| Obit For | Katherine (Cates) Patton |
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| Headline | Katherine Patton Dead |
| Text | Mrs. Katharine Patton died Jan. 23, 1916, [1917] at the home of her daughter Mrs. Segle Riddle of near Cross Hollows, of paralysis, age 75 years, 3 months and 21 days. She was born in Hillsboro, IL, Oct. 30, 1841 and married the late Z. C. Patton at the age of 20 years. She leaves one daughter Mrs. Segle Riddle, and was the stepmother of Lite and Wm Patton of near Cross Hollows, Frank Patton of Joplin and Douglas Patton of Arkansas, and Mrs. Bert Lee of Illinois. Funeral Services were held Tuesday and them remains were interred in Sparks Cemetery. Research Note: Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Cates and Susan Estridge. Wife of Zadoc Casey Patton. Her death certificate reads that she was buried in Fairview Cemetery - the church there at Star City is called Fairview so that is why some people called Sparks Cemetery Fairview. It reads she was born Oct. 1, 1841 and not Oct. 30, 1841 as the paper reads. It also has she was born in Kentucky. The death place given on the certificate reads McDonald Twp., Barry Co., MO. The cause of death was old age. Mr. Cates was given as her father and her mother's name was unknown to the informant J. S. Riddle, Cassville, MO, at Route 2. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Democrat |
| Date | January 27, 1917 |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Microfilm |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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