Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....CATTERALL, Joseph H. 1861 - living in 1899
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  JOSEPH H. CATTERALL, superintendent of the American Car & Foundry Company's
  Rolling Mills at Berwick, Columbia County, Pa., a gentleman who is held in the
  highest esteem by his fellow-workmen, was born in Bolton, England, October 6,
  1861, and is a son of Ralph C. H. and Caroline (Reid) Catterall, and grandson of
  Joseph and Alice (Kirkman) Catterall.
  
    Joseph Catterall, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Bolton, England.
  When young he learned the trade of a machinist, which he followed all of his
  life. He immigrated to this country and settled in Fall River, Mass., where he
  spent the remainder of his life. He passed from this life at the age of
  seventy-six years. He was united in marriage with Alice Kirkman, who was also a
  native of England.
  
    Ralph C. H. Catterall, the father of our subject, was born in Bolton, England,
  and came to the United States in 1869, locating at Fall River, Mass. He prepared
  himself for the ministry in England, and preached in Fall River for a number of
  years, but devoted the greater part of his life to the ministry in this state,
  where he is widely known. Retiring, he moved to Wyoming, Pa., where he is now
  spending the declining years of his life. He chose for his life companion
  Caroline Reid, and they reared a family of five children: Joseph H., the subject
  of this review; Ralph C. H., a professor in the University of Chicago; William
  H., an engineer and assistant superintendent of the American Car and Foundry
  Company's Rolling Mill at Berwick; Alfred H., a prominent physician residing in
  Chicago, 111.; and George H., who is now attending college.
  
    Joseph H. Catterall in 1880 moved to the town of Berwick, Columbia County, and
  was employed in the erecting shop of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company;
  later he was employed in the rolling mills, where he afterwards acted as clerk.
  Having proved himself a reliable and competent workman, in 1890 he was promoted
  to the superintendency of the rolling mills, and has retained that position up
  to the present time. The mills were built in 1872 and comprise four trains of
  rolls, one a nine-inch, one a twelve-inch, and two eighteen-inch trains. The
  mill is located at the corner of West Third and Oak streets, and 325 men are
  employed in this department. The entire plant of The Jackson & Woodin
  Manufacturing Company passed into the hands of the American Car & Foundry
  Company March 1, 1899.
  
    Mr. Catterall formed a matrimonial alliance with Jennie Frantz, a daughter of
  Emanuel Frantz, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and they are the parents of two
  children: Anna, born August 5, 1884; and Joseph H., born January 25, 1891. Our
  subject has purchased the Opdike residence, which he has remodeled and
  transformed into a handsome home. Mr. and Mrs. Catterall are both regular
  members of the Baptist Church of Berwick. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; the
  Knights of Malta; College of the Ancients; and also of the Royal Arcanum. In
  political views he is an adherent to Republican principles, and has served as
  auditor; in the town council, of which body he was elected president; and as a
  county committeeman. Mr. Catterall is a valued citizen of his community, is
  upright in his dealings, and is faithful in the discharge of all duties
  devolving upon him.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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