Catherina (Leatherman) Custer (1765 - 1844)

Born 7 Apr 1765 in Hagerstown, Frederick Co., Maryland

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Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1844 at age 79 in Allen Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Catharine Leatherman was born Apr. 7, 1765 and died Sept. 22, 1844. She married on Nov. 28, 1784, as his second wife, George Custer of Chester County, Pennsylvania (born Dec 3, 1744, died Dec. 17, 1829).

Catharine is a 1st cousin, 6 times removed to me, Charles William Harvey. Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. WikiTree-2679

Catharine was married to George Custer Only, see Memorial. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93400987/catharine-custer

Catharine was raised near Hagerstown, Md., and later lived in Fayette Co., Pa.^[1]

Residence

On 30 January, 1811, a quarter section of land in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, was granted to George Custer for serving in the Revolutionary War, based on a military compensation law passed by Congress a few years earlier. George Custer and wife Catharine deeded this same land to their son Jonathan and wife Rachel on Dec. 9, 1819.^[1]

Children

Records in possession of descendants show that George and Catharine Custer had 11 children (though the names of only 9 are known): Daniel, Susannah, Catherine, Magdalena, Joseph, Jonathan, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, and 2 others who probably died in infancy.^[1]

Marriage

George Custer, the second son [of Paul and Sarah Martha Ball Custer], m 1st Mar. 29, 1774, Susannah Long who d when their children were all small. They were John, George, Sarah, David, Jacob, Hannah. When John, the oldest, was not quite 10 years old and Hannah, the youngest, only about 3-1/2 months old, George Custer m his second wife, Catharine Leatherman.^[1]

Catharine Leatherman, b Apr 7-1765 d Sep 22-1844

m Nov 28, 1784 George Custer, son of Paul - 1744-1829 Tuscarawas Co, Ohio^[2]

NOTE: Tuscarawas County was not created until 1808, and in fact, none of the Northwest Territory was open for white settlement until 1785. George Custer did not own any land in Tuscarawas County until 1811 (see above biography discussing the military grant of land in Tuscarawas County, Ohio to George Custer in 1811). So the place of marriage noted in this source is not credible.

Gravestone Inscription

Birth: Jul. 4, 1765

Death: Sep. 22, 1844

consort of George

79 yrs 5 mo 15 days

Family links: Spouse: George Ball Custer (1744 - 1829)

Children: George Custer (1776 - 1833)* Susanna Custer Moser (1787 - 1873)* Magdalene Custer Gans (1793 - 1881)* Joseph Custer (1797 - 1881)* Catherine Custer Spacht (1797 - 1892)* Jonathan Custer (1798 - 1871)* Elizabeth Custer Bigelow (1803 - 1861)* Lydia Bigelow (1806 - 1854)*

Death / Burial

Grove Church, Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA^[3]

Catherine may be a daughter of Elder Daniel Leatherman, and a sister to Anna Maria, Susanna and Magdalene Leatherman who married his cousins.

Abraham and Catherine are buried in the Old Fairview German Baptist Cemetery in Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Rev. I. John Leatherman, in collaboration with Emma Leatherman Chandler. All Leatherman kin history; a brief history and a partial genealogical record of Leatherman families and their descendants in the North American continent, with records of wills, transfers of real estate, and special activities in the lives of some of the subjects, with portraits and other illustrations. E.V. Publishing House, Nappanee, Indiana, 1940. P.619. Online copy: Hathitrust Digital Library (accessed 16 Mar 2016).
2. ↑ Larry Leach, Descendants of Nicholas (Theobold?) Leatherman. Published Online.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 93400987

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