James Renfro Choate   (Son of Thomas Kyle Choate and Elizabeth Renfro)
          b.  1790/1800 Virginia or Tennessee
          d.c. 1849 Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
          m.c. 1827 Elizabeth S., probably in Tennessee
Children:
1.  Charles Choate
     b.c. 1828 Illinois
2.  Ann Choate
     b.c. 1831 Tennessee
3.  James Edward Choate 
     b.c. 1835
     d. 18 July 1863 (32nd Mississippi Infantry)
     m. 13 Dec. 1856 Piety Emaline Dean
4.  John C. Choate (13th Mississippi Volunteers)
     b. 1836 Mississippi
5.  Jasper Choate
          b. 1840
          d. 2 July 1863 (killed in action, Gettysburg, PA)
6.  Phoebe (or Shelby)
     b. 1842 Mississippi