Ephraim Choate b. 1801 Kentucky m.c. 1823 Keziah Lawson, b. 1802, TN Children: 1. Gabriel Choate b. 14 Aug 1826, TN d. 14 July 1923 Field Creek, TX m. 1848 Mary Rainbolt b. 1830 Ala. 2. William Choate b.c. 1830 TN 3. John Choate b.c.1832 TN (Accidentally killed by a hunter.) 4. Ephraim Choate b.c.1834 TN 5. Samantha Choate b.c.1837 TN 6. Clarintha Choate b.c.1838 d. 1943 m. Goerge Washington Draper 7. Richard Choate b.c. 1839 TN d. 1921 m.c. 1874 Mary Julia Robinson b. 1849 d. 1908 8. Jaspar Choate b.c. 1841 TN 9. Emma Choate b.c.1844 TN 10. Sophia Choate (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.)