Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Catherman, William
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Virginia Perry vperry@midwest.net January 1999

Biography of William CATHERMAN, Bureau County, Illinois

William Catherman, Walnut, was born July 22, 1847, in Union County, Penn. 
His parents, Robert and Elizabeth (Boney) Catherman, were natives of the 
same state as their son.  They were the parents of thirteen children, viz.: 
Christine, wife of John Draper, of Cass County, Mich.; Laura, deceased;  
Louisa, wife of Henry Wood, of Erie County, Ohio; Montgomery, married to 
Alinda Glenn, resides of Erie County, Ohio; Eliza, wife of Andy Smith of 
Winamac, Ind.; Albert, of Cass county, Mich., married to Laura Hay; William, 
of Bureau County; Isabelle, wife of Amos Smith, of Cass County, Mich.; Mary, 
wife of David Howser, of Sacramento, Cal.; Matilda, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; 
David of Bureau County, married to Maggie Lindbery; Clara, of Cass County, 
Mich.; Robert Catherman is a carpenter by trade, and worked at that until 
he removed from Pennsylvania to Erie County, Ohio. In 1854, since which 
time he has engaged in farming. In 1865 he removed to Cass County, Mich., 
where he still resides; his wife died there October 16, 1875. William 
Catherman was educated in the schools of Erie County, Ohio, and also 
attended one term in Michigan. In 1866 he was in Kankakee County, Ill., 
but returned to Michigan the same fall, and in 1868 came to Bureau County, 
Ill., where he has since resided. July 3, 1869, he was united in marriage 
to Rebecca Black, a sister of G. W. Black (see sketch). Mrs. Catherman was 
born February 8, 1848 in Sandusky County, Ohio. She is the mother of one 
daughter, Jennie E., born November 28, 1870. After marriage, Mr. Catherman 
began farming on rented land in Bureau Township. In 1882 he purchased his 
present farm of 200 acres, in Section 36, Walunt Township, a farm in 
excellent state of cultivation. He gives his attention chiefly to raising 
and feeding stock. Mr. Catherman has always been a supporter of the Republican 
party.

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