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• FamilySearch ID: KCKN-J4L
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 63503696

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Founder of Tate County and for Whom Named

Aged 64 years
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Memphis Daily Appeal
October 7 1880
DIED
Tate--At Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on Friday, October 1, 1880, after a protracted illness of many months, Thomas Simpson Tate, of Tate county, Mississippi, aged 64 years. His remains were buried at Senatobia, Tate county, Mississippi, yesterday afternoon. He had resided in that neighborhood over forty years, and was a native of Overton County, Tennessee.
Provided by Mary & Kent
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Public Ledger
October 6 1880
Colonel Thomas Simpson Tate, a prominent and widely known citizen of Tate county, Mississippi, died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on the 1st inst., and will be buried today at Senatobia. He was a brother of Colonel Sam Tate, a native of Overton county, Tennessee and had lived in Mississippi over forty years an honored and useful citizen. His death will be deplored far and wide, and keenly felt by his family and intimate friends.
Provided by Mary & Kent

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Thomas married Lucy Ann Hall on 4 Oct 1859 in Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi. Lucy (daughter of Joseph Grosvenor Hall and Anne Warren Jenkins) was born on 2 Jan 1826 in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee; died on 19 Feb 1897; was buried after 19 Feb 1897 in Hernando Memorial Park, Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]