Photograph by Ed Coyne.

Norman F. Cate
August 27, 1846 - November 19, 1917

Bugler; Res. Boston; student; 18; enl. July 22, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; wounded July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Penna.; must. out June 6, 1865, as Private.

Listed on gravestone:

• Norman F. Cate, 1846 - 1917, G.A.R.
• Buried next to his wife, Emma S. Grendell

Burial card information:

• Name - Cate, Norman F.
• Book - 3
• Page - 38
• Location - Lot 253, Gr. #10, Lotus Path
• Proprietor - Frank N. Cate and Abbie Knapp
• Date Interred - Nov. 22, 1917
• Date of Death - Nov. 19, 1917
• Age - 71 y., 2 m., 23 d.
• Late Residence - Togus, Maine
• Undertaker - J. B. Cole & Son

Map of Grave Location
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, Mass.
Section 7, Cedar Ave., Lotus Path

Death Information

Daily Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, November 21, 1917

The remains of the late Norman F. Cate, whose death occurred Monday at the Naitonal home at Togus at the age of 72 years, were taken on the 4:07 express Wednesday afternoon to East Milton, Mass. for burial. They were accompanied by his son, Norman G. Cate.

Obituary

The Boston Globe - November 21, 1917, Page 13

CATE - Nov. 19, Norman F. Cate, 71 yrs, Services Cedar Grove Cemetery Chapel, Thursday at 2:30.

A note of thanks to Ed Coyne, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Massachusetts, Charles H. Bond Camp 104 Graves Registeration Officer for providing the photograph and burial card information and to George Kane, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Massachusetts, L. A. Tifft Camp 15 for providing the Daily Kennebec Journal article.