Wife of James Emery. Born in Maghernageerah, County Tyrone, [Northern] Ireland. Immigrated to Ohio circa 1841-43. Mother of at least 10, possibly 12, children. The birthdate above was taken from her tombstone. Other sources give her birth as anywhere between 1810 and 1815.

No official death record has been found for her, only newspaper clippings of her death, which indicate clearly that the date of death inscribed on her tombstone is very incorrect.

Stroke of Apoplexy
Causes the Death of Mrs. Catherine
Emery, an Aged Lady.

Mrs. Catherine Emery, aged 87 years, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning from apoplexy, at the home of R. Parsons, 316 west North street. The deceased was a native of Ireland. She leaves a son, who is expected to arrive from Zanesville this evening. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.

[The Times-Democrat (Lima, Ohio), Monday, November 8, 1897, page 8]

Apoplexy's Sudden Stroke.
Abram Emery today received the sad intelligence that his mother had died very suddenly of apoplexy at 6 o'clock this morning at her home in Lima. The remains will be brought here for interment. The funeral will take place from Mr. Emery's residence on the Coopermill road.

[The Daily Courier (Zanesville, Ohio), November 8, 1897, no page no., col. 3]

Abram Emery, of the Coopermill road, was called to Lima yesterday by the death of his mother, Mrs. Katherine Emery. The deceased was eighty-six years of age and her death was caused by apoplexy. The remains will be brought here tomorrow and the funeral will be held from Mr. Emery's residence as soon as relatives in Texas can be communicated with.

[The Daily Signal (Zanesville, Ohio), Tuesday evening, November 9, 1897, col. 2, no page nos.]

The remains of Mrs. Catherine Emery, who died at her home in Lima, Monday, arrived here at 9:11 o'clock last night. The funeral will take place from the residence of her son, Abram Emery, on the Coopermill road, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Woodlawn.

[The Daily Signal (Zanesville, Ohio), Wednesday evening, November 10, 1897, col. 2, no page nos.]