| Andrew Dever Cathey |
| Born: 1804 in Bunbcombe Co., NC |
| Died: 1886 in Cathey's Valley, Mariposa Co., CA |
| Farmer, California 49er |
| Mary Mariah "Polly" Deaver |
| Born: December 18, 1810 in Illinois Territory |
| Died: June 15, 1892 in Mariposa Co., CA |
| Married June 11, 1828 in Haywood Co., NC |
| Children (8): Jamima Amanda, Daniel Deaver, Nathan Lucius, William Pearson, Sarah Melvina, Andrew McCurdy, James Newton, and John Wisenor. |
| In quest of gold, Andrew Cathey traveled to California from Arkansas in 1849. The following year he returned to Arkansas and then moved his family from Arkansas to California by ox and wagon, in a wagon train with other families going west, eventually settling in what came to be known as Cathey's Valley in Mariposa Co., CA. |
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