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Joseph Blair Catching

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Joseph Blair Catching

Birth
Georgetown, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA
Death
12 Oct 1936 (aged 48–49)
Bassett, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Georgetown, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Joseph was named for his paternal grandfather, Joseph Blair Catching (1822–1883).

The following was provided by GSCCA:

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The Osceola Times, Friday, 16 October 1936, page 1.

Joseph Blain Catching Dies at Bassett.

Joseph Blain Catching died Monday night at his home near Bassett following a heart attack. He was 49 years old.

A member of a family which for four generations has played a leading part in the mercantile and agricultural activities of south Mississippi, Mr. Catching moved to Bassett two years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church, a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he had been admitted to the Mississippi bar.

Mr. Catching is survived by his widow, Genevieve Stewart Catching, two sisters, Mrs. I. N. Ellis, Hazelhurst, Miss., and Mrs. R. H. Allen, Georgetown, Miss., and two brothers, George B., Colorado Springs, Col., and Archibald Steel, of Bassett.

Burial was at the family Cemetery near Georgetown.
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[Other biographical information was provided by Faye Nations McCardle and Dawn Kelley.]
Joseph was named for his paternal grandfather, Joseph Blair Catching (1822–1883).

The following was provided by GSCCA:

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The Osceola Times, Friday, 16 October 1936, page 1.

Joseph Blain Catching Dies at Bassett.

Joseph Blain Catching died Monday night at his home near Bassett following a heart attack. He was 49 years old.

A member of a family which for four generations has played a leading part in the mercantile and agricultural activities of south Mississippi, Mr. Catching moved to Bassett two years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church, a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he had been admitted to the Mississippi bar.

Mr. Catching is survived by his widow, Genevieve Stewart Catching, two sisters, Mrs. I. N. Ellis, Hazelhurst, Miss., and Mrs. R. H. Allen, Georgetown, Miss., and two brothers, George B., Colorado Springs, Col., and Archibald Steel, of Bassett.

Burial was at the family Cemetery near Georgetown.
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[Other biographical information was provided by Faye Nations McCardle and Dawn Kelley.]


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