Austin Choate (Son of Gabriel Choate and Mary Rainbolt) b. 8 Aug 1859 TX d. 9 June 1930 Ada, OK. m. 6 Sept 1884 Mary Elizabeth Simmons (Dau. of Joseph Pickens and Frances Virginia (Mason) Simmons) b. 27 Feb 1867 Birdwell, TX d. 29 Nov 1947 Ada, OK Children: 1. Joseph Choate 2. Walter Choate 4. Irvan Wesley Choate b. 1 June 1901 San Saba, TX m. 27 Nov 1935 Fleeta Stapleton Moritzky b. 31 March 1911, La Harpe, KA (Dau. of William Frederick Moritzky & Arizona Rozena Lewis) (This is a Choate family for which my aunts found no tie-ins to the main Choate group. Information on this family furnished by William Choate, Norman, OK., and Judith Jeffries Choate Waco, TX. Also, census records. Published in "Barefoot and Withrow Families", Vivian Daugherty, Dallas TX 1966.)