Eliza (Johnson) Cates (1889 - 1978)

Born 23 Dec 1889 in Kentucky

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Died 17 Feb 1978 at age 88 in Madison County, Kentucky

Biography

Liza was the daughter of Bill and Susan (Cates) Johnson, and the half-sister of Valmie, and Mason, Guy, and Amon Williams. She married her cousin, Grover Cates. Their children were Oscar, Cecil, Emma, Beula, Lottie, Opal, Edgar, Edna, Lucy, Kit, Valery and Russell. The 1920 US Census shows Grover and Liza living in Butler County, Ohio, where Grover worked for a gravel company for a short time. By 1930, they were back in Madison County, Kentucky. In 1940, Liza's mother, Susan Powell, was also living with the family.

Sources

• Eliza Cates on Find A Grave
• Tombstone inscription.
• Liza Johnson in birth record for son, Cecil Cates, in 1911
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDP5-4WP : 14 December 2015), Eliza Cates in household of Grover Cates, Madison, Butler, Ohio, United States.
• Lizae Johnson in birth record for son, Edker Cates, in 1921
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF4-5RG : 8 December 2015), Liza? Cates in entry for Grover Cates, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Y7-G6V : 17 May 2014), Liza Cates in household of Grover Cates, Magisterial District 5, Madison, Kentucky, United States.
• Liza's mother, Susan Powell's, Find a Grave memorial