Hannah (Heath) Catterlin (1896)
CATTERLIN, CLEARWATER, HEATH, MCMACKEN
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 5/29/2008 at 09:12:26
Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Tuesday, December 1, 1896
Page 5Death of Mrs. Hannah Catterlin.
Mrs. Hannah Catterlin, the aged mother of John Catterlin, died at her son’s home at 3:45 o’clock Sunday morning. She had long been feeble, and her death had been almost momentarily expected for several weeks.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church, the service being conducted by the pastor, Rev. Fred. Harris.
Mrs. Catterlin was born in Ohio in 1807, thus being in her 90th year at the time of death. She was the mother of five sons and three daughters, who are still living. Three of these, John Catterlin and Mrs. Clearwater, of this place, and Mrs. McMacken, of Maryville, Mo., were present at the funeral. An obituary notice will be published in our next issue.
________________________Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, December 3, 1896
Page 5Obituary - Mrs. Hannah Catterlin, died at the home of her son, John Catterlin, in this city, last Sunday, after quite a long siege of sickness.
The funeral was preached Monday afternoon and the remains interred in the Winterset cemetery.
Hannah Heath was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, Sept. 27th, 1896, and at the age of ten years she was converted and united with the Methodist church, remaining a faithful Christian from that day to the day of her death.
She was married to John Catterlin at St. Marys, Ohio, January 4th, 1824. To them were born twelve children, eight of whom are now living. The family moved to Adams county, Indiana, in ’36, where her husband died January ’54. In June, 1857, the widowed mother moved with her children to Marion county, Iowa, and in the fall of 1864 to Madison county.
She had 50 grand and 60 great grandchildren. She spent her latter days in the home of her son, John Catterlin, in this place, where she was tenderly and lovingly cared for, enjoying all that life affords in one of the best homes in this city. Her life of usefulness came to an end in the 89th year of her age, and quietly she passed on into the great unknown beyond, perfectly resigned, as firm in the faith of the living God as she had been all through her life.
________________________Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, December 4, 1896
Page 3Obituary - A Biographical Sketch of the Late Mrs. Hannah Catterlin.
Hannah Heath was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, September 27th, 1807, and died at the home of her son in Winterset, Iowa, November 29th, 1896, aged 89 years, 2 months and 2 days.
At the age of about 10 years she was converted under the ministry of Rev. John Strange, one of the great preachers of the early Methodist Episcopal church. She immediately united with the church, in whose fellowship and communion she remained until God took her to the ranks of the church triumphant in heaven.
On the 4th of January 1824, she was united in marriage to Mr. John Catterlin, near St. Marys, Ohio. Twelve children were born to them, two of whom died in infancy; two daughters died after they had married and gone to homes of their own, leaving eight children—five sons and three daughters—to mourn the loss of their mother.
In 1836 the family moved from Ohio to Adams county, Indiana, where they remained until the month of January, 1857, when Mother Catterlin, with her children, (the father having died in 1854), moved to Marion county, Iowa, remaining there until the fall of 1864, when the family came to Madison county, where she has since resided, broken only by occasional visits to her children in their widely scattered homes. She lived to see all her children settled in homes of their own, so that at her death she had, beside her own eight children, fifty grandchildren and sixty great-grandchildren, besides one great-great-grandchild.
She never changed her home without also bringing with her her credentials of church membership, and, unlike many church people in these latter days, she always united at the first opportunity with the church in her new home. She was one of the charter members of the church when it was made a station under the pastorate of Rev. C. C. Mabee, in 1865. And but few persons set the high estimate on the privilege of church membership that she placed upon it. The church was all and in all to her. She was a woman of large, catholic, fraternal spirit. She loved all churches and Christian people of every name.
As long as she could see she was a great reader. While the holy book of God was her great delight and constant companion, yet she did not cast aside the current literature of her time, hence she was a woman of marked intelligence, familiar with and deeply interested in current events; and especially in all those great movements which involved national interests and the progress of the Redeemer’s Kingdom at home and abroad.
On last Saturday evening, her pastor, Rev. Fred Harris prayed with her for the last time, and although then dying and unable to articulate, she kept her hand moving up and down and expressed her final victory by moving it upward. When the final moment came she fell asleep in Jesus.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, December 11, 1896
Page 8, Column 2Obituary –
Mrs. Hannah Catterlin died at the home of her son, John Catterlin, of this city, Sunday morning, November 29, after a long siege of sickness.
The funeral was held at the M. E. church the following Monday afternoon, and the remains laid to rest in the Winterset cemetery,
Hannah Heath was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1807. At the age of ten years she united with the Methodist church, remaining a faithful Christian all through her life.
In the year of 1824, Jan. 4th, she was married to John Catterlin, of St. Mary’s, Ohio. Twelve children were born to them, eight of whom are still living, five sons and three daughters. Her daughters, Mrs. McCracken, of Maryville, Mo., and Mrs. Clearwater, of this city were with her when she died.
The family moved to Adams county, Ind., in 1836, where the father died in Jan. 1854. In May, 1867, the mother and children moved to Marion county, Ia., from there to Madison county in 1864.
She had fifty grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Her later years were spent at the home of her son, John Catterlin, where she was cared for by her daughters and many kind and loving friends.
Her useful life came to an end in the 90th year of her age, and quietly she passed away, firm in the faith of the living God as she had been all through her life.
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