Mark Clarence Cathey b. 13 Jan 1889 Mariposa County, California, USA d. 25 May 1955 Merced, Merced, California, USA: Smith Family Tree

Mark Clarence Cathey

1889 - 1955 (66 years)

Name	Mark Clarence Cathey [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Birth	13 Jan 1889	Mariposa County, California, USA [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15]
Gender	Male
Census	1900	Mariposa County, California, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Census	1910	Fresno County, California, USA [7]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head (with brother, Andrew)
Military Draft Registration	1917	Mariposa County, California, USA [11]
	Draft Registration - WWI
Census	1920	Mariposa County, California, USA
	Marital Status: Married; Relationship: Head
Census	1930	Merced County, California, USA [10]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1940	Merced County, California, USA [9]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Military Draft Registration	1942	Yosemite National Park, Mariposa, California, USA [2]
	Draft Registration - WWII
Census	1950	Richmond, Contra Costa, California, USA [15]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Pansy
Residence	1954	Richmond, Contra Costa, California, USA [4]
Obituary	May 1955	Fresno, Fresno, California, USA [13]
	The Fresno Bee • Fresno, California • 27 May 1955, Fri • Page 18
		Obituary-CATHEY Mark C Obituary of MARK CLARENCE CATHEY • The Fresno Bee • Fresno, California • 27 May 1955, Fri • Page 18
FSID	L7PW-PL4
Death	25 May 1955	Merced, Merced, California, USA [3, 8, 13]
Burial	Merced Cemetery, Merced, Merced, California, USA [3]
	Pansy Annabelle Westfall and Mark Clarence Cathey, buried together
		Burial-CATHEY Pansy and Mark Pansy Annabelle Westfall and Mark Clarence Cathey, buried together -- Merced Cemetery, Merced CA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53084282/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53084082/
Person ID	I24369	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	William Pearson Cathey, b. 21 Apr 1837, Georgia, USA d. 11 Oct 1910, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA (Age 73 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Louisa Marian Duncan, b. 30 Aug 1864, Marshall County, Kansas, USA d. 21 Feb 1928, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA (Age 63 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	16 Jun 1885	Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA [1]
Family ID	F11048	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Pansy Annabelle Westfall, b. 14 Sep 1893, Mariposa County, California, USA d. 8 Jul 1986, Fresno County, California, USA (Age 92 years)

Marriage Aft 1910 Mariposa County, California, USA [13, 16, 17]

Marriage End 1955 Oakland, Alameda, California, USA [13]

Death of Mark Cathey

Children

	1. Betty June Cathey, b. 12 Dec 1923, Merced County, California, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Wanda Bernice Cathey, b. 25 May 1919, Mariposa County, California, USA d. 29 Nov 2012 (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Patricia Ann Cathey, b. 30 Mar 1932, Merced County, California, USA d. 1 Apr 2019, Concord, Contra Costa, California, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Fern Annabelle Cathey, b. 22 Dec 1916, Mariposa County, California, USA d. 6 Jan 2003, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10140 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 13 Jan 1889 - Mariposa County, California, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1900 - Mariposa County, California, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head (with brother, Andrew) - 1910 - Fresno County, California, USA
	Marriage - Aft 1910 - Mariposa County, California, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI - 1917 - Mariposa County, California, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relationship: Head - 1920 - Mariposa County, California, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Merced County, California, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Merced County, California, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Yosemite National Park, Mariposa, California, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Pansy - 1950 - Richmond, Contra Costa, California, USA
	Residence - 1954 - Richmond, Contra Costa, California, USA
	Marriage End - Death of Mark Cathey - 1955 - Oakland, Alameda, California, USA
	Obituary - The Fresno Bee • Fresno, California • 27 May 1955, Fri • Page 18 - May 1955 - Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
	Death - 25 May 1955 - Merced, Merced, California, USA
	Burial - - Merced Cemetery, Merced, Merced, California, USA

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Ancestors

~j CATHEY Mark C
Mark Clarence Cathey

Burials

Burial-CATHEY Pansy and Mark
Pansy Annabelle Westfall and Mark Clarence Cathey, buried together -- Merced Cemetery, Merced CA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53084282/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53084082/

Obituaries		Obituary-CATHEY Louisa (Duncan) Obituary of LOUISA MARIAN DUNCAN PALMER CATHEY • The Sacramento Bee • Sacramento, California • 24 Feb 1928, Fri • Page 26
Obituaries		Obituary-CATHEY Mark C Obituary of MARK CLARENCE CATHEY • The Fresno Bee • Fresno, California • 27 May 1955, Fri • Page 18

People

CATHEY-Mark C
Mark Clarence Cathey

Sources

[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 5, Mariposa, California; Roll: 93; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 1240093.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 5, Mariposa, California; Roll: 93; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 1240093
[S83] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California; State Headquarters: California; Microfilm Roll: 603155.

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California; State Headquarters: California; Microfilm Roll: 603155
[S8394] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): CATHEY Mark, (Name: SmithLC.com;), CATHEY Mark Clarence 1889-1955.
Services will be conducted tomorrow at 11 AM in the Ivers & Alcorn Funeral Chapel for Mark C. Cathey, 66, who died here Wednesday following a short illness. Burial will be in Merced Cemetery.
Cathey was a grandson of Andrew Cathey, who came to California for gold in 1849 and for whom Cathey Valley, Mariposa County, was named. He returned to his home state of Arkansas and brought his family to Califoria in 1852. They settled in the valley which now bears his name.
Mark Cathey, the son of William and Ida Duncan Cathey, was born in Jerseydale, Mariposa County.
For a quarter of a century he was employed by the United States Forest Service and Yosemite National Park. For the past several years he had resided in Richmond.
He leaves his widow, Pansy; four daughters, Mrs. Fern Ross and Mrs. Wanda Ross, of Fresno, Mrs. Betty McRee of Chowchilla, Madera County, and Mrs. Patricia Campbell of Oakland; a brother, Andrew Cathey of San Jose, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Scott of Mariposa, Mariposa County, and Mrs. Birdie Watson of Santa Cruz, and eight grandchildren.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53084282/mark-clarence-cathey
[S177] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S284] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 2, Fresno, California; Roll: T624_75; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1374088.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 2, Fresno, California; Roll: T624_75; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1374088
[S559] Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;), Date: 1955-05-25.
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Merced, California; Roll: T627_265; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 24-18.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Merced, California; Roll: T627_265; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 24-18
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Township 4, Merced, California; Roll: 178; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 421.0; FHL microfilm: 2339913.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Township 4, Merced, California; Roll: 178; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 421.0; FHL microfilm: 2339913
[S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration State: California; Registration County: Mariposa; Roll: 1531201.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration State: California; Registration County: Mariposa; Roll: 1531201
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Lewis, Mariposa, California; Roll: T625_101; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 564.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Lewis, Mariposa, California; Roll: T625_101; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 564
[S1218] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Mark Cathey • Fresno Bee - May1955, (Name: The Fresno Bee; Location: Fresno CA; Date: 27 May 1955;), Mark Cathey, Son of Pioneer, Dies in Merced.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 AM in the Ivers and Alcorn Mission Chapel for Mark C Cathey, 66 for whose family Cathey Valley In Mariposa County was named. He died Wednesday following a short illness. Burial will be in the Merced Cemetery.
Cathey was a grandson of Andrew Cathey who came to California in 1849. In 1852 he settled with his family in Cathey Valley.
He is survived by his widow Pansy; four daughters, Mrs Fern Ross and Mrs Wanda Ross of Fresno, Mrs Betty McRree of Chowchllla, and Mrs Patricia Campbell Oakland; a brother Andrew Cathey of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs Mary Scott of Mariposa and Mrs Birdie Watson of Santa Cruz, and eight grandchildren.
• The Fresno Bee • Fresno, California • 27 May 1955, Fri • Page 18
https://www.newspapers.com/image/701652084/?article=351f2262-e8f0-433d-ad59-cd18fd93ecb0&focus=0.3691761,0.05216702,0.48493922,0.26740354&xid=335

Obituary-CATHEY Mark C
Obituary of MARK CLARENCE CATHEY • The Fresno Bee • Fresno, California • 27 May 1955, Fri • Page 18
[S215] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Louisa Cathey • Sacramento Bee - Feb 1928, (Name: Sacramento Bee; Location: Sacramento CA; Date: 24 Feb 1928;), BODY OF WOMAN SENT TO MERCED FOR BURIAL.
• The body of Mrs Louisa Marian Cathey was sent to-day to Merced for burial. She died Wednesday at her home, after a residence of only a few months in this city. Mrs Cathey was a native of Kansas, aged 63 years. She was the widow of William P Cathey and leaves the following children: Mrs Merian M Bruce, Mrs Birdie Smith, Charles L Palmer, Andrew W, Mark and Curd N Cathey, and Mrs Mary Scott; Four sisters Mrs Annie Smith, Mrs William Dunning, Mrs Frank Clow, and Mrs I D Stockton, and two brothers William and N E Duncan survive her.
• The Sacramento Bee • Sacramento, California • 24 Feb 1928, Fri • Page 26
https://www.newspapers.com/image/616957373/?article=c65d2350-3b0f-4a51-aec8-71cd8e9fd533&focus=0.253603,0.76625556,0.37276223,0.85440886&xid=3355

Obituary-CATHEY Louisa (Duncan)
Obituary of LOUISA MARIAN DUNCAN PALMER CATHEY • The Sacramento Bee • Sacramento, California • 24 Feb 1928, Fri • Page 26

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Richmond, Contra Cos.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Richmond, Contra Cos

[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 5, Mariposa, California; Roll: T624_87; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1374100.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 5, Mariposa, California; Roll: T624_87; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1374100
[S8395] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): WESTFALL Pansy Cathey, (Name: SmithLC.com;), WESTFALL Pansy Annabelle Cathey 1893-1986.
Wife of Mark Cathey
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53084082

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