Robert Cathcart and Jane Thom

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Husband Robert Cathcart ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1774 - Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: Aug 1847 or 1848 - Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1 4
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Wife Jane Thom ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 20 Feb 1780 3
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           Died: Aft 1870 - in the American west
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         Father: Joseph Thom (1743-1829) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Craig (1757-1826) 1 5 6 7

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Children

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1 M Samuel Cathcart ^{2 8 9}

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           Born: 10 Sep 1805 - Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1 4
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           Died: 9 Jul 1892 - Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4 9
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         Spouse: Anna Reed (      -1848) 1 2
           Marr: Feb 1832 1

         Spouse: Margaret J. McClain (      -      ) 1 10
           Marr: 7 Dec 1848 1

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2 M Alexander Cathcart ⁹

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           Born: 2 May 1807 9
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           Died: Feb 1874 9
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3 M James Cathcart ^{4 11}

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4 M John Cathcart ^{4 11}

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           Died: 1895 11
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         Spouse: Mary Brown (      -      ) 11

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5 M Clark Cathcart ^{4 9}

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6 M Robert Cathcart ^{4 9}

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7 F Mary Cathcart ^{4 9}

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         Spouse: James McClain (      -      ) 4

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8 F Jane Cathcart ^{4 9}

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         Spouse: Archie McSparrin (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: James Morrison (      -      ) 9

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9 F Isabel Cathcart ⁴

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            AKA: Isabella Cathcart 9
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         Spouse: Philip Clover (      -      ) 4

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10 F Margaret Cathcart ^{4 9}

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           Born: 1823 9
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         Spouse: Perry Webster (      -      ) 4

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11 F Eliza Cathcart ^{4 9}

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         Spouse: Thomas McSparrin (      -      ) 4

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12 M Josiah Cathcart ¹¹

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13 M Andrew Cathcart ⁹

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14 F Martha Cathcart ⁹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Cathcart

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He was a native of Ireland, and probably the first settler in the limits of what is now Mahoning township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he located in or before 1805, under an improvement right. He was first assessed in 1806 with 330 acres, one horse and three cattle, at $320. The Bostonia Coal Mines were later located on his land. His two-story red house, the first frame building in that section, was for many years one of the very few for many miles around. On March 10, 1810, the commissioners of the county granted him an order for sixteen dollars for killing two panthers. He cleared the timber from part of his tract, and erecting necessary buildings in time had a fine homestead, where his death occurred at the age of seventy-five years.

The following extract from a history of the family written by John Craig Hill, a grandson of Captain John Craig, of Freeport, Pennsylvania, is of interest: "A nephew of grandmother's, Robert Cathcart, was taken by grandfather, when a boy, and raised. When he came of age, he married Jane Thom, a niece of grandfather's. Grandfather gave him a farm in the eastern part of Armstrong County. At that time there were few settlers in that vicinity and plenty of wolves. They had a flock of sheep and had to be very careful to keep the wolves from getting at them. On one occasion when Mr. Cathcart was away the wolves got after the sheep, and as Mrs. Cathcart opened the door to try and scare them away, the sheep all ran into the house, and she just got the door closed in time to keep the wolves from following. They kept howling around the cabin, and some tried to get in at the window, but these were met by shovels of hot coals. Mrs. Cathcart had to stay up all night, but in the morning the wolves left."

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 567.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 706, 736.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 72.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 706.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.

7 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 72.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 566.

9 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 74.

10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 707.

11 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 73.