Family: Captain Andrew Dever Cathey / Mary Mariah 'Polly' Deaver (F11056)

• Male Captain Andrew Dever Cathey

  
  

  Birth	28 May 1804	Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
  Death	2 Jan 1886	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Marriage	11 Jun 1828  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Haywood County, North Carolina, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	Daniel Harrison Cathey | F1282 Group Sheet
  Mother	Jemima Oliver | F1282 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary Mariah 'Polly' Deaver

  
  

  Birth	6 Dec 1810	Randolph County, Illinois, USA
  Death	15 Jun 1892	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Father	Nathaniel Deaver | F2628 Group Sheet
  Mother	Arabella Jemima Gray | F2628 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male John Wiseman Cathey

  
  

  Birth	4 Jan 1855	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Death	16 Oct 1874	Centerville, Fresno, California, USA
  Burial		Sanger Cemetery, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA

  
  

  Male Daniel Deaver Cathey

  
  

  Birth	19 Dec 1831	Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
  Death	31 May 1907	Jerseydale, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA

  
  

  Male Nathan Lucius Cathey

  
  

  Birth	27 Feb 1834	Georgia, USA
  Death	28 Sep 1920	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Spouse	Mary Ann Wilkinson | F8527
  Marriage	19 Nov 1885	Monterey County, California, USA

  
  

  Male James Newton Cathey

  
  

  Birth	4 Dec 1847	Saline County, Arkansas, USA
  Death	13 Nov 1906	San Francisco, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA

  
  

  Female Sarah Melvina Cathey

  
  

  Birth	24 Jan 1842	Saline County, Arkansas, USA
  Death	2 Apr 1930	Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Spouse	Josephus Allen Thompson | F5624
  Marriage	11 Sep 1873	Mariposa County, California, USA
  Spouse	James Marion Wills | F5807
  Marriage	1857

  
  

  Male Andrew McCurdy Cathey

  
  

  Birth	15 Dec 1844	Saline County, Arkansas, USA
  Death	10 Dec 1929	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Spouse	Ellen Caroline Young | F8554
  Marriage	Abt 1870	Texas, USA

  
  

  Female Amanda Jemima Cathey

  
  

  Birth	30 Aug 1829	Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
  Death	6 Dec 1907	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Spouse	Benjamin F Wills | F9585
  Marriage	1847	Georgia, USA

  
  

  Male William Pearson Cathey

  
  

  Birth	21 Apr 1837	Georgia, USA
  Death	11 Oct 1910	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Burial		Catheys Valley Cemetery, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA
  Spouse	Louisa Marian Duncan | F11048
  Marriage	16 Jun 1885	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA

  
  

• Places

  Home-CATHEY Andrew Andrew Cathey Residence in Cathey's Valley

  
  

• Sources

  [S369] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Data Source: County Court Records at Waynesville, NC and FHL # 0418147 item 2. [S231] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [S2200] Ancestry.com, California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), California State Library; Sacramento, California; Sacramento County, California, Pioneer Index File (1906-1934), A-Z; California History Room: MICROFILM 734; Roll Number: 41. California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950 California State Library; Sacramento, California; Sacramento County, California, Pioneer Index File (1906-1934), A-Z; California History Room: MICROFILM 734; Roll Number: 41 [S6847] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): DEAVER Mary Cathey, (Name: SmithLC.com;), DEAVER Mary Mariah “Polly” Cathey 1810-1892. Mary is the daughter of Arabella Jemima (Gray) and Nathaniel Deaver. She was raised in North Carolina by an uncle after her father's death. Her mother went on to remarry and moved to Texas where she owned land in Brenham. Mary and Andrew were married in North Carolina in 1828 and they had eight children, Jemima, Daniel, Nathan, William, Sarah, Andrew, James and John. The Cathey family moved to California in 1852 from Fort Smith, Arkansas by wagon train. During their voyage they came across the Oatman family almost all of which were killed by Indians, a town in Arizona is named in honor of one of the survivors. The town of Cathey's Valley is named in honor of Polly's husband Andrew. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19418391/mary-mariah-cathey