1835–1907
Mrs. Herrick Johnson, Katherine H. Johnson

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 26, 1835, Au­burn, New York.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 26, 1907, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Fort Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Au­burn, New York.

Biography

Catherine was the daugh­ter of John Her­ring Har­den­bergh and Hes­ter V. Al­len, and wife of Pres­by­ter­ian min­is­ter Her­rick John­son.

At the time of her death, her hus­band was the old­est mem­ber of the fa­cul­ty of Mc­Cor­mick Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and one of the old­est Pres­by­ter­ian min­is­ters in Il­li­nois.

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Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of John­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),