... (71) v Jane Wright Henderson, b 15, Jan. 1812, Augusta Co., Va. ; d 1, Dec, Callaway Co., Mo. ; m 14, July 1830, Col. Isaac Tate, b 29, Aug, 1808, Green Co., Ky. ; d 15, Feb. 1889, AuxVasse, Mo. Col. Tate was the son of John Tate, Esq. ... [and] Elizabeth McClanahan ...
... Col. Isaac Tate, although never a seeker for public office, was a distinguished debater, public spirited citizen and zealous worker in the Presbyterian Church. He was a ruling elder in the Old AuxVasse church for 56 1-2 years, a frequent delegate to the Synod of Mo., and Gen. Assembly. "Was a member of the Board of Westminster College from its foundation until his death. He gained his military title by being elected to the command of a regiment of volunteers in what was known as the Mormon war. Mrs. Tate united with the church of her husband in 1832 and lived in its communion until her death. She was a woman of the noblest Christian character, choosing to think of and comment on the virtues of her friends and acquaintances rather than to notice their faults.
