JAMES HANSFORD ("DICK") TATE

     James Hansford Tate (always called "Dick"), b October 28, 1891 at Stranger, Falls County, Texas, d there October 11, 1947 and buried in the Stranger Cemetery - was a son of Edward S. and Mary Jane ("Mollie" Arnett) Tate. On December 17, 1918 in Falls County, he married Una Pearl Cornelison, b July 10, 1891 at Blue Ridge, d February 2, 1980 at Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas and buried by her husband in Stranger Cemetery - a daughter of Samuel Milton and Mildred Ellen (Swinnea) Cornelison.

     Una attended Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville, Texas from 1908 to 1910, and taught in the Falls County schools 1910-1919. She returned to teaching in 1926, retiring in 1935. During World War I, she was called back into teaching service. "Dick" was a successful farmer and rancher, and they purchased land on Bald Hill in Falls County, built their home, and resided there most of their married life. They had two sons:

     Milton Scott Tate, b October 13, 1919, d August 22, 1920 and was buried in the family plot in the Stranger Cemetery.

     Edward Rice Tate (called "Ed"), b July 29, 1922, resides in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas. On August 29, 1946, he married Norma Jo Allen, and they have two sons: James Edward Tate ("Jim"), b October 7, 1950, and Lloyd Gregory Tate ("Greg"), b October 27, 1956.

     James Hansford and Una Pearl (Cornelison) Tate were members of the Presbyterian Church.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 445 column 2 and page 446 column 1.  
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