Catherine Darner ^{2 3 5 6 7 8}

   Another name for Catherine was Mary Catherine Darner.^{5 10}

  General Notes:

Catherine Darner was the daughter of John Jacob and Maria Barbara Darner. Her parents were from Germany and settled in Ohio around 1800 after living in Maryland. They are supposedly buried in Sonora, Muskingum County, Ohio having died around 1810-1818. She had at least 8 siblings: Jacob, John, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Andrew, John, Jacob and Philip according to LDS records.

Catherine appears to have married Herman Umstead after her first husband, Daniel Spicer, died. Depending on which record you read, she was either Daniel's second or third wife.
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial# 17164038

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1810 US Census in , Frederick County, MD on August 1810. ¹¹

1810 US Census
Page 262, Roll 10
, Frederick County, Maryland
Females:
10-15: 1 (maybe Catherine, age 9)
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Salem Township, Muskingum County, OH on 4 October 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 281B, Dwelling 144, Family 144, Roll 718
Salem Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Catherine Spicer..49..PA
(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• 1855 Illinois State Census: 1855, in , Wayne County, IL. ¹² 1855 Illinois State Census
Page 54
, Wayne County, Illinois
Daniel Spicer, Head of Household
Males/Females 50-60: 0/1 - (Catherine, Wife, age 54)
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Brush Creek Township, Wayne, IL on 3 July 1880. ⁷

1880 US Census
Page 4D, District 136, Dwelling 64, Family 64, Roll 257
Brush Creek Township, Wayne County, Illinois
Catharine Umstead..Mother..79..PA
(Widowed and living at the home of her married daughter, Elizabeth, and her family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 Sep 1801, then her age should have been 78 instead of 79.
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Catherine married Daniel Spicer, son of John Spicer and Catherine, on 18 April 1820 in , Muskingum County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Daniel Spicer was born on 8 May 1788 in New Jersey ^{6 9 13 14}, baptized on 8 October 1837 in Sims Creek, OH, died on 6 March 1862 in Wayne City, IL ^{2 10 14 15} and was buried after 6 March 1862 in Johnsonville, IL ^{2 14}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Salem Township, Muskingum County, OH on 4 October 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 281B, Dwelling 144, Family 144, Roll 718
Salem Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Daniel Spicer..62..NJ..Farmer
Catherine Spicer..49..PA
William Spicer..21..OH..Farmer
Catharine Spicer..18..OH
Elizabeth Spicer..18..OH
Mary J. Spicer..12..OH
Naomi Spicer..9..OH
George Taylor..21..Farmer
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• 1855 Illinois State Census: 1855, in , Wayne County, IL. ¹² 1855 Illinois State Census
Page 54
, Wayne County, Illinois
Daniel Spicer
Males/Females Under 10: 0/0
Males/Females 10-20: 0/2 - (Naomi, Dau, age 14; Mary Jane, Dau, age 17)
Males/Females 20-30: 1/0 - (William, Son, age 26)
Males/Females 50-60: 0/1 - (Catherine, Wife, age 54)
Males/Females 60-70: 1/0 - (Daniel, Head, age 67)
Totals: 6 (Note - This probably should have been 5 instead of 6.)
Militia: 1
Live stock value: $250.00
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Daniel Spicer
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Apr 1820
Event Place: Muskingum, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Catherine Darner
GS Film Number: 000910166
Digital Folder Number: 004732958
Image Number: 00601

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQR-5HY : 8 December 2014), Daniel Spicer and Catherine Darner, 18 Apr 1820; citing Muskingum, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 910,166.
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Catherine next married Herman Umstead on 16 February 1869 in , Wayne County, IL.⁴ (Herman Umstead was born in 1798,⁴ died in 1877 in Illinois ⁴ and was buried in 1877 in Johnsonville, IL ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

They had no children. (per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni _74932/)
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