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Catharine <I>Braucher</I> Monnett

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Catharine Braucher Monnett

Birth
Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Death
8 Feb 1875 (aged 59)
Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Bucyrus Township, Crawford County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Conrad and Maria Braucher, Catharine Braucher Monnett was born in Ross County Ohio in 1915. In 1835 she married Abraham Monnett of Pickaway County. Mother of twelve, Ephraim, Martha Ellen, Oliver, John Thomas, Elsie, Augustus, Mervin, Mary Jane, Madison Welsh, Melvin, Amina J. and Catherine LaVende; all lived to maturity.

The couple set up housekeeping in Marion County Ohio on what is now Morral-Kirkpatrick Road east of Tobias Station and west of Kirkpatrick. Using her dowry as a baseline investment, her husband's hard work and shrewd business skills resulted in great prosperity for the couple.

Catharine Braucher Monnett died at the farmstead in Marion County in 1875, and was buried in Monnett Chapel Cemetery, south of Bucyrus, Ohio.
Daughter of Conrad and Maria Braucher, Catharine Braucher Monnett was born in Ross County Ohio in 1915. In 1835 she married Abraham Monnett of Pickaway County. Mother of twelve, Ephraim, Martha Ellen, Oliver, John Thomas, Elsie, Augustus, Mervin, Mary Jane, Madison Welsh, Melvin, Amina J. and Catherine LaVende; all lived to maturity.

The couple set up housekeeping in Marion County Ohio on what is now Morral-Kirkpatrick Road east of Tobias Station and west of Kirkpatrick. Using her dowry as a baseline investment, her husband's hard work and shrewd business skills resulted in great prosperity for the couple.

Catharine Braucher Monnett died at the farmstead in Marion County in 1875, and was buried in Monnett Chapel Cemetery, south of Bucyrus, Ohio.

Inscription

Granite: Catharine Monnett
Mother
Died Feb. 8th, 1875
Age 59 Yrs. 3 Mo. 1 Day
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Marble stone:
"Thy body, O wife, and Mother so dear
Lies Emtombed 'neath this soft green sod
But thy spirit was bourne
by Angels home
And lives in the City of God

Gravesite Details

The Granite Shaft marker is in good repair on my last visit of 1/4/2020, and on 6/2022.
The marble marker, marked Mother, is in very poor condition as of 6/2022 and is nearly sanded making the script virtually impossible to read.



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  • Created by: SHaley
  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38156080/catharine-monnett: accessed ), memorial page for Catharine Braucher Monnett (7 Nov 1815–8 Feb 1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38156080, citing Monnett Chapel Cemetery, Bucyrus Township, Crawford County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by SHaley (contributor 47137674).