MY GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN POLO, MO. THERE WAS AT THAT TIME A RATHER LARGE FAMILY OF CATES. SOME STILL LIVE IN THE AREA I BELIEVE.
JAMES, ANDREW, JASPER{MY GGRANDFATHER} JASPER MARRIED A SWOPE WHO ALREADY HAD A CHILD. THERE ALSO WAS AN ALLEN CATES AND HIS FAMILY, THESE WOULD BE COUSINS.