George Walter aka Walter Catoe

   Cause of his death was Hit by a car; hemorrhage of right kidney and right lung.

  General Notes:

On a WWI registration card, his occupation is listed as farmer, and closest relative Sarah Catoe (wife) He has medium build, blue eyes, black hair, registered Sept 12, 1918

Both his parents born in South Carolina

From: A History of Madison Co., Texas, Vol II:
George Washington Catoe (F 81)
Countless tales of the old west document the changing of lives &
fortunes with a single gunshot. So it was in 1891, when George
Washington Catoe was traveling to his home in South Carolina, returning
to his wife Mary Ellen & their 7 children on a fateful day. Following
an argument with a local man, as the story has passed down, he was
ambushed suffering a fatal gunshot wound to the back. In spite of the
mortal wound, he still managed to struggle home to his family. There, 2
days later, on April 26, 1891 at age 38, he died and Mary Ellen Catoe
was forced to make decisions which would take her family on a journey to
another state & another life.

George Washington Catoe & the former Mary Ellen SOWELL were both born in
Kershaw, South Carolina. He in 1853 & she on Sept. 28, 1855. They were
married & had 7 children all also born in Kershaw Co., SC. They were:
Callie Catoe, Wylie Catoe, William Liggett Catoe, Walter Catoe, Janie
Catoe, Nick Alexander Catoe & Georgia Catoe.

It was popularly believed in 1891 that the children of wronged persons
were bound to seek revenge. Mary Ellen Catoe feared that tradition
would cost her the lives of even more loved ones & wanted to remove her
children from danger. She, at the time, had relatives in Texas who had
made the trip years before. Packing up her 7 children, all minors, she
made the trek which originally brought her to Madison Co., in 1891. She
lived there until Nov. 28, 1932, when she died at age 77.

Her children married into many other families in the Madison Co. area,
such as the MATTHEWS, ROBINSONS, HENSARLINGS, EMERTS, PEARSONS &
GIBSONS. (Submitted by N.A.Catoe, Midway, Texas)

(Same book as above, #F 85)
Catoe Family History
The first Catoe to come to Madison Co. was Mary Ellen Sowell Catoe & her
children: James Wiley Catoe, Walter Catoe, Nick Catoe & Leggett Cato.
Mary Ellen, born Sept. 28, 1855 in Kershaw Co., SC, was the widow of
George Washington Catoe. She was the daughter of James RUSSELL (I
accidently cut the next line off on my photocopy) 1824 and died August
22, 1896 & is buried in Allphin Cemetery.

George Washington Catoe was born in 1853 in Kershaw Co., SC to James &
Sarah SOWELL. Nathan was the son of Needham Catoe & Elizabeth PERKINS.
Needham was the son of Henry Catoe & Tabitha BREWER. Henry was the son
of John Catoe & Jane COOKE. John was the son of George & Mary Catoe.

Mary Ellen Sowell Catoe came to Madison Co. in the late 1890s to join
her brothers, James Wiley SOWELL & John Alexander SOWELL. Along with
Mary Ellen & her children was her aged mother, Eliza. The family came
in a covered wagon, the older children walking most of the way. The
Catoes & SOWELLs settled in the Elwood Community & began to build a new
life. No one ever knew what happened to George Washington Catoe, except
that he died in the mid 1880s & was most likely buried in Kershaw Co.,
SC. Mary Ellen is buried in Allphin Cemetery in Elwood.

My grandfather, James Wiley Catoe, was born September 8, 1877 in Kershaw
Co., SC. He married Enda Mae ROBINSON, who was born December 7, 1883,
in Elwood to William Shelton ROBINSON (born Jan. 19, 1845, died March
11, 1915) and Nannie Elizabeth CORLEY (born 1857). They are both buried
in Allphin Cemetery.

Wiley & Enda Mae had 6 children, Willis Catoe, George Catoe, C.B.Catoe,
James Cline Catoe, Houston Catoe & Annie Mae Catoe. In 1906, Wiley
purchased nine & one seventh acres near Elwood. He raised his family in
Elwood & all of his children attended Elwood School & joined the Cobbs
Creek Baptist Church. Wiley was a farmer & a carpenter by trade. One
of his sons, Houston Catoe, was pastor of the Cobbs Creek Church in the
early 1950s. Around 1945, Wiley and Enda moved to Cloverleaf, near
Houston, and lived there until his death in 1947. He was hit by a car
while walking home late one night. Enda Mae died in Huntsville on
September 7, 1961. Both Enda Mae & Wiley are buried in Allphin
Cemetery. (Submitted by Bobbie Catoe Bates, Huntsville, Texas)

  Medical Notes:

He was only 52 years old when he died. His health issues pertaining to his cause of death started on July 28th. He also had a fractured right tibia, and mytocardial failure. According to his death certificate, he was hit by a passing car on Highway 75 in Madisonville, Tx. He sustained internal injuries and a right fractured leg.

George married Clara Orella Hensarling Catoe, daughter of Living and Rebecca M. Hulett aka Hewlett Hensarling. (Clara Orella Hensarling Catoe was born in Aug 1886 in Texas and died in 1916.)

George next married Sarah Katherine Emert Catoe, daughter of Living and Living. (Sarah Katherine Emert Catoe was born on 16 Mar 1898 in Texas and died on 3 Jan 1972 in Pasadena, TX.). The cause of her death was accute coronary occlusion caused by heart disease.