Thelma Cryst

Tracy married Grace Jewell TATE 31 Jan 1912, Globe, Gila Co. AZ. Grace (daughter of Martin Van Buren TATE and Margaret Vining) was born 27 May 1891, Turner's Point, Kaufman Co. TX; died 07 Jan 1964, Riverside Co. CA; was buried , Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa Co. AZ. [Group Sheet]

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Arizona Republic Jan 9, 1964:
Grace T. Webb:
Services for Mrs. Grace T. Webb, 72, who died Tuesday in Riverside, Calif., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Mortensen-Kings Funeral Center. Elder Harold A. Tate of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will officiate. Burial we be in Memory Lawn Memorial Park.

Mrs. Webb resided many years in Phoenix and Gila Valley near Safford, She was born in Texas. Her family came to Arizona in 1900. The Webbs moved to California in 1930. She is survivied by her husband, Edward, and a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Cryst, both of Riverside; two brothers, Homer M. and Alma V. Tate, both of Phoenix; four sisters, Mrs. Ruth Kaslod and Mrs. Nina Moody, both of Phoenix, Mrs. S. C. Heywood of Mesa, and Mrs. F. L. Gibson of Globe; a grandfather and three great-grandchildren.

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Western States Marriage Record Index; Marriage ID #368024; Groom Last Name: CRYST Groom First Name: Tracy R. Groom Residence: Bride Last Name: TATE Bride First Name: Grace J. Bride Residence: Place: Globe Date: 31 Jan 1912 County of Record: Gila State: Arizona Volume: 3 Page: 177

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Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

Martin Van Buren and his family lived in TX before moving to OK. The Tate family joined the Mormon Church in Oklahoma Indian Territory at the time Andrew Kimball, Father of Spencer Kimball, was Mission President of the area.

Martin V. and his wife, Margaret moved from Spanish Fork, Utah to Arizona during the summer of 1898. With them were seven of their then, nine children. The two older girls, Maggie and Myrtle, then 16 and 17 years old, remained in Spanish Fork, working for individual families. The seven children who came to Arizona were Homer, Nellie, Bessie, Gracie, Mable, Alma and Ruth.

In 1894, the Tate family moved to Utah. and settled in Spanish Fork. The winters in Utah affected Margaret's arthritis so severely, they felt a warmer climate would give her more relief. When Martin heard that Andrew Kimball was being called to preside as Stake President over the St. Joseph Stake, he sought his advice concerning moving the Tate family to Arizona. On the recommendation of President Andrew Kimball, the Tates started for Arizona with all their possessions in two wagons. One wagon was pulled by mules, the other by horses. Martin V. drove one wagon and Homer, age 13, drove the other. They arrived in Central in the late summer of 1898. The only available housing at the time was an empty granery located near the church and school. The tenth child of the Tate family, Zina Myrtle, was born in Central. Martin V. and his family stayed in Central a little more than six years. In order to provide better for the large family, they moved to Globe, AZ where they started a boarding house for the miners. This gave an opportunity to put the girls of the family to work. The Tate family eventually moved back to the Gila Valley locating permanently in Thatcher, AZ.

In the Gila Valley, daughter Nellie Bly married her Central school teacher, Spencer C. Heywood. Homer M. married his neighbor, Emma Pearl Coombs of Central.

Reference: Family records by Pearl Tate Sanders; Federal Census 1880, Kaufman County, TX, Page 20--37; Will Book 28, Kaufman County, TX, Page 181.

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Martin married Margaret Vining 13 May 1880, Kaufman Co. TX. Margaret was born 03 Feb 1860, Carterville, Cass Co. GA; died 18 Dec 1914, Thatcher, Graham Co. AZ; was buried , Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham Co. AZ. [Group Sheet]

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Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984

Jahaziel married four times; (1) to a bride of whom we know little, except she died early leaving three sons, Andrew J., John S., and James Tate who were living with the Samuel Dykes' family in the 1850 Census of Grundy County, TN. Possibly the Dykes family were the grandparents of them since rural people always find room for their own kin. He was married to (2) Sarah A. Tate, on October 18, 1839, by Justice of the Peace, W. F. Mooney (M. P. 1836 - 7, 8 and 9.) She was born 1821, age 29 on the 1850 Census of Warren County, TN and died on January 28, 1852, in Pulaski County, AR. Her family was opposed to the marriage. They, however, eloped and settled near Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR. He married (3) Lavinia "Vina" who was born in 1810 in MS. He married (4) Nancy who was born April 5, 1824 in Hinds County, TX; she died on December 7, 1893 in Poetry, TX. Her parents were born in AL and VA respectively.

It is said that he suffered from epileptic seizures and never traveled alone. He lived to be an elderly man and died on August 4, 1888 testate, buried with wife Nancy, eight miles from Terrill, Poetry, Kaufman, County, TX in the Dry Creek Cemetery. Issue born in Warren County, TN or Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR.

His will: J. H. Tate, June 22, 1880, Kaufman County, TX, wife Nancy: To sons, Jackson, John S. and M. V. Tate, to the Methodist Church So, witnessed by H. W. Rogers, James McDonald, and J. T. Daniel. Signed September 29, 1880.

References: Pearl Tate Sanders, Warren County, TN, 1850 Federal Census pg 701 - 205: Pulaski County, AR 1850 Federal Census page 4, pt 4-28. November 1850: Kaufman County, TX 1870 lists Lavinia, age 60 as housekeeper. Federal Census 1880 page 330-340: Will Book 28, page 181: Dry Creek Cemetery: Married Dekalb County, AL 976.166 V25M

Warren County, TN Platt Book, 1835 - 1839 Page 193

Surveyed June 1, 1837 for Jahaziel Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 15, 1837, No. 4444 on waters of Colline River, SE corner of a tract of 5000 acres in name of Elan Tate, crossing long fork of Dunaways Creek, SE corner of Peter Yates' 5000 acre survey, platting 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert Tate and John Tate, CC. The above transferred to J. B. McComack. Isaac Hill, Ds. July 3, 1837. Sent on July 4, 1837 by mail.



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Jahaziel married Sarah A. TATE 18 Oct 1839, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Aaron TATE and Elizabeth (Becky) Connelly) was born 1821, Warren Co. TN; died 28 Jan 1852, Pulaski Co. KY. [Group Sheet]