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Author: CaroleCunniff
Surnames: Catlin, Bartlett
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The Roehm book is indeed interesting, but she seems to dislike Henry intensely. I suspect
she has chosen the letters from Henry in which he asks for money, just to prove what a
deadbeat he is. She even sneers at him for having 9 children with his first wife, even
though large families were the norm and Putnam & Polly had 14. Charles, the eldest,
was an alcoholic whose wife divorced him at a time when divorce was not common, yet Roehm
does not criticize him.
In any event, the two sons that I know went off to war were Frederick and Julius, born
1831 and 1833 respectively. They are not mentioned by name in the book, I only know about
them from family papers. The only clue that might connect your George with Henry is the
middle name of Bartlett. But Mary Bartlett Grubb Catlin died in 1833, several years before
your George was born.
How did you come to link Henry with George to begin with?
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