1839, Muhlenberg
  3. Mrs. Elizabeth (Maiden Name Unknown) Ritter Johnson, married 18 August 1881, Muhlenberg

Notes on the Wilson G. Cates Family

Wife: Rebecca S. Long
Born: 02 May 1813
Died: 07 March 1879
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Father: Samuel C. Long
Mother: Joanna Culbertson

Children of Wilson Cates & Rebecca Long:

  1. Margaret E. Cates, born about 1841; married Philip Burns Hale, 07 April 1857, Muhlenberg, at Peter Lamb's residence as part of a double wedding with Philip's brother John D. Hale who married Martha Ezrabella Lamb, daughter of Peter and Goodwin Cate Lamb. Philip B. Hale and Margaret lived in Evansville, IN in 1870. She died 18 October 1875. Philip B. remarried in 1876 in Warrick Co., IN and moved to Texas the following year. Philip Burns Hale was the son of Thomas W. Hale and Mary “Polly” Burns.
  2. Samuel Joseph Cates, born 30 May 1842 and died 07 February 1917, Muhlenberg; married Minerva Thraikel, 14 March 1875, Spencer Co., IN, a daughter of Aaron Thrailkel, born in Scotland, and Mary Middleton born in Indiana. Samuel Joseph Cates served in the Civil War as a Union soldier. Samuel J. Cates's Will
  3. Joanna Martha Cates, born about 1844; married Washington Singleton, 28 February 1869, Spencer Co., IN.
  4. Robert D. Cates, born about 1846; died 1863 in the Civil War.
  5. Julia A.A. Cates, born about 1847; married William M. Briscoe, 20 February 1868, Spencer Co., IN.
  6. John Green Cates, born 23 November 1849; died 19 February 1909, Logan Co., KY; married Joanna Mary Long, 25 September 1883, Logan Co., KY. She was a daughter of William B. Long and Mary T. James.
  7. Mary A. Cates, born 07 October 1853; died 06 March 1930; buried Jago Cemetery, Muhlenberg; married Sylvester Lacefield, 19 November 1872, Spencer Co., IN.
  8. Sarah Cates, born January 1856; died 01 April 1856, age 3 months.

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam

Updated July 23, 2017