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Margaret Davis Cate
1888–1961
A devoted Georgia historian, teacher, and civic leader, she helped preserve the stories of Brunswick, St. Simons, Sea Island, and Fort Frederica for future generations. Her best-known work, Our Todays and Yesterdays, remains closely tied to the history of coastal Georgia.
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Hawkins-Davison Houses, Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia
by Margaret Davis Cate, Charles H. (Charles Herron) Fairbanks
About the author
Born in Brunswick, Georgia, in 1888, Margaret Davis Cate spent her life closely connected to Glynn County and its past. Sources describe her as a teacher, principal, local historian, and later postmaster of Sea Island, as well as a key figure in building public interest in Fort Frederica and other coastal landmarks.
Cate is best remembered for writing Our Todays and Yesterdays: A Story of Brunswick and the Coastal Islands, one of the best-known local histories of the area. Archival and historical sources also credit her with collecting research materials, photographs, and lecture images that helped document places and traditions along the Georgia coast.
Her work was practical as well as scholarly: she helped save regional history by recording it, organizing it, and sharing it with the public. She died in 1961, but collections bearing her name still support the study of coastal Georgia history.