The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . were thesize of a greenback, and were valued at from $5 to|100, enabling the masses to make safe investmentswith their small savings. Mr. Garrard was also theauthor of other bills
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . were thesize of a greenback, and were valued at from $5 to|100, enabling the masses to make safe investmentswith their small savings. Mr. Garrard was also theauthor of other bills that became laws. He was re-elected to the legislature three times, and was speak-er in 1882 and 1883. In the latter year, his partnerbeing elected to the supreme bench, Mr. Garrard re-tired from political life, and has since devoted him-self to the practice of his profession. CATLIIf, George, painter, was born in Wilkesbarre. Pa., July 26,1796, the son of Putnam and Polly(Sutton) Catlin. His father served for six yearsin the war of the revolution and his mother was adaughter of one of the original settlers of Wyomingwho took an active part in the battles with the Ind-ians at the time of the massacres. His paternal ancestors came over with the Conqueror and havesince been seated at Nervington, Kent, and differentmembers of the family have at times been in theservice of the Kings of England, and other sover-. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 271 eigns. The first of the family to settle in the UnitedStates was Thomas Catlin, who emigrated to thiscountry from England or Wales and settled in Hart-ford, Conn., about 1643. In 1797 the parents ofthe subject of this sketch removed to Broomecounty, N. Y., and were subsequently located atdifferent periods at Hop Bottom, Montrose, andGreat Bend, Pa. He received the ordinary training that was customarily given to the colonialchildren of the period, showing little fondness forbooks, but became a proficient fisher and hunter,his mind and imagination
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