Catharine Smith
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 19 January 2024; Last Edited: 29 February 2024 |
| Person ID | 14850 |
| Name | Catharine Smith |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | ca. 1806 in Ulster County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | to Lewis B. Latimer |
| Married | to Jeremiah Hawver |
| Died | ca. 18716 |
Biography
Catharine’s second marriage is implied by her 1855 and 1865 census entries (the latter indicating she was a widow and having married twice), and her apparent listing in the 1850 census with one Jeremiah Hawver, along with her youngest three children (all from her first marriage to Lewis Latimore, who died in 1845).
Catharine was granted a widowed mother’s pension for the death of her son Jacob, who died during the Civil War. Affidavits in her pension application indicate that Jacob provided her financial and material support for four years prior to his Army service, she being entirely and solely dependent on his support. He also contributed regularly by allotment to his mother for her support after his enlistment and up to the time of his death. The documents also indicate that Catharine and Jacob lived together as mother and son before his Army service.7
Catharine died intestate, and her son John H. Latimer was appointed Administrator of her estate.6, 8
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Lewis B. Latimer (son of Ebenezer Lettemore and Jenneke ‘Jane’ Osterhoudt) |
| Born | 24 May 1805 in Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York |
| Married | to Catharine Smith |
| Died | 15 June 1845 in Town of Marbletown, Ulster County, New York |
| Children | of Catharine Smith and Lewis B. Latimer: |
| +1. | John H. Latimer |
| Born | 17 February 1829 in Kripplebush, Marbletown, Ulster County, New York |
| Married | ca. 1858 to Esther O. Wood |
| Died | 2 March 1903 in Ellenville, Ulster County, New York |
| 2. | Sarah A. Latimer |
| Born | ca. 1834 in Ulster County, New York |
| 3. | Jacob P. Latimer |
| Born | ca. 1841 in Ulster County, New York |
| Died | 10 August 1863 in Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, Arlington County, Virginia |
| +4. | Josephus Latimer |
| Born | July 1849 in Ulster County, New York |
| Married | to Annie _____ |
| Married | 27 January 1900 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Ella Marie Quick |
| Spouse 2 | Jeremiah Hawver |
| Born | ca. 1823 in New York |
| Married | to Catharine Smith |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Ulster County, Town of Marbletown, Image 18 of 93, Jeremiah Hawver, 27, NY, laborer; Cath Hawver, 46, NY; Sarah Hawver, 16, NY; Jacob Hawver, 12, NY; Josephus Hawver, 1, NY
- New York State Census, 1855, Ulster County, Town of Marbletown E.D. 3, Catheron Latimore, 49, Ulster [County], widowed; child Jacob P. Latimore, 14, Ulster; child Joseph Latimore, 5, Ulster; child Sarah A. Latimore, 21, Ulster; child Sarah A. Wood, 16, Ulster; child Olive Jonsbury, 1, Ulster.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Ulster County, Town of Marbletown, Page 383, Cath Lademan [sic, Latimer], 53, New York; Jacob Lademan, 18, New York, laborer; Josephus Lademan, 11, New York.
- New York State Census, 1865, Ulster County, Town of Marbletown, Second and Fourth E.D., Page 5, Catharine Latimer, 59, Ulster, widow, married 2 times; 6 children; child Josephus Latimer, 14, Ulster.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Ulster County, Town of Marbletown, Page No. 40, Stone Ridge Post Office, Catherine Latimer, 64, New York; Josephus Latimer, 18, stone cutter.
- New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (available at ancestry.com), Ulster, Letters of Administration, Vol. 002, 1868-1872, Page 272, Catharine Latimer, late of the town of Marbletown. Letters of Administration issued to John H. Latimer of the town of Marbletown, County of Ulster and the State of New York on 17 June 1871.
- U.S., Civil War Widow’s Pensions, 1861-1910 (available at fold3.com), Jacob P. Latimer. Nineteen pages of the application for pension by his mother, Catherine Latimer, resident of Ulster County, New York, Post Office address: Stone Ridge, New York, and in later included documents as Kerhonkson, New York. Various documents and affidavits provide vital details, including his death date and place [given as 10 August 1863 at Camp Convalescent, Virginia], and the death date and place for Jacob’s father, Lewis B. Latimer [15 June 1845 in Marbletown, New York].
- New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (available at ancestry.com), Ulster, Minutes of Wills, Vol. J, 1869-1872, Page 384, “On reading and filing the petition of John H. Latimer of the Town of Marbletown and the County of Ulster, a son of Catharine Latimer late of the Town of Marbletown and the County of Ulster, deceased...it is ordered that letters of administration be issued to John H. Latimer.”