Pate, James Frank Return to INDEX

Born: January 1862 (Sumter, SC)
Died: November 14, 1913 (Fletcher, NC)
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Biographical Sketch:

Married first to Katie Allen (Jan 11, 1865 - Aug. 12, 1891) on Nov. 28, 1888.  Married second to Abbie T. Ream (Sep 1871 - > 1910), probably between Aug. 14, 1899 and Aug 14, 1900.  Abbie T. Ream appears in the 1880 Census at Hoopers Creek Township (Henderson County, NC), where she and James Frank Pate had moved by 1910.

Child (with Katie Allen):
Katie LaRee (Sep 21, 1890 - Dec 2, 1985) + Walter Haynes Millard (Apr. 12, 1886 - June 26, 1966).  See 1898  1900  1930 

Child (with Abbie T. Ream):
Frank, Jr. (1901 - > Jan 1959) + ?.  See NC 1910 and 1930 census.  He was a physician who lived in Canton, NC.



Census Data:

1870
1880
1900
1910

Photo Index: 1, 2, 6
James Frank Pate


Notes:

1905-06:  Living at 16 Council with wife Mary A.  Listed as a notary and proprietor of Pate's Music House (15 S. Main).  Fred M. Pate (student) is also listed at 16 Council,

His obituary appeared in The Watchman and Southron (November 19, 1913 issue).  Also see link to LOC obituary page.




His obituary also was published in The State newspaper (November 16, 1913).





Sumter Cemetery gravestone of James Frank Pate and Katie Allen Pate

He was "National Representative of S. Carolina."  See photo from Mattie Pate's scrapbook.
Walsh's directory for Sumter, SC (1905-06) shows him living at 16 Council.  He is listed as a notary public and proprietor of Pate's Music House (at 15 S. Main).  His wife is listed as Mary A.  Also, Fred M. Pate is listed as a student living at 16 Council.

Julia Pate's book says James Frank Pate had two children:
1) LaRee (who was married by 1915)
2) Frank

The Census of 1900 shows a girl named Katie L. Pate (born Sep 1890) living with her maiden aunts Lou Pate, Blanche Pate and Mattie Pate at the Liberty St. house; however, she is no longer in the house by 1910.  The two children LaRee and Frank show up as niece and nephew in the probate papers of Mattie Pate.
James Frank's 2nd wife Abbie had 3 other children by a previous marriage, as  implied by the 1900 Census; this census indicates that they had been married less than 1 year.  Julia Pate's book says he was married twice.

The 1900 Census shows:
1) 1900 was year zero of their marriage;
2)  Abbie had 3 children

Obituary of Katie Allen Pate:
"The Advocate Obituary Index"
http://www.wofford.edu/sandorteszlerlibrary/search.htm
Pate, Mrs. J. Frank

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Pate, Mrs. J. Frank
O: 8/27/1891
v55, #11, p4, c6
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Other notes:

January 9, 1895 -- "Improved Order of Red Men"  (also with John Samuel Kennedy)

August 17, 1886 -- Watchman and Southron

October 28, 1894 -- Break-in at his store, probably Pate's Music House (Watchman and Southron)
$1,500 in 1894 would be about $54,700 in 2024 dollars.