Mrs. Catherine Ann Fetter, one of Louisville's oldest residents, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Steele, 221 East St. Catherine street, at 10:25 o'clock last night. Her death was due to senility and the effects of injuries she sustained in a fall on August 27. Mrs. Fetter was one of the best-known women of Louisville. She was born in this city and lived here all her life. She was the wife of the late George G. Fetter, a merchant and pork packer of Louisville, and the daughter of John Thompson Gray, one of the first postmasters of this city, having received his appointment from President Monroe, who was his father's cousin. Mrs. Fetter was born March 9, 1822, on Main street, between Third and Fourth avenues, her early home being where the present building of the Ouerbacker-Gilmore Company is situated. She was the granddaughter of Capt. George Gray, Revolutionary fame and a pioneer of Kentucky and of Peter R. Ormsby, who came to this country on account of participating in the Irish revolution with Robert Emmett. Her great-grandfather was the Rev. John Thompson, rector of the famous St. Mark's parish, Culpepper, Va., and one of the best-known of the early Episcopal churchmen in America. At the age of sixteen she was married to Mr. Fetter by the Rev. Thomas Perkins, of the Episcopal church. . . Mrs. Fetter is survived by six children, Mrs. Robert Steele, Mrs. Amos Stickney, Mrs. James Wharton, of Springfield, Ky.; Mrs. Edwin Royle, O. G. Fetter, superintendent of the car service bureau at Cincinnati, and George G. Fetter, of Louisville. Mrs. Fetter was known for her rare conversational ability and her pride in Kentucky and her family's traditions. - Louisville Courier-Journal 08 Sep 1906
Mrs. Catherine Ann Fetter, one of Louisville's oldest residents, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Steele, 221 East St. Catherine street, at 10:25 o'clock last night. Her death was due to senility and the effects of injuries she sustained in a fall on August 27. Mrs. Fetter was one of the best-known women of Louisville. She was born in this city and lived here all her life. She was the wife of the late George G. Fetter, a merchant and pork packer of Louisville, and the daughter of John Thompson Gray, one of the first postmasters of this city, having received his appointment from President Monroe, who was his father's cousin. Mrs. Fetter was born March 9, 1822, on Main street, between Third and Fourth avenues, her early home being where the present building of the Ouerbacker-Gilmore Company is situated. She was the granddaughter of Capt. George Gray, Revolutionary fame and a pioneer of Kentucky and of Peter R. Ormsby, who came to this country on account of participating in the Irish revolution with Robert Emmett. Her great-grandfather was the Rev. John Thompson, rector of the famous St. Mark's parish, Culpepper, Va., and one of the best-known of the early Episcopal churchmen in America. At the age of sixteen she was married to Mr. Fetter by the Rev. Thomas Perkins, of the Episcopal church. . . Mrs. Fetter is survived by six children, Mrs. Robert Steele, Mrs. Amos Stickney, Mrs. James Wharton, of Springfield, Ky.; Mrs. Edwin Royle, O. G. Fetter, superintendent of the car service bureau at Cincinnati, and George G. Fetter, of Louisville. Mrs. Fetter was known for her rare conversational ability and her pride in Kentucky and her family's traditions. - Louisville Courier-Journal 08 Sep 1906
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