Person:Calvin Tate (1)

Name	Calvin Howe Tate
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	14 Oct 1813	Green, Kentucky, United States
Marriage		to Elizabeth H Allen
Marriage	Bef 1870	Missouri[2nd wife - she is the widow Miller] to Mary J _____
Death`^?`	14 Jul 1879	Callaway, Missouri, United States

References

Family Recorded, in Bryan, William Smith; Robert Rose; and William Wilson Elwang. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches, Anecdotes, Adventures, Etc., Relating to Early Days in Missouri: Also, the Lives of Daniel Boone and the Celebrated Indian Chief Black Hawk: With Numerous Biographies and Histories of Primitive Institutions. (St. Louis, Missouri: Bryan, Brand & Co., 1876)
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Calvin was married first to Elizabeth Allen, and second to a widow lady named Miller. Mr. Tate went to California in 1849, and was engaged for some time in hauling with his six-horse wagon. During his sojourn in California, he served on a case in which several Chinamen were witnesses, and they swore to everything but the truth, until the judge had a rooster brought into the court room and placed on a table, when a blank expression of dread came over the face of each Chinaman, and after that, they swore to the truth.