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Lucia Cates

Female 1908 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lucia Cates was born 17 Jan 1908, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia (daughter of John Robinson Cates and Eva Arnold).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Robinson Cates was born 27 Jun 1873, Kentucky (son of Adolphus Cates and Lucia E Robinson); died 14 Mar 1965, Coweta County, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Druggist, John R. Cates Drug Company

    John married Eva Arnold 1900, Coweta County, Georgia. Eva (daughter of Hugh Montgomery Arnold and Frances Elizabeth Simms) was born 9 Sep 1878, Coweta County, Georgia; died 28 Jun 1964, Coweta County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Eva Arnold was born 9 Sep 1878, Coweta County, Georgia (daughter of Hugh Montgomery Arnold and Frances Elizabeth Simms); died 28 Jun 1964, Coweta County, Georgia.
    Children:
    1. 1. Lucia Cates was born 17 Jan 1908, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    2. Laura Cates was born 18 Dec 1911, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    3. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adolphus Cates was born Mar 1840, Alabama.

    Adolphus married Lucia E Robinson Abt. 1865, Georgia. Lucia was born Oct 1839, Coweta County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lucia E Robinson was born Oct 1839, Coweta County, Georgia.
    Children:
    1. 2. John Robinson Cates was born 27 Jun 1873, Kentucky; died 14 Mar 1965, Coweta County, Georgia.

  3. 6.  Hugh Montgomery Arnold was born 23 Nov 1842, Georgia (son of James Arnold and Matilda Ware); died 02 Jan 1913, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Military: 21 Sep 1861, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia; Enlisted, Co. K/D, Coweta Rangers, Phillips' Legion.
    • Residence: 1900, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia

    Notes:

    HUGH M. ARNOLD, one of the leading citizens of Newnan, Coweta, Co., Ga., was born in November, 1842, his parents being James and Matilda (Ware) Arnold. His father was born in Wilkes county, in 1802, and was reared on a farm. The paternal grandfather of Hugh M. Arnold was a native of South Carolina, who came to Georgia before 1800, settling in the woods, in which there had never been a stick cut. Hugh M. Arnold was reared on a farm and attended school in an old log school-house with a stick chimney and a puncheon floor. For a short time he went to school in Newnan, but in 1861, when only eighteen years of age, enlisted in Company B, under Capt. R. L. Y. Long, remaining one year, at the expiration of which he re-enlisted, and after two years, returned home and engaged in farming, which occupation he still continues. Mr. Arnold was in the battles of Cotton Hills, Seven Pines and Loop Creek. In 1868 Mr. Arnold was united in marriage to Miss Mary Townsen, daughter of James and Sarah (Grantlin) Townson. To this union three children have been born: Brad, Mollie and Sallie. Mrs. Arnold was born in Upson county, Ga., and died in 1872, a member of the M. E. church. Three years later, Mr. Arnold married Fannie Sims, daughter of ]ohn D. Sims, to whom six children have been born: Fannie L., Eva, ]ohn, Alma H. M (deceased), Jennie C., and an infant. Mrs. Arnold was born and reared in Coweta county, and is a member of the Baptist, while Mr. Arnold is a member of the M. E. church. Mr. Arnold was formerly a member of the masonic order. He began life with very little, but has succeeded well, and besides owning a large farm, has one of the nicest residences in Newnan, where he and his family are among the leading and most respected citizens.

    Hugh married Frances Elizabeth Simms 21 Oct 1874, Coweta County, Georgia. Frances (daughter of John Dickinson Simms and Louisa Posey Hanson) was born 13 Nov 1852, Coweta County, Georgia; died 16 May 1919, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Frances Elizabeth Simms was born 13 Nov 1852, Coweta County, Georgia (daughter of John Dickinson Simms and Louisa Posey Hanson); died 16 May 1919, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: Fannie
    • Residence: 1900, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia

    Children:
    1. Fannie Lou Arnold was born 21 Jul 1875, Coweta County, Georgia; died 27 Jan 1958, Coweta County, Georgia.
    2. 3. Eva Arnold was born 9 Sep 1878, Coweta County, Georgia; died 28 Jun 1964, Coweta County, Georgia.
    3. John Simms Arnold was born 19 Jul 1880, Coweta County, Georgia; died 20 Aug 1937, Fulton County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    4. Alma L Arnold was born 23 Nov 1882, Coweta County, Georgia; died 03 Aug 1978, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    5. Hugh Montgomery Arnold was born 24 Sep 1885, Coweta County, Georgia; died 28 Sep 1888, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    6. Christine Arnold was born 26 Nov 1887, Coweta County, Georgia; died 28 Jan 1980, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    7. Nevelle Arnold was born 11 Oct 1893, Coweta County, Georgia; died 21 Jul 1975, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  James Arnold was born 1804, South Carolina; died 1880, Coweta County, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1840, District 6, Coweta, Georgia
    • Residence: 1850, Division 19, Coweta, Georgia; Cinthia Arnold, 49; Wm P Arnold, 18; Philip L Arnold, 13; Samuel Arnold, 10; Hugh Arnold, 8; Irene P Arnold, 7.
    • Residence: 1860, Several Districts, Coweta, Georgia
    • Residence: 1870, District 5, Coweta, Georgia

    James married Matilda Ware 24 Jun 1828, Madison County, Georgia. Matilda (daughter of Philip Ware and Mary Pauline Strickland) was born 25 Aug 1807, Amherst County, Virginia; died 26 Sep 1847, Coweta County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Matilda Ware was born 25 Aug 1807, Amherst County, Virginia (daughter of Philip Ware and Mary Pauline Strickland); died 26 Sep 1847, Coweta County, Georgia.
    Children:
    1. Mary Elizabeth Arnold was born 04 Jun 1830, Coweta County, Georgia; died 10 Dec 1905, Georgia; was buried , Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Palmetto, Fulton, Georgia.
    2. William Pettice Arnold was born 19 Feb 1832, Coweta County, Georgia; died 14 Jun 1883, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    3. Philip LaFayette Arnold was born 14 Mar 1837, Coweta County, Georgia; died 08 Sep 1872, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    4. Samuel James Arnold was born Apr 1841, Coweta County, Georgia; died 1908, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    5. 6. Hugh Montgomery Arnold was born 23 Nov 1842, Georgia; died 02 Jan 1913, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    6. Irene Ophelia Arnold was born 29 Mar 1844, Coweta County, Georgia; died 19 Sep 1916, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia.

  3. 14.  John Dickinson Simms was born 19 Dec 1830, Corinth, Coweta, Georgia (son of John Simms and Comfort Mattox Grace); died 5 Mar 1921, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, Division 19, Coweta, Georgia; Farmer
    • Residence: 1860, Coweta County, Georgia; Farmer; 27 slaves.
    • Military: 1862; Captain, Co. F, 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion.
    • Residence: 1880, District 693, Coweta, Georgia, United States
    • Residence: 1910, Militia District 646, Coweta, Georgia

    Notes:

    Biography

    Excerpt from Baptist Biography, Balus Joseph Winzer Graham, editor,(Atlanta, Georgia: Index Printing Company, 1920), vol. 2, 317-320.

    In 1788 Robert and Sarah Dickinson Simms emigrated from North Carolina to Hancock county, Georgia. The name of John was given to one of their sons, who in young manhood was united in marriage to Comfort Grace, a daughter of Joshua Grace. John Dickinson Simms, son of the elder John Simms, was born in Coweta county, Georgia, December 19, 1830. His parents had moved to Coweta county from Hancock county, Georgia, two years prior to his birth, 1828. They settled in a virgin forest of the county, in which they cleared a place for their home and converted a large area of the forest into a fertile farm. They among other pioneer settler endured hardships and suffered many inconveniences, but with it all developed strong appetites, active minds and untarnished characters. They reared a family of thirteen children, five girls and eight boys. All the children were members of a Baptist church.

    John Dickinson Simms, the subject of this sketch, the only surviving child, obtained his education under many disadvantages in the old log school house of the early days. It might be said that he learned more in the school of honest toil than he did from the old blue back speller and Davies' arithmetic. The high ideals of his father and mother were inherited by the sterling son, and from early youth he bore the marks of the making of a man.

    From young manhood Mr. Simms was recognized as a leader among his fellows and as being a man of honesty and integrity. Accordingly, his fellow citizens elected him justice of the peace of his district, and his commission had just been received at outbreak of the War between the States. The excellent qualities of Mr. Simms were recognized beyond the limits of the rural district in which he lived. At the beginning of the ear Governor Joseph E. Brown commissioned him as Captain of Militia, which would have kept him out of active service. The position offered did not suit the ardent temperament of Mr. Simms, an so, in 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Sixteenth Georgia Battalion of Cavalry. This company he organized and went out as its captain, serving in this position through the war. His first service was with General John A. Morgan, in Kentucky. Later he was with General Early through Virginia to Washington City. Under General Early he performed a great deal of detached duty. No company ever had a braver or more considerate captain, and no general a more efficient officer.

    After the war, Captain Simms returned to Coweta county and engaged in farming, which he has successfully carried on ever since.

    In 1877 he was elected to the legislature, it being the first legislature convening after the Constitutional Convention, and served for a term of three years. Captain Simms has also served his country in many other capacities and has held many positions of trust by the suffrage of his people. And now, in the eighty-eighth year of his age, his form is erect, his spirit is buoyant, and he is greeted everywhere by his acquaintances as "Uncle John."

    In 1848, Captain Simms married Miss Louisa Posey Hanson, of Heard county, Georgia, the daughter of Thomas K. and Gracie Moseley Hanson. Three children have blessed their home: Ella A., wife of Asbury H. Arnold; Fannie L., wife of H. M. Arnold and John H. Simms. Captain Simms was bereft of his beloved wife, January 8, 1913, in the eighty-second year of her age. The fortitude with which he bore his sorrow is an evidence of his strength of character.

    Captain Simms united with the Bethel Baptist church, Heard county, Georgia, on August 13, 1844. The same church elected him a deacon in August, 1882, and the ordination service was preached by the lamented Dr. J. H. Hall, so long pastor in Newnan. After removing to Newnan, Captain Simms united with the First Baptist church, of which he is a substantial and influential member. Though considerate of the feelings and opinion of others, Captain Simms is every whit a Baptist. In matter of religion, the church of which he is a member has first consideration. Beyond that he is interested in his association and in all the enterprises which it represents. During his whole church life he has been loyal both to his church and to his pastor. They have found in him a never-failing friend.

    Captain Simms has always been an ardent friend of education. He educated his daughters at Cox College, LaGrange, Georgia, and his son at Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. In the rural district in which he lived he made liberal gifts of land and money for the establishment and maintenance of the best possible schools for his neighborhood. His interest in primary education has not ceased, though his own children have long since enjoyed the finishing touches of a collegiate education.

    Captain John Simms is a man of striking personal appearance. He stands a little better than six feet tall, and though the weight of eight-eight years rests upon him, he is straight as an arrow, and though his face bears the marks of age it is often wreathed in smiles, indicative of a happy heart and a contented life. Captain Simms is a rare type of Christian gentleman, and though by his frugality he has amassed a competency to sustain him in his declining years, his greatest fortune consists of his accumulated influence for good, which will live for generations after his transition to the other world.

    The country home of Captain Simms, in Coweta county, was a favorite resort for his friends and brethren, and especially Baptist ministers. While his dislikes are very pronounced, his love for friends and brethren is exceptionally strong and abiding. To be host to his friends is one of his greatest pleasures. He knows how to entertain with old fashioned Southern hospitality. It is impossible to be his guest without going away with higher ideals of friendship and Christian manhood. He impresses his associates as being the soul of honor as a gentleman, and no one dares to put a question mark after his honesty and integrity. He belongs to a distinct school of Christian manhood that stands four-square for civic righteousness and for the best in Christianity. As an evidence of the high esteem in which Captain Simms is held by the First Baptist church, of Newnan, Georgia, upon the decease of Judge Alvin D. Freeman, he was made chairman of the board of deacons, which is composed of twenty-four men. In this capacity, as in all others, he is serving with distinction.



    DAR Genealogy

    The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 121, page 258.

    Mrs. Nevelle Arnold Owens.
    DAR ID Number: 120832
    Born in Newnan, Ga. Wife of Ed. Owens.

    Descendant of Robert Simms, as follows:

    1. Hugh M. Arnold (1842-1913) m. 2d 1874 Frances Simms (b. 1852).
    2. John D. Simms (b. 1830) m. 1848 Louise Hanson (1831-1913).
    3. John Simms (1782-1863) m. 2d 1816 Comfort Grace (d. 1880).
    4. Robert Simms m. Sarah Dickinson (d. 1851).

    Robert Simms (1755-1815) served as private under his father-in-law. He was born in Edgecombe County, N. C.; died in Hancock County, Ga.

    Also No. 42187




    Biography

    Excerpt from Memoirs of Georgia, Southern Historical Association, (Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Press, 1975).

    CAPT. JOHN D. SIMMS, one of the pioneers of Coweta county, was born in December, 1830. His parents, John and Comfort M. (Grace) Simms, were natives of North Carolina. His father was born in 1780, coming in 1788 to Hancock county with his parents, Robert and Sarah (Dickinson) Simms, both natives of North Carolina. The mother of John D. Simms was a daughter of Joshua Grace. The family came to Coweta county in 1828, settling in the midst of the forest and clearing up a farm, suffering meanwhile the many trials and hardships common to the lot of pioneers. His education was obtained under many disadvantages in the old log schoolhouse. On reaching manhood he showed himself worthy of the esteem in which he has constantly been held. He had been elected justice of the peace and his commission had just been received at the outbreak of the war, and at the same time he received a commission from Gov. Brown as captain of the militia, which would have kept him out of the service. But this did not suit his ardent temperament, and in 1862 he enlisted in Company F, Sixteenth Georgia battalion of cavalry. He himself organized his company and went out as its captain, serving in this position throughout the war. His first service was thirty days under Gen. John A. Morgan in Kentucky, and after this under Gen. Early, through Virginia to Washington City, in which service he performed a great deal of detached duty. After the war Capt. Simms returned to Coweta county and engaged in farming, which he has carried on ever since. In 1877 he was elected to the legislature, it being the first legislature convened after the constitutional convention, and served three years. He has served also as county commissioner four years. His wife, a native of Heard county, Ga., was Miss Louisa Hanson, daughter of Thomas K. and Gracie (Mosely) Hanson. Her father was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Boswell) Hanson, and was born in Morgan county, Ga., in 1799. The marriage of Captain and Mrs. Simms was solemnized in 1848, and the union has been blessed with three children: Ellen A., wife of Asbury H. Arnold; Fannie L., wife of H. M. Arnold, and John H. Capt. Simms and wife are honored members of the Baptist church, and the family is among the best and most respected in the county of Coweta, where they have the regard of all who know them.

    John married Louisa Posey Hanson 21 Dec 1848, Coweta County, Georgia. Louisa (daughter of Thomas Kendrick Hanson and Creasey Grace Moseley) was born 7 May 1831, Heard County, Georgia; died 8 Jan 1913, Coweta County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Louisa Posey Hanson was born 7 May 1831, Heard County, Georgia (daughter of Thomas Kendrick Hanson and Creasey Grace Moseley); died 8 Jan 1913, Coweta County, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1880, District 693, Coweta, Georgia, United States

    Children:
    1. Ellen A. Simms was born 4 Feb 1850, Coweta County, Georgia; died 31 May 1927, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    2. 7. Frances Elizabeth Simms was born 13 Nov 1852, Coweta County, Georgia; died 16 May 1919, Coweta County, Georgia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia.
    3. John Shakelford Hanson Simms was born 2 Jun 1854, Coweta County, Georgia; died 25 Feb 1940, Coweta County, Georgia.



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