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. Age 42

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.)