Calvin Newton Ates Sr. (abt. 1822 - abt. 1883)

Born about 1822 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Jane (Sullivan) Ates — married 1850 in Smith County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died about 1883 at about age 61 in Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States

Biography

Calvin is listed on the 1872 Smith County, Mississippi Land Tax List as follows:

• Ates, Calvin - 40 acres described as the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 2, Township 10, Range 16 West.^[1]

He is buried in Springhill Cemetery, Ball, Rapides parish, Louisiana.^[2]NOTE: Tombstone moved to Springhill Cemetery in Grant parish, Louisiana per descendant Norma Rose, Rt 7 Box 284T, Longview, TX 75602.

Sources

1. ↑ 1872 Land Tax List, Smith County, Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. page 78.
2. ↑ Tombstone.

• US Federal Census - 1860, Smith County, MS
• Mississippi State Census - 1866

Smith County, Mississippi

Calvin Ates--males)under 10:4, 10-20:1, 40-50:1, females)under 10:1, 10-20:1, 20-30:1

• US Federal Census - 02 Sep 1870, Smith County, MS
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDX8-K93 : 15 August 2017), Calvin Ales, Rigolette, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 41, sheet 690A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0466; FHL microfilm 1,254,466.