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MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, MARYLAND - Born 1810
SAMUEL CATOR & his wife, MARY
A. CATOR + son SAMUEL H. CATOR
Samuel
Cator, born in 1810, married Mary
A. (last name unknown).
In the 1840 Montgomery
County, Medleys Dist., MD Census, Samuel Cator is listed as follows:
Samuel
Cator 1 male child under 5 [George?]; 2 male
children 5-10 [Ben and Joe?], 1 male 30-40 [Samuel?].
female 20-30 [Mary?]; 1
female 30-40 [Catherine?].
In the 1850 Montgomery
County, Medley 3rd E District, Maryland Census, Samuel and Mary Cator are listed
as follows:
| Samuel Cator |
40 [1810] |
Blacksmith |
$750 |
MD |
|
| Mary A. Cator |
36 [1814] |
-- |
-- |
MD |
Unable to read or write |
| Benjamin Cator |
15 [1835] |
Blacksmith |
|
|
School |
| Joseph T. Cator |
13 [1837] |
|
|
|
School |
| George T. Cator |
10 [1840] |
|
|
|
School |
| Mary F. Cator |
7 [1843] |
|
|
|
School |
| Jane R. Cator |
4 [1846] |
|
|
|
|
| Sarah L. Cator |
2 [1848] |
|
|
|
|
| Catherine Cator |
46 [1804] |
|
|
|
"Pauper" |
In 1880
Census Samuel
is a Postmaster (although disabled) for the town of Poolesville, Montgomery County,
MD, District 111.
He is listed as being 70 (b. 1810 in MD to parents who were
likewise born in MD). His wife, Mary
A. Cator is shown as 67 (b. 1813 in MD to parents who
were likewise born in MD), three years his junior. Mary
"keeps house" and is assisted by their "daughter" Margaret
"Maggie" E. Cator, age 25, born about 1855. Their son Samuel
H. Cator, age 29 [1851] is listed as a Blacksmith.
| Samuel Cator |
70 [1810] |
Postmaster |
Head |
Disabled |
| Mary A. Cator |
67 [1813] |
Keeping House |
Wife |
|
| Samuel H. Cator |
29 [1851] |
Blacksmith |
Son |
Single |
| Maggie E. Cator |
25 [1855] |
Assists in House |
"Daughter" |
|
On December 13, 1881, a Samuel H. Cator married a Margaret S.
Moulden in Montgomery County, MD. This Samuel is likely the son of Mary
and Samuel above. In the 1870 Census, Margaret S. Moulden is listed as
follows. As of 1881, this Margaret S. would be 30 years old.
1870
Census for Montgomery County, Dist. 3 MD, listing Margaret S. Moulden:
Frederick MD News September
16, 1964 - See 2nd to last paragraph:
History
of Western Maryland Including Biographical Sketches 1968 Vol. 1 •
Montgomery County:
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DORCHESTER
COUNTY, MARYLAND - Born 1841
SAMUEL H. CATOR & his wife, MAGGIE E. CATOR 
Thomas
E. Cator
m. Mary Ann
Travers(e) on January 14, 1840 in
Dorchester County, MD.
They had sons John and "SAMUEL"
b. 1841.
See http://catorfamily.com/genealogy/dorchestercatorsgen2.htm
for more information
"SAMUEL" H. CATOR
b.
1841 married wife, Margaret
"Maggie" E. Cator, age
25, b.1855
In the 1850 MD Dorchester County, Div 3 Census taken on 5 Sept 1850 lists a young
Samuel born in 1841:
Thomas Cator Age 40 (born 1810 MD) Farmer Property of $2,500.
Mary Cator 32 (born 1818 MD).
Samuel Cator
9 (born 1841 MD).
John Cator 7 (born 1843 MD).
Emila Travers 30 (born 1820 MD).
Per the 1870 MD Census,
SAML H. CATOR,
age 29 was a
Blacksmith.
It is likely that Maggie E. Cator is daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann Cator,
above.
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DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA - Born 1871
SAMUEL H. CATOR & his wife, MINNIE SOHL CATOR 
SAMUEL
H. CATOR (born 1871) married
MINNIE SOHL (born 1869) in Washington DC area sometime after
1900. Minnie Sohl Cator was
the daughter of Christian Augustus and
Sabina Fleck Sohl, who came from Hassen Cassel, Germany and lived in
the DC
area from the 1860s forward. Christian and Sabina Sohl
had 5 children listed on the 1880 census: Lillie (b. 1862 DC), Johanna (b.
1864 DC), Henry (b. 1868 DC), Minnie (1869 DC),
and Frank (b. Dec 1871).
1880 Census for DC:
Minnie married Samuel H.
Cator. Their son Ralph E. Cator was
born October 15, 1897, but Minnie is listed in the 1900 Census as living
with her mother Sabina and Minnie is noted as "Single" PLUS no
Ralph is listed as living in the household.
1900 Census for DC:
Only known child of SAMUEL
and MINNIE SOHL
CATOR
or a first Mrs. Cator nee FNU Zeller:
RALPH "C" CATOR*
was
born about 1897 as he is listed in the 1910 DC Census as age 13. Minnie
and Samuel had been married only 9 years. His dad, Samuel H. Cator is a
carpenter. Samuel's parents both were born in Maryland, as was
Samuel. Grandmother Sabina lived with her daughter Minnie and
Minnie's husband,
Samuel Cator, in 1910, when Sabina was 79 years old. Minnie died in 1952. Likely buried at Prospect Hill
Cemetery.
I found the following in the
Washington Post (Nov. 18, 1894) which states that this Samuel H., Cator was
married to Josephine A. Zeller prior to marrying Minnie Sohl:
Samuel's wife, Josephine
Zeller Cator, was living with her mother, Sarah, on Brandywine Avenue in Brightwood in March 1900. She was arrested for petit larceny from her
employer:
JOSEPHINE
CATOR: WASH. POST, MARCH
5, 1900
1900 Census, taken on 4th
and 5th day of June, for Brandywine St., DC - Sarah Zeller
Shows Ralph, grandson, as
born in October 1896!
The following article in the
Post in 1900 seems to clarify this issue of who was
Ralph
Emory Cator's mother: Samuel H. Cator was first
married to Josephine Zeller, daughter of Sarah Zeller, who died October
8th 1900. Samuel and Josephine married in 1894 and Ralph was born in
1897. Samuel and Josephine did not live together after 1898 when Ralph was
two years old and Ralph was now 4 years old. It therefore appears that
Ralph Emory Cator is Minnie's stepson.
Halloween
1900 in the Washington Post:
1910 Census for DC:
Per the 1918 Washington D.C.
Boyd's Directory, Ralph
"E."
Cator is an Electrician residing at 56 Florida Avenue, NW
where Samuel H. Cator,
Carpenter, is also listed as residing.
Per the World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Ralph Emory Cator is 21 and living at 56 Florida Ave., NW in DC, where his
mother also lives..
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Joseph T. Cator and wife Laura V. Cator
PLUS son SAMUEL CATOR & dau MARGARET "MAGGIE" CATOR COATES
JOSEPH
THOMAS CATOR: 1900 Census DC Wash T623 Roll:
160 Page:191 ED: 56
Joseph "T" (Thomas) Cator listed as head
living with wife, Laura V. He is 62, born March 1838 in MD to
Virginia-born parents and works as a builder. Laura V. was born March 1844
and is 56 years old. She too was born in MD to a Maryland born father and
a Virginia born mother. They have been married 37 years (Married about
1863). They had 7 children, only 4 of whom are living in 1910.
Living with them is their son Samuel
Cator who was born in June 1872 and is 27 years
of age and is listed as "married" and works as a contractor.
Their daughter Margaret Cator Coates also lives with them with her husband
Robert M. Coates and daughter Helen L. Coates. Margaret (Maggie) is
25 (born April 1875) in MD. Her husband of 4 years Robert M. Coates
was born July 1873 and is 26 years of age. He was born in VA to VA parents
and is employed as a grocery manager. Their only child, daughter Helen L.
Coates, was born August 1897 in DC and is just 2 years old. They all
live at 1828 Sixth Street in DC (June 7, 1900) in a house that they rent.
Wash. Post - Licensed to Wed: 9/10/1896 - Maggie Cator and Robert M. Coates
: 
1910 Wash, DC ED 218 Series: T624 Roll: 155
Page: 61 "THOMAS
CATOR"
is now age 73. His daughter, Maggie Cator
Coates lives with him, along with her children Helen Coates (age 12) and
"Son" Coates (age 7), but not her husband Robert M. Coates. Maggie is listed as
married for 12
years with 2 children. The grandchildren have
different listings. 7 year old is listed as born in DC to
Father born in Virginia and a Mother born in Maryland. Helen is born in DC
to parents who were born in Maryland. Do they have the same father??
The family lives at 2306 or 1306 Champlain
Ave. Thomas is a carpenter
for a lumber mill.
OTHER
"SAMUEL CATOR" NAMES
Samuel Cator's
Civil War record. (United States
National Archives. Civil War Compiled Military Service Records)
Company F: 1st Unit District of Columbia Infantry,
Private with Union Allegiance
Company C: 2nd Unit District of Columbia Infantry, Private with Union
Allegiance (notes his service with 1st Unit),
A Samuel
H. Cator listed as "clerk" in 1890 DC
Directory at 3160 P NW
7/31/1912 - Wash Post
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