Solomon Greathouse and Catherine Little Family

Catherine Little (1800-After 1865)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Solomon Greathouse John Greathouse Jacob Greathouse Peter Greathouse+ Leonard Greathouse McDonald Greathouse+ Susan Greathouse Melissa Greathouse+ Catherine Greathouse Maria Anna Greathouse Catherine Little 1 2 Born: 1800-1810, , , Virginia 2 Marriage: Solomon Greathouse on 10 Jun 1821 in , Belmont County, Ohio 1 Died: After 1865 2    Other names for Catherine were Catherine Everly and Catharine Little.   General Notes: Birth based on marriage records and census. They conflict somewhat. If she was 21 when married then she has to be born before 1810, which is what the 1850 census would make her birth year. The 1860 census would make her birth year 1800, which works better with the marriage date. Debby Mitchaner/Allen says: Residence Shannon, Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States Solomon does not show in the 1865 census, where wife Catherine is living with daughter Susan and her family ancestry.com Debby Mitchaner/Allen family tree. Also from Debby: Shannon, Atchison, Kansas Burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County Kansas, USA Find A Grave Memorial # 54864296 Cemetery notes and/or description: by FranzJr -I believe this to be Catherine's Grave 4   Items of interest in her life include: • She has conflicting birth information of , , Ohio. 2 • She appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1850 in Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio. 5 In the household of Solomon Greathouse Catharine Greathouse 40 , f, b. VA • She appeared on the census in 1860 in Shannon Township, Atchison County, Kansas. 2 She appeared with Solomon Greathouse MW age 60 farmer b. Ohio wife Catherine age 60 b. Ohio Catherine married Solomon Greathouse on 10 Jun 1821 in , Belmont County, Ohio.1 (Solomon Greathouse was born in 1793 in , , Virginia 2 6 7 and died after 1860 2.)   Items of interest in their marriage include: • Marriage Record: Marriage record for Solomon Greathouse and Catherine Little, 10 Jun 1821. The copy from the LDS film is very hard to read. The LDS Family History Catilog states the books include years 1800-1821 Record states: Advertised on 25 Day of Mar. last. Joined in Holy Matrimony on 10 day of June last, Solomon Greathouse and Catherine Little of lawful age, . Certified 20 th day of July, 1821. copy in the files of Lynn Leonard.

Sources

1 copied by Edna Berry, Belmont County, Ohio marriage records, book A & B
(Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 1984).

2 United States Census 1860 (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), Shannon Township, Atchison County, Kansas.

3 William Jerry Prater, 1992, Comer Fryman Family History (via Charles A. Steinman.)

4 Lynn Leonard.

5 United States Census 1850 (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), Lawrence, Washington County, Ohio, household 107, family 107.

6 Ibid, Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio, household 107, family 107.

7 Debby Mitchaner Allen (Mitchaner/Allen Family Tree, ancestry.com; and emails from Debby Allen).