Nancy Cates

Nancy was born in 1870 in ,Wayne, Illinois.¹   Nancy's father was Benjamin F. Cates and her mother was Sarah Jane. She had three brothers and two sisters, named John M., A. Judson, Alvin, Augusta and Millie.  She was the second youngest of the six children. She had four half-brothers and seven half-sisters, named Isaac Shelby, Clinton, William, Simeon, Sarah, Eliza Lisa, Mary Susan, Joan, Martha, Ornettie and Nancy.