GENERATION #1 - 1838 (Civil War):
Benjamin Cator and wife Laura Baden
Cator
Benjamin C. Cator was born
on June 30, 1838, in Charles, Maryland. His parents were also born
in MD. He lived in Charles, Maryland, on July 1, 1863. He likely
married Laura Baden in 1867 in Carroll, Maryland. She was about 10 years younger than Benjamin as she was born in
Maryland to Maryland-born parents around 1849 or 1850. Laura
Baden and family from the Aquasco District and Milingham, Prince George's
County, MD. Ben and Laura had three known children during their marriage.
Benjamin C. Cator/Cater fought in the Civil War as a confederate;
deserted was captured and was imprisoned for 4 years.
In the 1870 Census for Charles County,
MD, Ben was 31 and a farmer with personal property of $100 value.
His wife Laura was 31(should be about 21?) and keeping house. Both
Ben and Laura cannot read nor writer per this census. Their
children listed are:
BB (Benjamin Baden) Cater is age 2 (b 1868)
(See next generation)
MJ (Mary J.)
Cater is 34 (b 1836)
Wm (William?)
Cater is 2 (b. 1868)
Frank Cater
is
22 (born 1848)
1880 Census
for Hill Top, Charles County, MD:
In the 1880
Census for Hill Top in Charles County MD, dad, Benjamin is a "laborer" at age 42.
Mom Laura is 30 and keeps house. Their son Benjamin Baden Cater is 12.
And daughter Mary is 9.
The following is new from a
reader/cousin who wanted to share this info. Thanks!
Hi
family -- I'm from the Baden side and came across these
records. I didn't see any note of Benjamin's (1838) Civil
War Service Record on your website...so here it is. Copies
of the listings kept at the POW camps is attached for your
review. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 about
Benjamin Cator
Name: Benjamin Cator
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_25
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating
to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Deserter from the Confederate Army; Captured December 1
(year unknown) in Parkersburg, West Virginia (near
Wheeling).
Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
about Benjamin Cator
Name: Benjamin Cator
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_36
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating
to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Transferred from Parkersburg to Camp Chase Ohio as a
Prisoner of War. No Dates.
Civil War
Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
about Benjamin Cator
Name: Benjamin Cator
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_24
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating
to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Roll call (year unknown) shows his name scratched out. Copy
attached.
Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
about Benjamin Cator
Name: Benjamin Cator
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_25
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating
to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Record shows where Benjamin Cator was captured - Parkersburg
Va. (when Va and WVa were actually one state - they divided
after the Civil War).
Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 about Benj C
Cator
GENERATION #2 (1868):
Benjamin Baden
Cater and wife Margaret Irene Minto Cater
When Benjamin Baden Cater was born on June 30, 1868, in Maryland,
his father, Benjamin, was 30 and his mother, Laura Baden, was 19. He
married Margaret Irene Minto on June 12, 1900, in Washington, District
of Columbia. They had five children during their marriage. He died on
April 23, 1937, in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 68,
and was buried in Brentwood, Maryland.
==>For
additional information on the Cator/Minto line,
CLICK HERE.
1910 Census
for Washington, DC, District 79
In the 1910 Census for DC Benjamin Baden
Cater/Cator is a laborer for the government. He and his wife,
Margaret Irene Minto Cater, have 5 children, all born in DC, all
living, in the 10 years they have been married. Their residence is 1309
South Capital Street in DC.
.
Another child is Maggie Irene Violet Cater.
Rootsweb:
"BAPTISMS
Cator
Violet Irene - bp 11/12/1901, b 4/23/1901; c/o
Cator
Baden &
Maggie."
Margaret Irene Minto
Cater died Nov 22, 1946 in DC.
Benjamin Baden Cator died April 23,
1937 in
DC. Both are
buried at Ft. Lincoln
Cemetery, Brentwood, MD.
GENERATION
#3
C H I L D R E N of Benjamin Baden
Cater and wife Margaret Irene Minto Cater:
BADEN MINTO CATER (1902):
When Baden Minto Cator was born on September 29,
1902, in DC his father, Benjamin, was 34 and his mother, Margaret,
was 32. He married Nellie Helen Jones on August 30, 1929, in
District of Columbia. They had two children during their marriage.
He died on April 13, 1973, at the age of 70, and was buried in
Brentwood, Maryland.
In the 1930 Census for DC, Baden Minto Cater
(not Cator) is now married to Helen "Nellie" Jones
(as of August 30, 1929). They rent
what appears to be an apartment or triplex in DC for $18/mo. Their
address is 1007 B St. NE, in DC. Baden is 26 and Nellie is 21.
They do not have any children at this time. At right is a picture
of Baden Minto Cater taken at the beach in 1963.
Their son Robert Baden
Cater is born on July 15, 1930 in DC and lives until 20 Jan 2003.
Note:
In the Washington Post, July 20, 1930, on pg 4, Births, Deaths and
Marriages lists a son:
BADEN M. and NELLIE V. CATER, boy.
In the 1937 City
Directory, Baden is listed as a driver, married to Helen.
WWII Draft Registration
1942: Baden Minto Cater is now 40, had a ruddy complexion, hazel
eyes, brown hair and is 5'6" tall. He is married to Nellie
Cater and they live in DC.
Their next child is also
a son, Melvin Cater.
In 1954 Baden is a
foreman for the Dist. Hwy Dept. in DC. The family lives at
1504 E St SE in DC. In 1960, he continues to work for the DC
Government as a foreman and is married to Nellie and they now live
at 1830 S St SE in DC.
MAGGIE IRENE
VIOLET CATOR/CATER (1901)
Margaret Irene Violet Cator was born on April 23, 1901, in District
of Columbia. She married Claude Irving (Irvin) Padgett on June 19, 1919.
They had one child during their marriage. She later married Herschel
Chevalier. She died on May 12, 1967, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, at the
age of 66, and was buried in Arlington, Virginia with her husband Master
Sgt. Chevalier.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11393731/person/-388454923
Maggie
Irene married
Claude Irving (Irvin) Padgett on June 19, 1919.
Her daughter Doris Irene Padgett (Mrs.
WILLIS FREEMAN EDGERLY) was born on January 17, 1921, in
Alexandria, Virginia. Doris died 2002.
Margaret Irene Violet Cator (Cater) and Claude Irvin Padgett were
divorced on May 20, 1932, in Alexandria, Virginia, after 12 years of
marriage. She was 31 years old. Irvin sued Irene for divorce
claiming desertion. The divorce was thusly granted.
<--Photo from findagrave.
In
1932 Irene worked as a saleswoman for the Palais Royal Inc. per the DC
directory.
In
the 1940 Census Irene was living with her daughter and son-in-law (The
Walter Cunninghams) in Alexandria. Irene continued her saleswoman
work.
In
1943 Irene married
Master Sgt, U.S. Army, Hershel M. Chevalier, son of
Monroe Bernard & Dessie (Nolan) Chevalier. He retired after 32 yrs. of
military service and is buried at Arlington Cemetery. In the 1947
Alexandria VA city directory, they are listed as no longer employed.
Death Certificate
CLYDE B. CATER aka BENJAMIN
CLYDE CATER
(1903)
Benjamin "Clyde" Cater was born December 28, 1903 in District of
Columbia. He had one son and one daughter with Mary Estella Chick
between 1926 and 1929. Do you know when he died?
Per the 1930 DC Census, Clyde B. Cater is now 26;
he married at 21 years
of age to the then 15 year old
Mary
Estella Chick. She is now 21. They have two children, Clyde E.
who is 4 (b. 23 Feb 1926) and Ruth
who is 1 (b. 1929). All were born in DC. They live at 1129 NJ
Avenue, SE, DC. Mary
Estella Chick is the daughter of Joseph E. and Sidney Chick of DC.
Her brothers are Joseph S. Chick, Arthur B. Chick and Charles E. Chick.
Per US Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 on Ancestry.com: Son Clyde
E.
Cater was born on 23 Feb 1926 and died 22 October 2004. He is buried
at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery in Maryland.
Obituary of
Benjamin C. Cater (aka Clyde B. Cator):
COLONIAL BEACH, VA
WALTER LEROY "REDS" CATER
(1906)
When Walter Leroy "Reds" Cator was born on February 14, 1906, in
District of Columbia, his father, Benjamin, was 37 and his mother,
Margaret, was 36. He married a woman 10 years older than he was,
Catherine Rose Scheuch and then later married Fannie Pauline Staples on
October 8, 1949, in his hometown. He died on November 19, 1974, at the
age of 68.
Walter
Leroy "Reds" Cator was born on Valentine's Day February
14, 1906 in DC.
He married
<-- 1) Catherine Rose Scheuch. She was 20 years older than
he.
2) Fannie Pauline Staples
born on January 26, 1910.
U.S. City Directory, 1954 DC:
Caters:
Cators:
He died on November 19, 1974. Fannie died on March 26, 1990.
Both are interred at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery.
ROBERT ROSS CATER (1908)
When Robert Ross Cater was born on March 21, 1908, in Washington,
District of Columbia, his father, Benjamin, was 39 and his mother,
Margaret, was 38. He had known three sons and two daughters with Agnes
Mae Posey between 1930 and 1939. He died on June 9, 1958, in his
hometown at the age of 50, and was buried at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery in
Brentwood, Maryland. Please see his obit below for names of
children.
He was a plaster helper for a
bulling contractor in 1930 census.
1940 Census has him living at
618 G Street SE in DC (about 3 blocks from "Our
Cators" at 916 G Street SE in DC). Married to Mae A.
Works as a Laborer.
From:
WWII Draft Cards NARA
MISCELLANEOUS:
SARAH BADEN
marries THOMAS
CATER, 31 August 1791 per Marriage Licenses Issued at Upper
Marlborough, Prince George's County, Maryland--1777 to 1801
Per Database: Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899:
WILLIAM M. BADEN
marries SARAH M.
BADEN 15 Dec 1885 Prince Georges
MD
ALEXANDER BADEN
marries
SARAH
GIBBONS 32 Mar 1804 Prince Georges MD
THOMAS
BADEN marries
SARAH
DORSETT 6 Feb 1797 Prince Georges MD
THOMAS
CATER marries
SARAH
BADEN, 31 August 1791 Prince Georges MD
JOSIAS
GIBBONS marries
SARAH
GOVER BADEN 18 Oct 1819 Prince Georges
MD
Note: So many Sarahs!
|
PERSONS |
MISC. |
| 1838 |
Benjamin Cator born. |
Maryland |
|
1849
or 1850 |
Laura Baden born. |
Maryland |
|
1867 |
Benjamin marries
Laura Baden |
|
June 30, 1868 |
Benjamin Baden
Cator born. |
Maryland |
Oct. 9, 1869 |
Margaret Irene
Minto born. Future wife of Benjamin Baden Cator |
Pennsylvania |
|
1871 |
Mary Cator born |
Maryland |
|
1880 Census |
Ben is a laborer;
Laura works at home taking care of family. |
Hill Top, Charles
County, MD |
About 1901
(or 1905) |
Margaret
"Maggie" Cator |
DC |
|
29 Sep 1902 |
Baden Minto Cator
born. |
DC |
|
1904 |
Clyde B. Cator born. |
DC |
|
1906 |
Walter Leroy Cator born. |
DC |
|
1908 |
Ross Cator born. |
DC |
|
23 Feb 1926 |
Clyde E. Cator
born. |
DC |
| Before 1930 |
Benjamin Baden Cator and Helen
"Nellie" Jones marry |
|
| 23 Apr 1937 |
Benjamin Baden Cator dies in DC. |
Buried at Ft..Lincoln
Cem. Brentwood, MD |
|
|
|
Nov 22, 1946
|
Margaret Irene Minto Cater dies in DC. |
Buried at Ft..Lincoln
Cem. Brentwood, MD |
| 13 Apr 1973 |
Baden Minto Cator dies. |
SSDI indicates 15 April 1973 |
|
11 June
1978 |
Clyde B.
Cator (aka Benjamin C. Cater) dies at Colonial Beach, VA |
|
| 22 October 2004 |
Clyde E. Cator dies. |
Buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cem. MD |
Please exchange information:
catorfamily@gmail.com
1895 Charles County Map
1895 Prince Georges County MD Map
PLEASE
SHARE INFORMATION OR ASK QUESTIONS, ETC:
catorfamily@gmail.com
or
Feel free to contact
Robert Malay.
Just
click on his name above for his email address.
