BIO: Grant CATHCART, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 569 & 570.
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  GRANT CATHCART, a well known citizen and successful agriculturist of Knox 
township, Clearfield county, Pa., owns a valuable property containing 110 acres, 
which is situated one mile east of Olanta, Pa., near Turkey Hill.  He was born 
February 8, 1868, on this farm which is part of the old homestead, and is a son 
of James Cathcart.
  James Cathcart was long a prominent citizen of Knox township.  He was born 
near Glen Hope, Clearfield county, in 1829, and died July 27, 1884, at the age 
of fifty-five years.  His was the first funeral in Mt. Zion cemetery, which 
tract of land he had donated to the Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal church.  James 
Cathcart came to Knox township with his parents and spent his life on this farm, 
clearing the land and erecting substantial buildings which still stand.  He 
acquired a large amount of property, at one time owning 600 acres in Clearfield 
county, 300 of which are yet owned by his family.  He was a loyal supporter of 
the Union cause during the War of the Rebellion, and broke down his former 
robust health through three years of army service.  He was a member of Co. F, 
100th Pa. Vol. Inf., the famous "Roundheads."  After he returned to Knox 
township his subsequent life was spent in farming, lumbering and rafting.  In 
politics he was a Republican and the only fraternal organization with which he 
was connected was the Grange.
  James Cathcart married Rachel Flegal, who was born at Morrisdale, Pa., and 
whose death occurred March 8, 1911.  Nine children were born to them, of whom 
four survive, namely:  D. W., of Altoona; W. W., and Grant, both of Knox 
townsip; and Cora, who married a Mr. Shelow.
  Grant Cathcart obtained his education in his native township, mainly at the 
Turkey Hill school, and afterward became his father's assistant on the home 
farm, where he has always lived with the exception of two years following his 
marriage, when he resided at Glen Hope.  He carries on general farming and 
stockraising, and is surrounded with all the comforts and conveniences which, in 
these modern days, make country life the most desirable and independent of all.
  In 1892 Mr. Cathcart was married to Miss Catherine Noel, a daughter of John 
and Josephine Noel, of Belsena Mills, and they have ten children, namely:  James 
W., Vindetta, Hazel, Harry, Della, Helen, Charles, Paul Lewis, Elvin and Evelyn.  
Mr. Cathcart and family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.  In politics he 
is an Independent Republican, being a man who does his own thinking, and he has 
never consented to hold any township office.  He is an interested member of the 
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.