When Robert Cates was born on 23 November 1807, in Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Samuel Cates, was 24 and his mother, Priscilla Benson, was 19. He married Abigail Drew in 1839, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1861, in Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Cutler Cemetery, Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Maine is the 23rd state.
Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List
English (Middlesex and Surrey): from the Middle English reflex of the Old Norse male personal name Káti, Kati, Kate (from kátr ‘merry’), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (Kate was not in use as a pet form of Catherine during the Middle Ages). See also Kates .
Americanized form of German Katz . See also Kates .
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