Charles E. Cate and the Establishment of Hammond

*Sources omitted for brevity but available by request to publisher@tangitimes. com Continued from January 9, 2025 Charles and his family are listed on the 1870 census in Hammond, but according to a biography of Mr. Cate published in a New Orleans newspaper in 1889, he had returned to New Orleans for a time.[xi] Charles Cate had formed a partnership in the firm of W. C. Shepard and Company, which s…