# Julius Catlin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julius_Catlin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julius_Catlin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Catlin > Source revision: 1320346651 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American politician}} {{infobox officeholder | image =Julius Catlin, Lieutenant Governor, Connecticut, 1888.png | caption = | office = 49th [Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Connecticut) | governor = [William Alfred Buckingham](/source/William_Alfred_Buckingham) | term_start = 1858 | term_end = 1861 | predecessor = [Alfred A. Burnham](/source/Alfred_A._Burnham) | successor = [Benjamin Douglas](/source/Benjamin_Douglas) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1798|12|14}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1888|01|21|1798|12|14}} | death_place = [Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut) | education = | alma_mater = | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_party_(United_States)) | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Fisher
||January 21, 1888|reason=her death}} | children = | relations = }} '''Julius Catlin''' (December 14, 1798 – April 23, 1888) was an American politician who was the [49th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut](/source/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Connecticut) from 1858 to 1861.[http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026194408/http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm |date=2007-10-26 }} His estate was valued at $726,000 at his death in 1888, and was made a Colonel before entering the dry goods business.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/369176703/ Men of Mark], Hartford Courant, 28 Feb 1915, Sun ·Page 25 ==Early life== Catlin was born on December 14, 1798, to Grove Catlin, and was from Hartford in [Hartford County, Connecticut](/source/Hartford_County%2C_Connecticut). His sister, Flora Belle Catlin (1794–1878), an artist and a teacher of the arts at the [Hartford Female Seminary](/source/Hartford_Female_Seminary), lived with him after the death of their father.{{cite book |last1=French |first1=Harry Willard |title=Art and Artists in Connecticut |date=2009 |publisher=BiblioBazaar |isbn=9781110242856 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Op6sTnuNBbkC&pg=PA167 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}} ==Career== Catlin was a successful dry goods merchant in Hartford,{{cite book |title=Croonberg's Gazette of Fashions |date=1918 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaA7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA105 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}} and "accumulated a large property." Catlin was interested in public affairs and after winning election, served as the [Republican](/source/Republican_party_(United_States)) [Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Connecticut) from 1858 to 1861,{{cite web |title=Governors Lieutenant Governors |url=https://portal.ct.gov/sots/register-manual/section-i/governors--lieutenant-governors |website=CT.gov |publisher=Connecticut's Official State Website |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}} under the famous "war governor" [William Alfred Buckingham](/source/William_Alfred_Buckingham). He also presided over the [Connecticut State Senate](/source/Connecticut_State_Senate). ==Personal life== Catlin was married to Mary Fisher (1803–1888),{{cite news |title=DIED. CATLIN |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/01/24/106311816.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=24 January 1888}} a native of [Wrentham, Massachusetts](/source/Wrentham%2C_Massachusetts), a descendant of [John Mason](/source/John_Mason_(c._1600%E2%80%931672)){{cite news |title=HOME NEWS Death of Mrs. Julius Catlin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35108743/home_newsdeath_of_mrs_julius_catlin/ |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[Hartford Courant](/source/Hartford_Courant) |date=January 21, 1888 |page=1 |language=en}} "whose ancestors crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims on the ''[Mayflower](/source/Mayflower)''." Together, they lived in Hartford and had a home at [Watch Hill](/source/Watch_Hill%2C_Rhode_Island) in [Rhode Island](/source/Rhode_Island) and were the parents of: * Mary Jane Catlin (1830–1836), who died in childhood. * Hannah Maria Catlin (1831–1880), who married [Benjamin Kinsman Phelps](/source/Benjamin_Kinsman_Phelps), the law partner of future U.S. President [Chester A. Arthur](/source/Chester_A._Arthur) who served as [New York County District Attorney](/source/New_York_County_District_Attorney).{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Samuel Abbott |title=An Account of the Lawyers of Groton, Massachusetts: Including Natives who Have Practised Elsewhere, and Those Also who Have Studied Law in the Town : with an Appendix |date=1892 |publisher=J. Wilson and son |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA97 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}} * Julius Catlin Jr. (1833–1893),{{cite news |title=JULIUS CATLIN DEAD; A Prominent New-York Merchant Dies Suddenly in Canada. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/07/21/109264622.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=21 July 1893}} who was a dry goods merchant who married Frances Helen Hunt (b. 1839) in 1862.{{cite book |title=Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University |date=1900 |publisher=[Yale University](/source/Yale_University) |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFgdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA232 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}} * Charles Catlin (1837–1918), a woolen merchant with Mullen & Co. who married [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Laura_Wood_Catlin Laura Almina Wood] of [Rouses Point](/source/Rouses_Point%2C_New_York), granddaughter of Eliza Yale and Joshua P. Hammond of the [Yale family](/source/Yale_(surname)).{{cite web|url=https://ia804503.us.archive.org/10/items/yalegenealogyhis00byuyale/yalegenealogyhis00byuyale.pdf|title=Yale genealogy and history of Wales : the British kings and princes, life of Owen Glyndwr, biographies of Governor Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University was named, Linus Yale, Sr. ... and other noted persons|publisher=Forgotten Books |pages=372 |access-date=2022-11-05}} * Mary Catlin (1839–1839), who died in infancy. Catlin died at his home in Hartford (the former home of [Lydia Huntley Sigourney](/source/Lydia_Huntley_Sigourney)) on April 23, 1888.{{cite news |title=Obituary Notes {{!}} Ex-Lieut.-Gov. Julius Catlin |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/04/24/106319191.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=24 April 1888}} He was buried at the [Cedar Hill Cemetery](/source/Cedar_Hill_Cemetery_(Hartford%2C_Connecticut)) in [Hartford](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut). At the time of his death, the principal value of his estate was $726,000. ===Descendants=== [[File:Longueil-Annel Carte postale 12.jpg|thumb|Chateau d'Annel, [Julia Hunt Catlin](/source/Julia_Hunt_Catlin_Park_DePew_Taufflieb)'s property used during World War I]] Through his son Julius, he was the paternal grandfather of three girls, [Julia Hunt Catlin](/source/Julia_Hunt_Catlin_Park_DePew_Taufflieb) (1864–1947), Edith Catlin and May Catlin.{{cite news |title=THE CATLIN ESTATE TO BE DIVIDED.; It Will Go to the Grandchildren of Lieut. Gov. Catlin. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/07/26/109265684.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=26 July 1893}} [Julia](/source/Julia_Hunt_Catlin_Park_DePew_Taufflieb) became multimillionaire, received the [Croix de Guerre](/source/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)) and [Legion d'honneur](/source/Legion_d'honneur), and was married three times. For her first marriage, she married Trenor Luther Park, son of [Trenor W. Park](/source/Trenor_W._Park), a founder of the [Republican Party](/source/GOP) of California and business rival of [robber baron](/source/Robber_baron_(industrialist)) [Jay Gould](/source/Jay_Gould). He was the proprietor of banks and railroads and was an associate of [Horace Henry Baxter](/source/Horace_Henry_Baxter) and [Cornelius Vanderbilt](/source/Cornelius_Vanderbilt). His grandfather was [Congressman](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) and [Governor of Vermont](/source/Governor_of_Vermont) [Hiland Hall](/source/Hiland_Hall). She married second to C. Mitchell Depew, a nephew of Senator [Chauncey Depew](/source/Chauncey_Depew), who became [Secretary of State of New York](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_New_York), President of the [New York Central Railroad](/source/New_York_Central_Railroad) for [Cornelius Vanderbilt](/source/Cornelius_Vanderbilt), and a founding member of the [Yale Club](/source/Yale_Club). He was also a member of [The Four Hundred](/source/The_Four_Hundred_(Gilded_Age)) of the [Gilded Age](/source/Gilded_Age), President of the [Linonian Society](/source/Linonian_Society), and a member of the [Skulls and Bones](/source/Skulls_and_Bones). For the third marriage, she married Emile Adolphe Taufflieb, a French Senator and General during [World War I](/source/World_War_I).{{cite news|title=MME. EMIL TAUFFLIEB|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1947/12/23/87566671.pdf |access-date=26 April 2017|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=23 December 1947}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{Find a Grave|56862737}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before= [Alfred A. Burnham](/source/Alfred_A._Burnham) | title= [Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Connecticut) | years= 1858–1861 | after= [Benjamin Douglas](/source/Benjamin_Douglas)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Catlin, Julius}} Category:1798 births Category:1888 deaths Category:Yale family Category:Lieutenant governors of Connecticut --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Julius Catlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Catlin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Catlin?action=history)). 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