Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 66-68.  Caldwell Co.

GEORGE F. CATLETT

     George F. Catlett, the editor of the Princeton Leader published at
Princeton, Kentucky, was born in Morganfield, Union county, this state, on
the 17th of March, 1868, and is a son of Robert P. and Adelle (Rucker)
Catlett.  The father was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, February 22, 1840,
and died in Princeton, this state, on the 18th of August, 1888.  His
father was George F. Catlett, Sr., one of the early settlers of Union
county, and later a representative merchant of Morganfield, where he spent
his last days.  His birth had occurred in Virginia, whence he came to this
state, and for many years was accounted one of the enterprising and valued
citizens of his locality.  The maternal grandfather of our subject was
Joshua Rucker, who became an early settler of Caldwell county, Kentucky,
and lived and died here.  It was his daughter, Adelle, who became the wife
of Robert P. Catlett.  She was born in Princeton on the 8th of July, 1845.
Soon after their marriage they began their domestic life in Morganfield,
where they resided continuously until 1875, and then removed to Princeton.
While in the former place the father carried on agricultural pursuits, and
at Princeton he established a confectionery store, which he conducted with
success until his life's labors were ended in death.  In his political
affiliations he was a Democrat and fraternally was connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Both he and his wife held membership 
in the Presbyterian Church and lived in harmony with its teachings, so that
their upright lives gained for them the respect, confidence and good will
of all with whom they were associated.  Mrs. Catlett still survives her
husband and is yet living in Princeton.  By her marriage she became the
mother of seven children:  Nannie R., has been successfully engaged in
teaching in the public schools for eighteen years, and for four years
served most acceptably as superintendent of the schools of Caldwell county, 
having been the only lady ever elected to that position in this county. 
She is now teaching in the public schools of Princeton and is the owner of 
the Princeton Leader and the Clinton Democrat, the latter paper being 
published in Clinton, Kentucky.  George F. is the second of the family.
Robert M., a railroad employe, is residing in Paducah, this state.  Joshua
R. is the publisher of the Clinton Democrat.  Elizabeth is a teacher in
the graded schools of Princeton.  Necie is a teacher in the public schools
of Caldwell county.  Samuel O. is a printer in the office of the Leader at
Princeton.
     George F. Catlett was educated in the schools of Morganfield and of
Princeton, and in 1886 began learning the printer's trade in the latter
place.  He is now the publisher of the Princeton Leader, and is a well
known representative of journalistic interests in this part of the state,
having devoted his entire life to this work.  The Leader is well conducted,
and is a neatly edited sheet devoted to the best interests of the
community, to the dissemination of local and general news and to the
advocacy of the Democratic party.  In 1883 Mr. Catlett was united in
marriage to Miss Laura Williams, of Princeton, and they have a pleasant
home and many friends there.

Catlett Rucker Williams
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Union-KY VA Hickman-KY

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