A History of Muhlenberg Countyby Otto Arthur Rothert X, The Pond River Country 7. The first wife of Major Jesse Oates was, according to a vague family tradition, a Miss Caraway, sister of a Captain John Caraway. His second wife was Zilpah Mason, to whom he was married April 13, 1798, and who died October… Continue reading Sarah Mercer Oates & Gala