Catherine Deeds ^{1 2}

   Another name for Catherine was Catherine Deedes.⁵

  General Notes:

1850 Census - Fairfield Township, Dekalb County, Indiana:

13 86 86 Shipes Catharine 42 F Pa
14 86 86 Shipes Ephraim 27 M 600 Pa
15 86 86 Shipes Isabel 20 F Pa X
16 86 86 Shipes Sarah 17 F Pa
17 86 86 Shipes Catharine 15 F Pa
18 86 86 Shipes John Henry 14 M O X
19 86 86 Shipes Abner 10 M O X
20 86 86 Shipes Rebecca 8 F O
21 86 86 Shipes Savilla 6 F O
22 86 86 Shipes Frances 1 F Ia

Her husband, Mathias Shipe died in 1848 leaving her to care for 9 children, four of which were 10 years old or younger.

  Noted events in her life were:

• United States Census: Residence, 1850, Fairfield Township, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA.

Catherine married Mathias Shipe, son of John Shipe and Catharine Scheib, in May 1822 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. (Mathias Shipe was born on 5 Nov 1801 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA, died on 6 Nov 1848 in Noble County, Indiana, USA and was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield Center, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA.)