Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 
1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical 
Society.

WILLIAM CATES is a son of Isaiah Cates, was born in Rockcastle County,
and reared in Madison.  He came to Grant in 1857, and was married to 
Miss Zerilda Richardson.  Six children have blessed their union--three 
boys and three girls--all of whom are yet living, save Richard, the 
youngest, who died last autumn in Ludlow. For many years Mr. Cates 
followed mercantile pursuits in Grant County in the neighborhood of 
Downingsville, and in that country he became very popular. He was first 
elected to the office of Jailer in Grant County ten years ago, and is 
now serving his third term.  He has had strong and bitter opposition in 
every race he made, but has always come out victorious, despite false 
friends and open enemies.  He has made an efficient and popular 
official, and is well-known to almost every man, woman and child in 
Grant, and has a friend in all of them.  In politics, "Uncle Billy" as 
he is familiarly  called, was born a Democrat, and has remained one 
ever since.  He has never "scratched" a ticket during the fifty years 
he has been a voter, and it is not likely that he ever will.  He has 
always stood faithfully by the nominees and contributed liberally to 
the campaign fund.  Today he stands six feet, two in his stockings, and 
is as erect as when a boy.  He wears a patriarchal beard, and would 
attract attention wherever he might go.

Cates Richardson
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Rockcastle-KY Madison-KY

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