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Catherine Biser
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Catherine Biser 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 27 August 1782, Middletown, MD 2
- Marriage (1): Spencer Hendrickson about 1799 1
- Died: 30 August 1856, French Creek, VA at age 74 1 5
- Buried: After 30 August 1856, Calcutta, VA 3 5
 Cause of her death was Grief.1
Another name for Catherine was Catherine Beisser.6
Baptism Notes:
Catharina Beiser
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Death Notes:
Name: Catharine Hendrickson
Death Date: 30 Aug 1856
Death Place: French Creek, Pleasants, West Virginia
Gender: Female Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1782
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Spencer Hendrickson
Film Number: 867993
Digital Folder Number: 4230090
Image Number: 7
Source: County Records
Reference Number: v 1 p 2
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Burial Notes:
Note: There is some debate as to whether Spencer and Catherine Hendrickson are actually buried in the Bills Family Cemetery. An old newspaper article states they were buried in the Calcutta cemetery of the United Brethren Church
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Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 23, Hardy County, VA on 12 October 1850. 4
1850 US Census
Page 86B, Dwelling 1167, Family 1180
District 23, Hardy County, Virginia
Catharine Hendrickson..72..Unk
(Living with husband.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 27 Aug 1782, then her age should have been 67 instead of 72.
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• She was buried after 30 August 1856 in the Bills Family Cemetery in Calcutta, VA.
Find A Grave Memorial #95992519
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Catherine married Spencer Hendrickson about 1799.1 (Spencer Hendrickson was born in 1772 in Pennsylvania,4 7 died on 30 August 1856 in French Creek, VA 7 8 and was buried after 30 August 1856 in Calcutta, VA 7 9.). The cause of his death was Old Age.1
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 23, Hardy County, VA on 12 October 1850. 4
1850 US Census
Page 86B, Dwelling 1167, Family 1180
District 23, Hardy County, Virginia
Spencer Hendrickson..78..PA..Farmer
Catharine Hendrickson..72..Unk
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Marriage Notes:
The Death Register for Pleasants County, Virginia confirms that both Spencer and Catherine died on the same day, 30 Aug 1856. The cause of death for Spencer was listed as "Old Age" while Catherine's was "Grief".
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Sources
1
Death Register, Virginia, Pleasants County; 1856, p. 2; Line 18, Catharine Hendrickson; digital image, (20 Dec 2010).
2
Hilton T. Smith, World Family Tree Vol. 048, Ed. 1, Tree #1455 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: December 1999).
3
Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).
4
1850 U.S. census, population schedule, District 23, Hardy County, Virginia, p. 86B, dwelling 1167, family 1180, Spencer Hendrickson and Catherine Biser; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Dec 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.
5
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 4 Jun 2017), https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95992519.
6
World Family Tree Vol. 001, Ed. 1, CD-ROM Database (N.p.: (Brřderbund Software, Inc, Release date: November 29, 1995), Tree #1276; Dorothy P. Danner.
7
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 4 Jun 2017), https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hendrickson&GSfn=spencer&GSby=1772&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1856&GSdyrel=in&GSst=52&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=95999971&df=all&.
8
Death Register, Virginia, Pleasants County 1856, p. 1, Spencer Hendrickson; digital image, (20 Dec 2010).
9
Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE" (Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com Database: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).
