NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11444 CHRISTIAN CO – JOHN CRITTENDEN CATLETT – Catlett, Senseney, Lunderman, Oliver, Bollinger, Davis 11444 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct. JOHN CRITTENDEN CATLETT was born August 11, 1848, at his present residence, on the bluffs of the West Fork of Red River in Christian County, Ky., where he was reared and has resided all his life. The place is called “Wehala,” the Indian name of the river. Near the residence are evidences of the former existence of an aboriginal village, or probably the camping-place of large armies, where implements of war and for the chase were manufactured. Not less than five acres of ground are macadamized with flint spawls, broken and unfinished arrow-points and split flint bowlders, which around in the vicinity. Elmo Village is near this place. Subject’s father, John A. Catlett, was born in Frederick County, Va., in 1801, and died at this place in 1867. He was the son of Joseph K. Catlett, who was born in 1779 and died in 1801. Joseph K. was the son of John, who was born in 1749 and died in 1825. The Catletts are of an old Maryland family, and one of their kinsmen settled at the present town of Catlettsburg, Ky., in honor of whom that city was named. Subject’s mother, Allie A., daughter of Peter and Louisa Senseney, of Shenandoah County, Va., was born in 1815, and died at this place in 1882. As the result of her marriage with John A., the children born to them are: Louise A. (Lunderman), Cornelia C. (Oliver), Alexander C. (slain in the late war), our subject, as above, and Addison C. The family are intelligent, upright, well educated, and an honor to their worthy progenitors. John C. Catlett is a farmer, having 350 acres of valuable land in a good state of cultivation. This place was settled as early as 1803 by that sturdy old pioneer Joseph Bollinger, and is near the homestead and cave where John Davis, the original pioneer of Christian County, first settled. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx