Family: David CATHER / Delila WILLIAMS (F171)

• Father | Male David CATHER

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Married	2 May 1824  [1]	Frederick, Virginia  [1]
  Father	Jasper CATHER | F555 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah MOORE OR MORRIS | F555 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Delila WILLIAMS

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Father	Isaac WILLIAMS | F172 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Adelaide/Adaline CATHER

  
  

  Born	Bef 1828	Frederick county, Virginia
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Napoleon Bonaparte CATHER

  
  

  Born	Bef 1828	Frederick county, Virginia
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Frances Louisa CATHER

  
  

  Born	24 May 1828	Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia
  Died	6 Jun 1899	Crescentville, Ohio
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Theodore MOORE | F83
  Married	15 Mar 1848	Frederick county, Virginia

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Sarah Jane CATHER

  
  

  Born	1 Sep 1834
  Died
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: David Cather four children orphaned. David drowned 31 Jan 1835, his wife had just died prior. The oldest daughter Adelaide/Adeline was taken in by her aunt Jane Cather and husband Robert McKee. Son Napoleon and daughter and Francis Louise went to David's brother James to live. And the youngest Sarah Jane went to live with Hiram Adams and his wife Elizabeth William, sister of Delilah Williams. As they had no children, so they adopted Sarah jane as their own. because Hiram's will divided his property between his surviving brothers and their children. H IRAM ADAMS, b. 1797, Frederick Co., VA, USA; d. 04 May 1879; m. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, 15 Feb 1826; b. 1802; d. 15 Jan 1875.

  
  

• Sources

  [VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 178] . "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRHN-LJM : accessed 06 Jun 2013), David Cather and Delilah Williams, 19 Apr 1824.