Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite

b. 14 October 1800, d. 22 March 1873
  • Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite was born on 14 October 1800 in Massachusetts.
  • She married Nimrod Earl Benson on 11 January 1821 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • Nimrod Earl Benson and Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery, Alabama. Also in the household were children Mary (age 22), Ellen (18), William H. (16), Louisa (11) and Olivia (8), as well as daughter Ann Scott (age 28) and her four children.
  • Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite became a widow at the 28 September 1854 death of her husband Nimrod Earl Benson.
  • Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery, Alabama. Also in the household were children William (age 25), Louisa (19) and Olivia (17), as well as daughter Ann Scott (age 38) and her four children.
  • Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Staunton, Virginia. Also in the household was daughter Ann Scott (age 46) and two of her daughters.
  • Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite died on 22 March 1873 at age 72 in Staunton, Virginia.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 16 Nov 2015

Family: Nimrod Earl Benson b. 10 May 1794, d. 28 September 1854