When William Ervin Catlin was born on 21 February 1818, in Kentucky, United States, his father, William E. Catlin, was 20 and his mother, Delphia E. Davis, was 20. He married Elizabeth H Ridge in 1838, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. He died on 31 March 1906, in Hamilton Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Center Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.
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In 1819, in McCreary County, Kentucky along Cumberland River was the site of the first commercial oil well.
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
English (London and Hertfordshire): from the Middle English and Old French female personal name Cat(h)eline, the common French pronunciation of Caterine (see Catherine ).
French (Pas-de-Calais): rare variant of Cathelin (and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of this), a cognate of 1 above.
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