Benton Co., AR - Biographies - George Washington Tate

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George Washington Tate, farmer and stock-raiser of Benton County, Ark.,
was born in Newton County, Mo., October 26, 1845, and was reared to 
manhood in his native State. He received a fair business education, 
and at the age of twenty-four years went to Texas, where he was 
engaged in stock driving for six years, and then located in Benton 
County, Ark., where he was married, in 1875, to Miss Louisa Goad, and 
settled down to farming, at which he has been quite successful. Mrs. 
Tate is a daughter of Robert and Catherine Goad, and was born in 
Benton County, Ark., January 3, 1843. She is the mother of two sons: 
Robert Houston and Willie Edward. Mr. Tate's parents were Alexander 
and Patience (Cannon) Tate, both of whom were born in Tennessee. The 
father was a progressive and energetic farmer, and accumulated 
considerable property. He was a son of George Washington Tate. Mrs. 
Patience Tate was a devoted and affectionate wife and mother, and died 
in 1853, two years after her husband's death.