Catherine Ernsberger ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

Catherine was enumerated twice in the 1880 census. One time shows that she was living with her married daughter, Mary Elizabeth, and her family in Wyandot County, Ohio and a second time shows she was living with her married son, Benjamin, and his family in Richland County, Ohio.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on 28 August 1850. ³

Page 336B, Roll 724, Dwelling 239, House 239
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States
Catharine Cutler..31..OH
(Living with husband and 6 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 May 1820, then her age should have been 30 instead of 31.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on June 1860. ⁴

Page 4, Household 26
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States
Catharine Culler..40..OH..Widowed
Malinda Culler..20..OH
Benjn F. Culler..18..OH
John H. Culler..14..OH
George Culler..12..OH
Mary Culler..10..OH

(Catherine was widowed and living with 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Mifflin Township, Wyandot County, OH on June 1880. ⁶

Sheet 565B, Roll 1079, District 168
Mifflin Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, United States
Other..Catharine Culler..60..OH..Widowed
(Living with married daughter, Mary, and her family.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on June 1880. ⁵

Sheet 115D, Roll 1061, District 210
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States
Other..Catherine Culler..64..OH
(Widowed and living with married son, Benjamin, and his family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 May 1820, then her age should have been 60 instead of 64.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lucas, OH on 2 June 1900. ⁷

Sheet 1B, District 129, Household 17
Lucas, Richland County, Ohio, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Mother..Catharine Culler..May 1820..80..OH..6/5..Widowed
(Living with married son, Benjamin, and his family.)
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• She was buried on 12 March 1910 in the Mount Zion in Lucas, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #30768039
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• Her obituary was published in the Mansfield News on 19 March 1910 in Mansfield, OH.

⁹ Mrs. Kathryn Culler who died last Thursday at the home of her son, B. F. Culler, was buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery Saturday afternoon. Services were conducted by the Rev. J. H. Hall, of Mansfield. Mrs. Culler was near 90 years old and has been a member of Mt. Zion Church since 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mowers, Mr. and Mrs. John Mowers and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dome and daughter, were here to attend the funeral and also visiting with relatives in the neighborhood.

(Source: Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, 19 Mar 1910)
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Catherine married John Culler, son of Jacob Culler and Barbara Long, about 1838.¹ (John Culler was born on 10 July 1808 in , Frederick County, MD,^{3 10} died on 23 October 1854 in , Richland County, OH ¹⁰ and was buried after 23 October 1854 in Lucas, OH ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on 28 August 1850. ³

Page 336B, Roll 724, Dwelling 239, House 239
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States
John Cutler..42..MD
Catharine Cutler..31..OH
Malinda Cutler..9..OH
Franklin Cutler..7..OH
Solomon Cutler..5..OH
John W. Cutler..3..OH
George W. Cutler..1..OH
Mary..11m..OH
Eleanor Shonebarger..17..OH
Silas Allen..20..OH..Farmer

NOTE - Almost all of the ages for the family were incorrectly recorded on this census. Perhaps the info was given to the census enumerator by a neighbor instead of a family member.
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