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MRS. CATHERINE SCHIKAN


MRS. CATHERINE SCHIKAN was a pioneer resident of Marthasville in 1840 when Atlanta was nothing but a wilderness of woods. Mrs. Schikan recalled that there were paths here and there, leading to almost nowhere. Mrs. Schikan donated land at the corner of Mitchell and Elliott Streets (several hundred feet), land which she owned. "She was a woman of great public spirit, and almost up to the time of her death she was always in good spirits and delighted to relate the incidents of Atlanta's earliest days and to tell of the wonderful growth of the once forlorn wilderness of woods." Atlanta Georgian, 7/16/1907. She was born February of 1826 in Germany and died at 115 Oglethorpe Avenue, Atlanta, 7/15/1907, buried Oakland Cemetery. Children:
  1. MINNIE SCHIKAN.
  2. MRS. JOHN JENTZEN of Atlanta.
  3. MRS. C. P. POPE of Waycross, Ga.
Sources: Atlanta Georgian, 7/16/1907; Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.