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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of H. A. CATTRON 

[Surnames: CATTRON, ZIMMERMAN] 

CATTRON, H. A. 

    
Representing the fourth generation of his family to till the soil of Hickory Twp., Fulton County, H. A. Cattron was born on a farm in Joshua Twp., on September 21, 1874, a son of Israel V. Cattron, grandson of Hezekiah Cattron, and great-grandson of Valentine Cattron who established the family in Fulton County in April 1837. 
    
Valentine Cattron was born in Virginia and moved at an early day with his people to Sullivan Co., East Tennessee, and in 1820 arrived in Washilngton County, IN, whence he emigrated to Illinois. Of later members of the family, records may be found elsewhere in this work. 
    
H. A. Cattron passed his youth on his father's farm in Joshua Twp., meanwhile receiving his preliminary education in the country schools of his township. 
    
In 1898 he married Ida ZIMMERMAN, who was born in Deerfield, Twp. on June 9, 1877, and forthwith started housekeeping on the farm in Young Hickory Twp., where he is now engaged in general farming, and stock-raising, cultivating 160 acres of land. He is an energetic and capable young agriculturalist, abreast of the times and constantly seeking light upon his chosen calling. He is active in politics and has served the township five years as a member of the Board of Education.