Catlin Township (part 2 of 2)

S. W. Barker, Fairmount, farmer, was born in what was then known as Hardy county, Virginia, on the 5th of January, 1816. His father died when he was two and a half years of age, when he and his mother moved to Fayette county, Ohio, and while there he married Amanda Ocultree, in 1840. She is a native of that county, and was born in 1822. He removed to Kosciusko county, Indiana, and remained seven years, and in 1853 came to Vermilion county, which has been his home ever since. He has a family of three children : Amos B., Luther L. and Mary. One of the children died : Orange B. Mr. Barker and his wife have been constant members of the M. E. church for many years.

George Hoyles, Catlin, farmer, section 15, is the son of Jacob and Sarah Hoyles, who were natives of Pennsylvania. G. Hoyles was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and came to Vermilion county in 1853. On the 22d of February, 1854, he married Mrs. Mary J. Guy man, daughter of Isaac Sandusky, who was an early settler of this county. She was born in the county on the 29th of February, 1829. Her parents brought the first stove in the county. Mr. Hoj'le lived in the house in which the first court ever convened in this county was held. Here he remained about twenty-three years, but at the present time he has a fine residence. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., also a Royal Arch Masoii of Vermilion Chapter, No. 82. He has one daughter, Agnes O., and three children deceased : Euphas J., Morning and George. Mr. H. has been hard working and energetic, and at present owns eight hundred acres of fine farming land in the county.

Charles Gones, Catlin, farmer, son of Michael and Polly Gones, was born in what was then known as Hardy county, Virginia, on the 8th of August, 1818. He went with his parents to Clark countjT, Ohio, in 1832, and then to Madison county, where lie was united in marriage on the 22d of February. 1844, to Miss Elizabeth Price, daughter of John and Elizabeth Price. She was born in Ross county, Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1825. By their union they have been blessed with six children : Mary J., the wife of Jacob Sandowsky, Thomas, John, Sarine, now Mrs. Bentley, Charles H. and Hannah, now Mrs. Hoges.

William McBroom, Fairmonnt, section 35, was born in Kentucky on the 22d of April, 1815. In 1827 he came with his parents to Crawfordsville, Indiana, where they were among the early settlers. They resided there four years, and then removed to New Richmond, in the same state, where they remained until his father's death in 1841. His mother went to Nebraska, where she remained until her death. Mr. McBroom has been thrice married. His first wife was Miss Rhoda A. Stover, and they were married in 1833; she died the same year. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Boyd, daughter, of Joseph Hanks, in 1839; she was born in Ohio on the 16th of January, 1816, and died in 1849. Mr. McBroom married again in 1851, this time to Mrs. Emily Snyder, daughter of Judge Allen. She was born in Kentucky, in 1818. Mr. McBroom is the father of two children by his second wife : John and Joseph ; and by his present wife four : Alfred, Josephine, now wife of R. R. Shephard, William Jester and John. Mr. McBroom came to Vermilion county on the 28th of October, 1854, and settled where he now resides.

John Harvey, Catlin, section 22, business at present, farming and stock-raising, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 21st of April, 1830, where he remained until he was nineteen years of age. He then came to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where he was united in marriage, on the 22d of December, 1851, to Miss Margaret A. Taylor, daughter of Thomas A. and Ivea Taylor. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana, on the 7th of July, 1831. By this union they have been blessed with one daughter: Ellen T.; and by adoption they have one son : Frederick M. Mr. Harvey's father was in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have been long united with the C. P. church.

W. S. Pate, Catlin, section 21, was born in Ripley county, Indiana, on the 24th of March, 1286. His parents were natives of Virginia; they came to Dearborn county, Indiana, in an early day, and remained there until their death. His father, Jeremiah Pate, died on the 8th of July, 1852, and his mother, Martha A., died in 1836. Mr. Pate was united in marriage on the 14th of September, 1852, to Miss Loveday A. Williams, daughter of Thomas and Paulina Williams. She was born in Ripley county, Indiana, on the 11th of January, 1829. They have two sons and one daughter: Rebecca J., Thomas and George A. Four of their children are dead: Paulina E., Mary D., Ohioselestie and Martha A. Mr. Pate came to Vermilion count}- in 1855, and settled where he now resides. He served in the Mexican war two years, was at the battle of Cerro Gordo, National Bridge, Pueblo, and at the City of Mexico. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., Catlin Lodge, No. 538. His father served in the war of 1812. Mr. Pate and his wife are constant members of the M. E. church.

W. R. Nesbitt, Catlin, farmer, was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1830, and removed to Gallia county, Ohio, in 1837, where his mother, Mary, died. Mr. Nesbitt was married in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Dye, a native of Gallia county, Ohio. She was born in 1832. Mr. Nesbitt came to Vermilion county in 1855, and has been farming and dealing in stock. He came to the county without anything, and by his own industry owns two hundred and twenty acres of fine improved land, and has raised a family of six sons and one daughter : Daniel, Robert C, Areus F., Mary E., Charles E., John W. and Edward A.

Joseph Wherry, Catlin. farmer, was born in Mason county, Kentucky, on the 24th of February, 1819, and came to McLean county, Illinois, in 1853. He has been twice married. His former wife was Harriet Barclay, and they were married in 1838, and she died in 1861. His second marriage was to Alcy Burroughs, in 1863. He has two children by his former wife: William S. and John ; and by his present wife : Ida, Hannah, Mary J., wife of W. Cook, and Arminta, wife of R. Downing. Mr. and Mrs. Wherry are members of the C. P. church. She was born in Brown count}', Ohio, on the 20th of May, 1829, and came to this county in 1833.

Albert Yoorhes, Fairmount, farmer, is a son of Andrew W. and Mary Voorhes, and was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the 26th of December, 1833. He came to Edgar county, Illinois, in 1856, where he remained about three years. He then removed to Vermilion county, where he has made a permanent home. On the 2d of September, 1855, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Sarah J. Baker. She is a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was born on the' 19th of December, 1839. The result of their union is a family of seven children living, and one dead. The living are : Samuel W., C. L., Linie I., Dillie J., Florence B., Henry, Kimbrough E. Mr. Yoorhes came to this country without any means, and by industry has provided a good home for his family. He and wife are members of the C. P. church.

W. J. Brinckley, Catlin, principal of school, was born in Sussex county, Delaware, on the 9th of March, 1835, where he received his early education, and followed teaching school for some time. In 1856 he came to Vermilion county and located in Catlin, and has been engaged as principal of the Catlin schools. Mr. Brinckley served three years in the rebellion, in Co. D, 125th 111. Yol. Inf., serving in that regiment eighteen months, then serving as ordnance sergeant in the second division, 14th Army Corps, until the close of the war. Mr. Brinckley attended Rush Medical College during the term of 1873-4. The only brother Mr. Brinckley had that lived to be a man served in Co. C, 25th 111. Vol. Inf., and died while in the army. In 1856 Mr. Brinckley was joined in marriage to Miss Mary A. Bradway, a native of Salem county, New Jersey. She was born on the 12th of June, 1838. They are the parents of one sou, William J. Mr. and Mrs. Brinckley are members of the M. E. church, and in politics M. Brinckley is a republican.

J. M. Crutchley, Catlin, was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of May, 1836, and, about the year 1844, came with his grandparents to Hendricks county, Indiana, where he remained until 1857. He then removed to Vermilion count}', Illinois, where he engaged in farming and coal mining until 1874. Since then he has been in the mercantile business, being connected with the firm now known as Payne & Crutchley. Mr. Crutchley served in the rebellion, in Co. A, 70th Beg. 111. Vol. Inf., serving his time out in that regiment. He reenlisted in 1864 in the 135th 111. Vol. Inf., and served his time out in that regiment. He was united in marriage on the 29th of July, 1859, to Miss Cynthia Tanner, a native of White county, Indiana, born on the 9th of July, 1837. Mr. Crutchley is a member of the A.F. & A.M., Catlin Lodge, No. 285.

J. F. Crosby, Catlin, insurance agent, was born in Shelby county, Indiana, on the 6th of December, 1834, and came west, locating in Catlin, Vermilion county, in 1857. His parents also came to this county. His father, Joseph, served in the late war, and resided in the county until his death in 1866. His mother, Mary, died soon after they came to this county. Mr. Crosby served in the late rebellion, in Co. K, 125th 111. Vol. Inf., as second lieutenant. He served one year and then resigned. On the 23d of October, 1873, he was married to Miss Louisa Olmsted, daughter of George Olmsted. She was born in Vermilion county, Illinois. They have one daughter: Myra, and one son, deceased, Harry.

William Hawkins, Catlin, farmer, section 7, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on the 1st of January, 1831, and came to Vermilion county in 1859. He was married on the 28th of March, 1855, to Miss Duanna Burgoyne, a native of Muskingum count}7, Ohio. She was born on the 20th of August, 1835. They have four children: Sarah E., wife of G. Patterson ; Nora B., Lue E., Marietta, and one deceased :

William N. Mr. Hawkins served in the late war. He enlisted on the 11th of August, 1862, in Co. G, 125th 111. Vol. Inf., and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Perryville and Atlanta. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and was in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged, except Chickamauga. He was at the general review at Washington.

James White, Catlin, farmer, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 4th of July, 1S12. His father, William, was in the war of 1812, and was wounded, from the effects of which he died. His mother, Julia White, died when he was seven years of age, leaving him without parents or money. He engaged as cabin-boy on one of the steamers on the Chesapeake Bay for fifty cents per month. He then worked on a farm for four and five dollars per month, in Pennsylvania, and in 1859 came to Vermilion county. He has been twice married. His former wife was Hannah Rodgers; they were married in 1840, and she died in 1846. His second marriage was to Frances Sanders ; they were united in 1849. She was born in 1829. Mr. White is the father of three children by his former wife: William, Samuel and Hannah, now wife of C. Dopp. By his present wife he has James E., Frank, Josephine, wife of H. Finley; Charley, Robert, Ellen, Roker, Jesse, Julia, Elizabeth. Mr. White has, by hard work and economy, become the owner of six hundred and seventy-two acres of land.

Samuel R. Tilton, Catlin, merchant, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1840. In 1844 his father moved to Ripley county, Indiana, where S. R. grew to manhood, and in 1862 came to this county. Soon after, in response to a call of his country for troops, he enlisted in the service, and participated with his regiment in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Allatoona, Kenesaw Mountain, and many other engagements of less note. He was severely wounded in a charge on Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, on the 27th of June, 1864 - a musket ball penetrating his right breast. The ball afterward was extracted from his back, and is yet preserved by himself as a souvenir of the bloody days of our late civil war, and the excruciating suffering which he endured. He at times still suffers severely from the effect of his wound. Although his wound was of such a severe character as to unfit him for active military duty, he after a few months rejoined his regiment at Goldsborough, Xorth Carolina, and continued with it until the close of the war. Then he returned to the residence of his parents in Indiana. In December, 1866, he returned to Catlin and took charge of the railroad station. After acting in the capacity of agent for the railroad company for nearly one year, he embarked in the drug and notion business. His capital and experience in the business were both limited, but by his straightforward dealing and never-tiring industry, his small beginning has increased until he now has three tirst-class stores in the village of Catlin : a general merchandise store, one of drugs and notions, and a millinery store. In addition to these he owns a one-third interest in a general store at Pilot, Illinois, the firm name being Tilton & Bros., and under the supervision of A. B. Tilton. These three departments are so complete that almost any article in general use is kept in stock. He is not naturally public spirited, but has served the people of Catlin as postmaster nearly three years, resigning on account of ill health. He is a Past Grand in the I.O.O.F. Lodge, and has attained to the degrees of knighthood in Masonry, being at present a member of the Danville Commandery. He is not a member of any church, but very liberal in his support of the different denominations, as well as in all other institutions pertaining to the public good. Not the least of his generous traits is his liberality to the poor, of which there is abundant evidence. On the 7th of February, 1868, he was married to Miss Lou G. Vance, daughter of John Vance, who was one of the early and prominent pioneers of this county. Their family consists of Clinton Clay, born on the 10th of May, 1870, and Ralph Russel, born on the 14th of March, 1877.

G. W. Tilton, Catlin, dry -goods, groceries, etc., son of the Rev. Enoch and Elizabeth (Wilson) Tilton, came to Vermilion county in 1862, being at that date twenty-six years of age. His first occupation after arriving and locating at Catlin. was to take charge of the Catlin schools, which were under his supervision for four years following this date. He then engaged with Richard Jones in his store as book-keeper and salesman, in the village already mentioned. At the expiration of two years he formed a copartnership with J. C. Sandusky, in a store of general merchandise, under the firm name of Sandusky & Tilton. Five years afterward Mr. S. retired from the firm, selling his interest to L. C. Kyger, the firm name changing to Tilton & Kyger. This copartnership lasted for five years, when Mr. Kyger retired, since which time Mr. Tilton has conducted the business alone. The first five years' business of the firm amounted to but $11,000, but by steady application, good management and indomitable perseverance, the sales have steadily increased until they have reached nearly $50,000 per annum. Mr. Tilton is also interested in two other mercantile houses with his brothers : one at Pilot and another at Palermo, Illinois. In 1862 he became identified with the Vermilion County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and has since taken an active part in the work and interests of that society. He has served as secretary, vice-president and president, filling the latter position for three years, and is its present incumbent. He has also served one term in the county board of supervisors, representing Catlin township. At the age of fourteen years he became a member of the Baptist church, and at sixteen years of age taught his first school. Until his advent in this county, at the age of twenty-six years, he was variously engaged at farming, carpentering, teaching and surveying. In 1862 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Allbright, a native of Ohio. The fruits of this union are Charlie Vigil, Elsie Venus and Bertie Victor, aged respectively, fifteen, thirteen and ten years. According to the best information available, the Til ton family in this country owe their origin to three brothers who came over from England at the same time, during the colonial period of the nation's history. Most, if not all, bearing this name in the United States, trace their ancestry back to this source. Previous to this no knowledge of their predecessors is known. In writing the history of the county, personal sketches of old settlers and some of the more prominent business gentlemen, we deem it but proper to devote at least a short space to the Tilton brothers, five of whom have found a location in Vermilion county. Their father, Enoch Tilton, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of July, 1811, and is of English descent. He was married on the 12th of September, 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, who was born on the 12th of January, 1811, and whose ancestry came from Ireland. In 1844 they came to Ripley county, Indiana, where Mr. Tilton has been known for a number of years as a leading minister of the Baptist church. Although now sixtyeight years old, he has the pastoral care of four congregations, and conducts a farm of one hundred and twenty acres.

David Shaver, Catlin, section 18, farmer, was born in Muhlenburg county, Kentucky, on the 8th of October, 1824. His father was a native of Virginia, and was born in 1790. He came to Kentucky in 1814, and was in the war of 1812. His mother, Nancy Peters, was born in Rockingham comity, Virginia, in 1799, and died in Kentucky in 1878. Mr. Shaver married, on the 14th of February, 1847, Mildred A. Taylor, daughter of John A. Taylor. She was a native of Ohio county, Kentucky, and was born on the 17th of October, 1828. Her father was born in the fort tiear Hartford, Kentucky, in 1767, and was the second child born in that town - Hartford. He was one of the pioneers of Greene River county. He made various business trips from Frederick county to Virginia, in which he passed through wildernesses, being entrusted with agencies for land speculations. He superintended the locations of their claims amidst danger. Mr. Shaver removed to Vermilion county in 1864, where he has become one of the industrious and respected citizens of the county. He has raised a family of seven children : Leander, Elizabeth A., wife of C. T. Dye, Sarah M., wife of A. Richards, Nancy D., Peter L., Bertha, William, W. C. One child, John A., died.

A. J. Yillars, Catlin, section 9, farmer, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, on the 22d of May, 1843. He was married on the 25th of May, 1865, to Miss Harriet Smith, a native of Clinton county, Ohio, and born on the 16th of May, 1844. In the same year of his marriage he came to Vermilion county, and here he has been engaged in farming and school teaching since. Mr. Yillars served in the rebellion, in Co. G, 11th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was in several hard battles, - the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, and thirty-two skirmishes. He was taken prisoner at Liberty, but was paroled soon after.

J. P. Guyer, Catlin, railroad agent, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of December, 1843. He came to Wisconsin with his parents, where they remained for a short time, and then returned to Philadelphia. In 1859 they removed to Missouri, where they left him and returned east. Mr. Guyer enlisted in the army in 1861 for three years. He was at the battles of Boonesville, Wilson's Creek, and several skirmishes. In 1863 he came to Springfield, Illinois, where he engaged as bill clerk for the Chicago & Alton railroad. He also was with the Springfield & Southeastern railroad as agent for five years. He came to Catlin on the 9th of November, 1875, where he has acted as agent for the Wabash railroad. Mr. Guyer was united in marriage in 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Goodrich, a native of Urbana, Ohio, born on the 17th of February, 1855. Mr. Guyer is a member of the A.F. & A.M. He has crossed the sea twice, and has been to South America and Liverpool.

S. W. Jones, physician and surgeon, Catlin, son of H. and Luzena Jones, was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, on the 15th of November, 1851, where he remained until twenty-one years of age. Being an energetic young man, and wishing to make his mark in life, he started for himself, and, in 1859, came to Hamilton county, Indiana, where he engaged in teaching school and reading medicine. In 1874 he attended the Ohio Medical College, and in 1875 came to Catlin, Illinois, where he practiced medicine until the fall of 1877. He then returned to Cincinnati, and took a course of lectures and received his diploma, on the 17th of February, 1878. He returned to Catlin, and purchased a stock of drugs from T. H. Runion, and, by attending to his profession, now ranks with the older physicians of the county. On the 28th of February, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss F. D.

A. M. F. McCollough, Catlin, physician, was born in Monroe county, Ohio, on the 26th of November, 1852. His father, Dr. Mc- Collough, was born in Eastern Ohio in 1826, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. He received his education at Franklin College, Ohio, and read medicine under Dr. John Findley for some years. In 1848 he located in Monroe county, Ohio, and there was actively engaged in the practice of medicine until the year 1874, when he removed to Bellaire, Belmont county, Ohio, where he has since resided. He was married in the fall of 1849 to Miss Margrey A. Brokaw, of Harrison county, Ohio. They are the parents of three children : Isaac N., A. M. F. and W. S. At the age of seven years Isaac N. died. W. S., now twenty-four years of age, is a promising druggist in Wheeling, West Virginia. A. M. F., the subject of our sketch, received his education at Vermilion College, Ashland county, Ohio (now merged intoWooster University). In the year 1868 he began the study of medicine under the instruction of his father and Dr. Armstrong. In the year 1872 he attended medical lectures at Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio. The following year was spent in pharmaceutical rooms in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. About 1876 he attended a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, receiving from that time-honored institution his desired diploma. Refreshed anew with vigor, he wended his way westward, accidentally dropping in the village of Catlin, where he located in the fall of 1877. After a residence here of about eighteen months he chose for his wife Miss Emma A. McClenathan, daughter of G. S. McClenathan, a resident of the county for about twenty-five years, and formerly from Washington county, Pennsylvania. The Doctor, since his residence at Catlin, has, by an honest and candid treatment of patients, as well as a polite and courteous treatment of associates, surrounded himself with a large circle of friends. Though he has been a resident of the county but a few years, he is already associated with the old phvsicians of the countv. This alone is the best of guarantees of his ability as a physician and surgeon.

Source changes here: from History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, by Jones, Lottie E, published 1911; 1,085 words in this source stream.

Catlin Township

Catlin township contains historic ground. It was near within the limits of this township that the first settlement was made at the salt springs in 1819, and but a short distance from there and within the township Butler's Point was settled. This township is bounded on the north by Oakwood and Danville townships, on the east by Danville and Georgetown townships, west by Vance, by Georgetown and Carroll townships. This township was named Catlin because of that name having been given to the village on the Wabash railroad. Until the time of the coming of the railroad the village which lay to the west, a short distance was called Butler's Point, but when a station was made, where the town is now located, trade and residences drifted to the better facilities, and Butler's Point was lost in Catlin. This village was named Catlin on account of that being the name of one of officers of the Wabash railroad. Catlin township contains teritory, all told, which is more than a full Congressional township and a quarter. The Salt Fork of the Vermilion river runs along the northern border of this township, and originally had a belt of fine timber along its bank of a mile to a mile and a half in width. The points made by these elbows of timber extending out in the prairie, were great attraction to the early settlers who were afraid to venture out on the open plain. The chief of these points was the one upon which James Butler settled and was known as Butler's Point All evidence of a settlement at Butler's Point has disappeared and so also has the timber which skirted the banks of the old Salt Fork.

Catlin township was laid off from Carroll, Vance, Danville and Georgetown townships in 1858. This was after the Wabash railroad had been built for some time and the station of Catlin located and built. Along the southern line of Catlin township there is a ridge which separates the drainage of the Salt Fork and the Little Vermilion rivers. This elevation makes the water shed of the township toward the Salt Fork, all excepting a small portion in the extreme southern part. The Wabash railroad, going through the township, turned the attention of eastern capitalists in this direction, and settlers were forced to go further south to get cheap land. As early as 1850 all the land north of the railroad had been brought into cultivation and by 1858, all the land southwest of the station was taken and made into farms.

The location of Butler's Point was directly west of Catlin. Asa Elliott was the first justice of the peace in Catlin township and in Vermilion county as well. He came to Butler's Point in 1822. Mr. Woodin was a cooper and the nearest to a hotel was the boarding house he kept where the price per week for board was $1.50. Hiram Ticknor is supposed to have been the first school teacher. Rev. Kingsbury came to this region to preach to the Indians and sometimes would hold meetings at the salt works. The first Sunday school in the county was established at the home of Mr. Asa Elliott, probably about 1836. The deposit of coal throughout this county has developed the industry of coal mining. The first shaft sunk was by Mr. Hinds, in 1862. John Faulds put down a shaft in 1863 and one hundred and forty-seven feet below the surface he reached a six foot vein, which was at that time considered a great event and was celebrated by a grand banquet. This was in June, 1864. Capt. W. R. Timmons was called upon to preside and G. W. Tilton sang a song the verse of which he composed. This mine, which was worked for a while, and was a pride to Catlin, would seem crude enough at this time in comparison with the modern coal mines of Vermilion County.

It was in 1856 that Mr. Guy Merrill and Josiah Hunt laid out the village of Catlin. The plat was twelve blocks north and south of the station. At the same time Harvey Sandusky laid out and platted an addition lying south of and running from the railroad and west of the original towns as far east as that plat did. On the i8th of June, Josiah Sandusky platted an addition between this last and the railroad. April, 1858, Josiah Sandusky platted and laid out his second addition west of the original town. In 1863, J. H. Oakwood laid out an addition of two blocks north of the original town and in October, 1867, Mr. McNair & Co. laid out and platted the coal shaft addition along the railroad and west of Sandusky's second addition. An election was held in March, 1863, to consider the proposition whether or not to incorporate the village of Catlin. Twelve votes were cast for and none against incorporation. On April, 1863, the election for first board of trustees was held.

Catlin has always been a conservative village, more a place where people were making homes than were striving to advance business and manufacturing interests. It is a pretty village of comfortable homes. The past generation knew Catlin best as the place of the holding of the annual fair. After the Vermilion County Agricultural and Mechanical Association was organized in 1850, one or more fairs were attempted in Danville with little success, when it was found that Butlers Point was a more practical place to hold this annual affair. This part of the county was the home of the most of the fine stock. Forty acres were rented and fenced and a good track laid out, buildings were erected and the fair at Catlin was an institution of importance as long as the association remained in existence.

The Wabash railroad runs across this township. It enters it in the northeast corner and runs in a southwesterly direction to the village of Catlin, thence directly west to the limit. The Sidell branch of the C. & E. I. R. R. makes the western border of the township almost the entire length. Beside these means of transportation, the line of the Interurban trolley, a part of the Illinois Traction system, keeps Catlin in touch with Danville by cars going every twenty minutes during the day. With the exception of the strip of timber which skirted the stream in the northern part, Catlin township is a fertile plain where fine farms have been developed.