Biographical Sketch of James A. Tate, Wright County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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James A. Tate, treasurer of Wright County, and one of its leading 
citizens, was born in that county September 25, 1859, being the son
of John L. and Turzy J. (Quick) Tate, natives of Tennessee, and 
grandson of James Tate, who was born in Virginia, going from there
to North Carolina, from there to Tennessee, and finally to Newton
County, Mo., where he received his final summons.  He was a fifer 
in the Revolution on the side of the Colonists, and in a fight at
Norfolk, Va., had the fife chot out of his mouth, and was himself
disabled.  There is in the family a box which family tradition says 
was handed down from the ancestors in Scotland.  The paternal great
grandfather was born in Ireland, but was of Scotch descent.  John L.
Tate was born in Northy Carolina, and moved with his parents to
Tennessee when a child, and afterward in 1839, or when he was nine
years of age, moved to Missouri, and was one of the pioneer settlers
of Wright County.  He was married in that State, was a farmer by
occupation, was elected county surveyor, afterward sheriff, and died
in Wright County November 20, 1880.  The mother is still living, and
resides in Hartville.  They were the parents of five children, two
now living: James A. and Thula (Murrell).  James A. received a good
liberal education in the common schools of Wright County, and followed
agricultural pursuits until November, 1884, when he was elected county
treasurer of Wright County.  He was re-elected in 1886, and now that
he has served as long as the law permits, has retired from public
office for the present.  He has also been one of the popular educators 
of the county.  He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.; is a Republican
in politics, and is one of the native young men of whom Wright County
may justly be proud.  He has gained the confidence and esteem of the
people of the community, and has made a worthy officer.  He lost in
a fire at Hartville over $1,500 worth of drugs.
 
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