Charles Robert TATE: Appalachian Aristocracy

1903 - 1961 (58 years)

Generation: 1

1.	Charles Robert TATE was born 18 Apr 1903, Comanche Co. TX (son of George Robert TATE and Lee Ann Wilhelm); died 03 Jul 1961, Houston, Harris Co. TX. Charles married Myrtle Bell Creek. [Group Sheet] Children: George Russell TATE

Generation: 2

2.	George Robert TATE was born 01 Apr 1875, DeKalb Co. AL (son of Aaron A. TATE and Myra Ann Shankle); died 19 Jul 1963, Abilene, Jones Co. TX. George married Lee Ann Wilhelm. Lee was born 11 Nov 1879, Rockdale, Milam Co. TX. [Group Sheet]

3.
Lee Ann Wilhelm was born 11 Nov 1879, Rockdale, Milam Co. TX.
Children:

1. Charles Robert TATE was born 18 Apr 1903, Comanche Co. TX; died 03 Jul 1961, Houston, Harris Co. TX.

Generation: 3

Aaron A. TATE was born 28 Jun 1847, DeKalb Co. AL (son of Robert Hood TATE and Elizabeth Edmonson); died 17 Sep 1926, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Energy Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.

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Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Aaron married Myra Ann Shankle. Myra was born 15 Aug 1847, DeKalb Co. AL; died 22 Mar 1928, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Energy Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX. [Group Sheet]

Myra Ann Shankle was born 15 Aug 1847, DeKalb Co. AL; died 22 Mar 1928, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Energy Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.

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Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Children:

Rosa L. TATE was born 10 Nov 1871, DeKalb Co. AL; died 18 Oct 1942, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Energy Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.
2. George Robert TATE was born 01 Apr 1875, DeKalb Co. AL; died 19 Jul 1963, Abilene, Jones Co. TX.
John J. TATE was born 1876, DeKalb Co. AL.
William Henry TATE was born 11 Apr 1880, DeKalb Co. AL; died 21 Apr 1962, Stephenville, Erath Co. TX; was buried , Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.
Joseph Aaron TATE was born Aug 1885, DeKalb Co. AL; died 19 Jan 1952, Comanche Co. TX.
Charlie Clyde TATE was born Jan 1889, Arkansas.

Generation: 4

Robert Hood TATE was born 30 Nov 1819, Warren Co. TN (son of Aaron TATE and Elizabeth (Becky) Connelly); died 24 Jan 1902, Newburg, Commanche Co. TX; was buried , Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche Co. TX.

Notes:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1972, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was a farmer. He married February 11, 1844 an Elizabeth Edmondson, born 1823 in Warren County, TN and died in 1859 in Dekalb County, Al. He married again on December 25, 1858 in Dekalb County, AL Julia Ann Asbury Shankles, born December 30, 1838 in AL. She was probably a widow. She died on February 7, 1894 in Comanche County, TX. Both are buried in board Church Methodist Cemetery. They appeared in 1879 Dekalb County, AL Census, but in 1871 they had moved to near Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Robert Hood Tate moved to Texas after 1870 by wagon train with 3 wagons and $500.00 in gold tied up in a rag. There were 14 children, Columbus being the first child born in Texas.

References: Fed Census 1850 Dekalb County, Al, Page 152; Federal Census 1870, Federal Census 1880, Comanche County, TX, Page 4. In the Federal Census of 1900, he was living in Comanche County at ate 80 with daughter J. Cornelia O'Dell. He had 23 children, 4 having been stillborn.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Robert married Elizabeth Edmonson 11 Feb 1844, Warren Co. TN. Elizabeth was born 1823, Warren Co. TN; died Bef. 1858, DeKalb Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Edmonson was born 1823, Warren Co. TN; died Bef. 1858, DeKalb Co. AL.

Children:

Sarah E. TATE was born 08 May 1844, DeKalb Co. AL; died 18 Jun 1875, Comanche Co. TX.
Martha Jane TATE was born 11 May 1846, DeKalb Co. AL; died 14 Jun 1919, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche Co. TX.
4. Aaron A. TATE was born 28 Jun 1847, DeKalb Co. AL; died 17 Sep 1926, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Energy Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.
Nancy Ann TATE was born 28 Aug 1848, DeKalb Co. AL.
Elizabeth (Eliza) TATE was born 06 Apr 1850, DeKalb Co. AL; died 23 Aug 1851, DeKalb Co. AL.
Mary TATE was born 15 May 1851, DeKalb Co. AL; died 23 Aug 1851, DeKalb Co. AL.
Amanda TATE was born 14 Jul 1852, DeKalb Co. AL; died 14 Mar 1876, Comanche Co. TX; was buried , Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.
Ellen Z. TATE was born 24 Feb 1854, DeKalb Co. AL; died 08 Dec 1859, DeKalb Co. AL.
Joseph TATE was born 18 Dec 1856, DeKalb Co. AL.