Obituary, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana -- Douglas John Cater
Submitted by: J. Hugh LeBaron  
Source: DeSoto Parish GenWeb 

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From the Confederate Veteran: 

DOUGLAS JOHN CATER "Another loved veteran obeyed the summons, 
"Come up higher," when Douglas John Cater passed suddenly at 
his home in San Antonio, Tex., November 23, 1931, at the age 
of ninety years. He took active part in the affairs of Albert 
Sidney Johnston Camp, No. 144, U. C. V., and is greatly missed. 

D. J. Cater was born in Sparta, Connecuh County, Ala., on March 
27, 1841, the son of William Green and Beatnah Greening Cater. 
His parents moved to Texas in 1846, and to DeSoto Parish, La., 
in 1847, where his father was a planter for many years. 

He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Henderson, Texas, in May, 
1861. His regiment, Greer's 3rd Texas Cavalry, went from Dallas 
in July, 1861, to Missouri to aid General Price. In August, 1862, 
he transferred to Company I, 19th Louisiana Infantry, to be with 
his brother, Lieut. Rufus Cater, who, later, was killed at 
Chickamauga. 

He took part in the battles of Wilson Creek, Chustenahlah, Pea 
Ridge, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, Spanish Fort, and 
others. He also served in several brass bands, and was brigade band 
captain of the last band of the Southern Confederacy. 

Reconstruction days were not propitious for his chosen profession 
of musician, and he farmed for a number of years, later being 
Postmaster at Lovelady, Tex., and for four years Treasurer of 
Houston County. Music, however, was always a great interest of his 
life. 

In 1866, he was married to Miss Emily Mary Reagan, of Rusk County, 
Tex. She and their three little sons preceded him in death by many 
years. In 1880, he was married to Miss Belle Barbee, of Lovelady, 
Tex., who survives him with a daughter and three sons, also four 
grandchildren. 

A man of noble purposes, ever loyal to all that was good and true, 
was D. J. Cater. He was a Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church." 

Submitted by J. Hugh LeBaron