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William H. Catching

Birth
Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Apr 1891 (aged 57–58)
Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Cave Springs, Benton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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CATCHING, William H. - Died, William H. Catching, late Capt. of Co. A, 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, at his house near Colville, Ark. on April 25th, at 7 o'clock p.m. of typhoid pneumonia. He was buried in Hebron cemetery following evening at 5 p.m. by the G.A.R. Fraternity. Comrade Catching was born in Knox county, Kentucky about the year 1833 and was 58 years old when he died. He went from Kentucky to the state of Missouri and from there came to Arkansas. He was one of the charter members of the Burnside Post, A.S.G. Dept. of Arkansas which was mustered at Bentonville on the 21st day of May 1887 and was Post Q.M. when he died. J.A.B. [ Bentonville Sun - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas - May 2, 1891]
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Husband of Mary Hopper Westerfield Catching (1842-1912).

William H. Catching married Mary Hopper Westerfield in Knox County, Kentucky on February 16, 1864. They spent much of their adult lives together in Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County). Mary is buried in Joplin, Missouri at Fairview Cemetery.

William H. Catching's first wife, Susan Faulkner, died in 1961 in Knox County, Kentucky and he was a widower. He married his second wife, Mary Hopper Westerfield in 1864.[Thank you Gary Stanford for the information]
CATCHING, William H. - Died, William H. Catching, late Capt. of Co. A, 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, at his house near Colville, Ark. on April 25th, at 7 o'clock p.m. of typhoid pneumonia. He was buried in Hebron cemetery following evening at 5 p.m. by the G.A.R. Fraternity. Comrade Catching was born in Knox county, Kentucky about the year 1833 and was 58 years old when he died. He went from Kentucky to the state of Missouri and from there came to Arkansas. He was one of the charter members of the Burnside Post, A.S.G. Dept. of Arkansas which was mustered at Bentonville on the 21st day of May 1887 and was Post Q.M. when he died. J.A.B. [ Bentonville Sun - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas - May 2, 1891]
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Husband of Mary Hopper Westerfield Catching (1842-1912).

William H. Catching married Mary Hopper Westerfield in Knox County, Kentucky on February 16, 1864. They spent much of their adult lives together in Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County). Mary is buried in Joplin, Missouri at Fairview Cemetery.

William H. Catching's first wife, Susan Faulkner, died in 1961 in Knox County, Kentucky and he was a widower. He married his second wife, Mary Hopper Westerfield in 1864.[Thank you Gary Stanford for the information]


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