My g-grandmother's brother, Jonathan Dennis CATHELL, wrote his autobiography, "A Synopsis of the Long, Earnest, and Busy Life of Jonathan Dennis Cathell" when he was 84. He was born in 1817 in Delaware and moved to Washington in about 1842. He was captain of the schooner Statesman on the New York, Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown line in 1853. He was later a superintendant of the Washington Gas Light Company for many years. He lived in the same house in Georgetown from before 1860 until his death in the early 1900s. At least a copy of the autobiography was probably in the hands of his grandson, Arthur P. Connelly, and information from it is quoted in "Records of the Cathell Family" compiled by Ralph W. Cathell and published in 1972. Would anyone be familiar with Capt. Cathell or his autobiography? Is there some way to see if it was indeed published? I would love to have the chance to read it, particularly anything it may have to say about his father, who would be my g-g-grandfather. Susan Wheary [email protected] Researching HELWIG, PROCTOR, SOPER, ROBINSON, BALL, CATHELL in Washington DC.