Resaca Della (Reid) Catlett (1854 - 1883)

Born 13 Sep 1854 in Franks Township, St. Francis, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James L. Catlett — married 5 Jan 1876 in St. Francis, Arkansas, United States

Died 20 Feb 1883 at age 28 in Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

She is recorded as "Fasacah" in the 1860 Census. She was born in 1854. She is the daughter of Samuel Reid and Caroline Unknown.

I wonder if her father Samuel B. Reid fought in the 1848 Mexican War. He named one of his daughters Buenavista, which was a major battle (1847) in that war and another daughter possibly Resaca (1860 Census "Fasacah") which was another battle, "Resaca de la Palma," 1846.

Research Notes

A fifteen-year-old "Resacker Reed," female, born in Arkansas, was living in the household of William Houston in Griggs, St. Francis, Arkansas in 1870. The household consisted of William Houston, farmer, age 25, b Ark.; Fleeter Houston (male) age 20, farmer, b. Fla., David Wood, age 23, farmer, b. Arkansas, and Resacker Reed.^[1]

Resaca Della Reid was b 13 Sep 1854 in Arkansas. Miss R. D. Reed married James L. Catlett 24 Dec 1876 in St. Francis County, Arkansas. She was age 21. No parents listed.^[2]

In 1880 James Catlett and his wife Resaca D. Catlett were living in Smith, Cross, Arkansas. James was age 26 b Georgia. Resaca was age 25 b Arkansas; parents b. Georgia. Their daughter Eva Catlett was age 3, b. Ark. Their son Alsey Catlett was age 6 months, b. Arkansas. James's brother Alsey L. Catlett was age 29 b Georgia; he was a photographer. Also in the household was Mary Hackney age 28 b Ky.^[3]

James and Resaca were the parents of: Eva Catlett 1877-1953; Alsey Lafayette Catlett 1879-1956 and Richard Wilson Catlett 1881-1957. Resaca died 20 Feb 1883 in Arkansas.^[4] She is buried in the Hughes Cemetery in Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCX-5YB : 18 March 2020), Resacker Reed in entry for William Houston, 1870.
2. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMLN-MM9 : 9 March 2021), R D Reed in entry for James Caltell, 5 Jan 1876; citing Marriage, St. Francis, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,022,681.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWS-RWL : 19 February 2021), Resaca D Catlett in household of James Catlett, Smith, Cross, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 63, sheet 130B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,042.
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH88-9SG
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12666041/dela-catlett

• 1860 Census, Franks Township, St. Francis, Arkansas p. 75: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WM-87V : 18 February 2021), Fasacah Reed in entry for Samuel Reed, 1860.