Family Histories of Coleman County, Texas

The Cathey Family
by Ina Mae Sheffield

From A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985 
edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates - used by permission
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      Griffith Rutherford Cathey was born August 23, 1840, in Maury County, Tennessee, died May 4, 1919, at Fisk, buried in Brown Ranch.  Mary Hanna (Miller) Cathey was born January 8, 1857, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, died March 23, 1944 in Coleman, buried in Brown Ranch.  Griffith Rutherford and Mary Hanna were married December 28, 1880, at Isom, Tennessee.  They had seven children, all born in Maury County, Tennessee.  They are:

     (1) Carlin Graham, October 13, 1881, married Florence Sampson, January 19, 1908 in Hunt County, Texas (John Aaron Bozeman).  He died May 24, 1961, in Coleman, and Florence, April 23, 1966 in Coleman, both buried in Brown Ranch.

     (2) Earlie May, January 28, 1883, married H. P. Hulsey, July 23, 1902 in Hunt County.  He died in 1933, Earlie May, July 11, 1946 in San Angelo, both buried in Merkel.

     (3) William Byron, October 2, 1884, married Meithel LeMay, February 13, 1916 in Coleman (see Albert H. LeMay).  William Byron died February 26, 1955 in Coleman, Meithel, December 7, 1976 in Coleman, both buried in Coleman.

     (4) Bessie Dan, July 26, 1886, married Robert Baston Siddall, December 4, 1910 (see Robert B. (Bob) and Bessie Dan Siddall).

     (5) Maury Walker, September 12, 1888, married Tessie Webb, November 1, 1914 in Dallas.  She died October 6, 1969 in Santa Anna, Maury Walker, May 27, 1982 in Coleman, both buried in Brown Ranch.

     (6) Tommy Porter, September 18, 1890-July 26, 1891, buried in Isom, Tennessee.

     (7) Mary Ruth, June 15, 1892, married Sam M. Winslett, August 20, 1917.  Sam M. died January 12, 1935 in Dallas, Mary Ruth, December 5, 1965 in Houston, both buried in Brown Ranch (see Winslett Family).


 
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