Son of Charles & Sarah Pate; married Myra Jane Clawson on 14 Nov 1860. Lost the use of one lung during the Civil War. He died with pneumonia. No marker; a field stone marks his grave next to his wife, Myra.
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Thomas N. "Tom" Pate was born about 1838 in Claiborne Parish, LA. He was a son of Charles and Sarah Pate. At age 22, Thomas married Mira Jane Clawson, 16 yrs 10 mos. of age, daughter of John P. Clawson and Aramitta Burns Clawson, on 14 Nov 1860 in Union Co, AR. Union Co, AR Marriages: "Thomas Pate, 22, to Mira Jane Clawson, 16, by parent (her mother) of Mira Jane being present and consenting, all of Union Co., on November 14, 1860 by William Livingston, J.P." (Marriage Book B, page 243A).
Family source states that Thomas served in the Confederate Army and was captured. While imprisoned, he contracted tuberculosis and lost the use of one lung. He died at the early age of 49 of pneumonia.
The National Archives & Records Service, Washington, DC was able to provide copies of Company Muster Roll Call for Thomas Pate and his younger brother Washington "Wash" Pate. They enlisted in the Confederate Army on 4 Nov 1861, for twelve months, in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. Both were assigned to Company D, 15th (Johnson's) Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Apparently, these were the only surviving documents on record of Thomas' service. He was reported "absent - sick" in August, 1862; "absent without leave" for September, October, November & December, 1862. On 6 July 1891, Myra A., widow of Thomas N. Pate, "due to age and being infirmed with both legs broken," applied for a pension on his military service. The claim was originally approved, then rejected. No reason for the change was given.
Thomas N. Pate died about 1887 near Lisbon, Van Buren Twp in Union Co, AR. His burial place is not known. Thomas' wife, Mira Jane Clawson is buried in Beach Grove Methodist Church Cemetery in Lillie, Union Par, LA. Her children provided a headstone, and reads "M.A. Pate". Their son, Robert P. Pate and his wife, are buried on the right side of Mira, and on the left are four unidentified graves marked with field stones. Family members are usually buried side-by-side in a row, therefore it is believed that these four graves belong to the Pate family. My original thought was that three of those graves might be Charles Pate and wife Sarah, and Thomas N. Pate buried beside his wife Mira Clawson Pate. However, after reviewing my notes from the interview with Uncle Walter in 1971, it would be presumptuous of me to say that. Walter T. Pate, his grandson, said his grandfather was buried "near Lisbon". I believe this to be Lisbon, Union Co, AR, as the family lived at Van Buren, Post Office was Lisbon. A grandson of Thomas N., searching for his grandparents graves, made a visit to the Beach Grove Cemetery with some of his cousins who live in the area. They pointed out the above grave sites to him, one supposedly being the grave of Thomas N. Pate.
*ALVERNE (JOHNSON) HOLLINGSWORTH
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Thomas N. "Tom" Pate was born about 1838 in Claiborne Parish, LA. He was a son of Charles and Sarah Pate. At age 22, Thomas married Mira Jane Clawson, 16 yrs 10 mos. of age, daughter of John P. Clawson and Aramitta Burns Clawson, on 14 Nov 1860 in Union Co, AR. Union Co, AR Marriages: "Thomas Pate, 22, to Mira Jane Clawson, 16, by parent (her mother) of Mira Jane being present and consenting, all of Union Co., on November 14, 1860 by William Livingston, J.P." (Marriage Book B, page 243A).
Family source states that Thomas served in the Confederate Army and was captured. While imprisoned, he contracted tuberculosis and lost the use of one lung. He died at the early age of 49 of pneumonia.
The National Archives & Records Service, Washington, DC was able to provide copies of Company Muster Roll Call for Thomas Pate and his younger brother Washington "Wash" Pate. They enlisted in the Confederate Army on 4 Nov 1861, for twelve months, in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. Both were assigned to Company D, 15th (Johnson's) Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Apparently, these were the only surviving documents on record of Thomas' service. He was reported "absent - sick" in August, 1862; "absent without leave" for September, October, November & December, 1862. On 6 July 1891, Myra A., widow of Thomas N. Pate, "due to age and being infirmed with both legs broken," applied for a pension on his military service. The claim was originally approved, then rejected. No reason for the change was given.
Thomas N. Pate died about 1887 near Lisbon, Van Buren Twp in Union Co, AR. His burial place is not known. Thomas' wife, Mira Jane Clawson is buried in Beach Grove Methodist Church Cemetery in Lillie, Union Par, LA. Her children provided a headstone, and reads "M.A. Pate". Their son, Robert P. Pate and his wife, are buried on the right side of Mira, and on the left are four unidentified graves marked with field stones. Family members are usually buried side-by-side in a row, therefore it is believed that these four graves belong to the Pate family. My original thought was that three of those graves might be Charles Pate and wife Sarah, and Thomas N. Pate buried beside his wife Mira Clawson Pate. However, after reviewing my notes from the interview with Uncle Walter in 1971, it would be presumptuous of me to say that. Walter T. Pate, his grandson, said his grandfather was buried "near Lisbon". I believe this to be Lisbon, Union Co, AR, as the family lived at Van Buren, Post Office was Lisbon. A grandson of Thomas N., searching for his grandparents graves, made a visit to the Beach Grove Cemetery with some of his cousins who live in the area. They pointed out the above grave sites to him, one supposedly being the grave of Thomas N. Pate.
*ALVERNE (JOHNSON) HOLLINGSWORTH
Son of Charles & Sarah Pate; married Myra Jane Clawson on 14 Nov 1860. Lost the use of one lung during the Civil War. He died with pneumonia. No marker; a field stone marks his grave next to his wife, Myra.
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Thomas N. "Tom" Pate was born about 1838 in Claiborne Parish, LA. He was a son of Charles and Sarah Pate. At age 22, Thomas married Mira Jane Clawson, 16 yrs 10 mos. of age, daughter of John P. Clawson and Aramitta Burns Clawson, on 14 Nov 1860 in Union Co, AR. Union Co, AR Marriages: "Thomas Pate, 22, to Mira Jane Clawson, 16, by parent (her mother) of Mira Jane being present and consenting, all of Union Co., on November 14, 1860 by William Livingston, J.P." (Marriage Book B, page 243A).
Family source states that Thomas served in the Confederate Army and was captured. While imprisoned, he contracted tuberculosis and lost the use of one lung. He died at the early age of 49 of pneumonia.
The National Archives & Records Service, Washington, DC was able to provide copies of Company Muster Roll Call for Thomas Pate and his younger brother Washington "Wash" Pate. They enlisted in the Confederate Army on 4 Nov 1861, for twelve months, in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. Both were assigned to Company D, 15th (Johnson's) Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Apparently, these were the only surviving documents on record of Thomas' service. He was reported "absent - sick" in August, 1862; "absent without leave" for September, October, November & December, 1862. On 6 July 1891, Myra A., widow of Thomas N. Pate, "due to age and being infirmed with both legs broken," applied for a pension on his military service. The claim was originally approved, then rejected. No reason for the change was given.
Thomas N. Pate died about 1887 near Lisbon, Van Buren Twp in Union Co, AR. His burial place is not known. Thomas' wife, Mira Jane Clawson is buried in Beach Grove Methodist Church Cemetery in Lillie, Union Par, LA. Her children provided a headstone, and reads "M.A. Pate". Their son, Robert P. Pate and his wife, are buried on the right side of Mira, and on the left are four unidentified graves marked with field stones. Family members are usually buried side-by-side in a row, therefore it is believed that these four graves belong to the Pate family. My original thought was that three of those graves might be Charles Pate and wife Sarah, and Thomas N. Pate buried beside his wife Mira Clawson Pate. However, after reviewing my notes from the interview with Uncle Walter in 1971, it would be presumptuous of me to say that. Walter T. Pate, his grandson, said his grandfather was buried "near Lisbon". I believe this to be Lisbon, Union Co, AR, as the family lived at Van Buren, Post Office was Lisbon. A grandson of Thomas N., searching for his grandparents graves, made a visit to the Beach Grove Cemetery with some of his cousins who live in the area. They pointed out the above grave sites to him, one supposedly being the grave of Thomas N. Pate.
*ALVERNE (JOHNSON) HOLLINGSWORTH
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Thomas N. "Tom" Pate was born about 1838 in Claiborne Parish, LA. He was a son of Charles and Sarah Pate. At age 22, Thomas married Mira Jane Clawson, 16 yrs 10 mos. of age, daughter of John P. Clawson and Aramitta Burns Clawson, on 14 Nov 1860 in Union Co, AR. Union Co, AR Marriages: "Thomas Pate, 22, to Mira Jane Clawson, 16, by parent (her mother) of Mira Jane being present and consenting, all of Union Co., on November 14, 1860 by William Livingston, J.P." (Marriage Book B, page 243A).
Family source states that Thomas served in the Confederate Army and was captured. While imprisoned, he contracted tuberculosis and lost the use of one lung. He died at the early age of 49 of pneumonia.
The National Archives & Records Service, Washington, DC was able to provide copies of Company Muster Roll Call for Thomas Pate and his younger brother Washington "Wash" Pate. They enlisted in the Confederate Army on 4 Nov 1861, for twelve months, in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. Both were assigned to Company D, 15th (Johnson's) Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Apparently, these were the only surviving documents on record of Thomas' service. He was reported "absent - sick" in August, 1862; "absent without leave" for September, October, November & December, 1862. On 6 July 1891, Myra A., widow of Thomas N. Pate, "due to age and being infirmed with both legs broken," applied for a pension on his military service. The claim was originally approved, then rejected. No reason for the change was given.
Thomas N. Pate died about 1887 near Lisbon, Van Buren Twp in Union Co, AR. His burial place is not known. Thomas' wife, Mira Jane Clawson is buried in Beach Grove Methodist Church Cemetery in Lillie, Union Par, LA. Her children provided a headstone, and reads "M.A. Pate". Their son, Robert P. Pate and his wife, are buried on the right side of Mira, and on the left are four unidentified graves marked with field stones. Family members are usually buried side-by-side in a row, therefore it is believed that these four graves belong to the Pate family. My original thought was that three of those graves might be Charles Pate and wife Sarah, and Thomas N. Pate buried beside his wife Mira Clawson Pate. However, after reviewing my notes from the interview with Uncle Walter in 1971, it would be presumptuous of me to say that. Walter T. Pate, his grandson, said his grandfather was buried "near Lisbon". I believe this to be Lisbon, Union Co, AR, as the family lived at Van Buren, Post Office was Lisbon. A grandson of Thomas N., searching for his grandparents graves, made a visit to the Beach Grove Cemetery with some of his cousins who live in the area. They pointed out the above grave sites to him, one supposedly being the grave of Thomas N. Pate.
*ALVERNE (JOHNSON) HOLLINGSWORTH
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