VAWTER, Catharine “Kate” (Hickey)

Date of birth:  10 Oct 1837
Date of death: 28 May 1895 – Jackson Township, Morgan County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 31, 1895,
page 1 column 4

PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

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Mrs. Kate Vawter, aged fifty-five years, whose home was at Glenns Val­ley, was thrown from her buggy Tuesday, near Morgantown, and killed. She was on her way to the home of her sister, Mrs. Obenchain, to spend dec­oration day and decorate the grave of her husband who was buried at Mor­gantown. Her horse was frightened by the harness breaking and started to run. It ran into a pile of railroad ties and Mrs. Vawter was thrown from the buggy. Her back was broken and skull fractured. Lewis Mullendore, of this city, who was driving behind on the road, assisted the woman into a house nearby where she died soon afterwards. Mrs. Vawter’s maiden name was Hic­key. She was a relative of John J. Hickey, of Trafalgar, and was an est­imable lady.

Link to Catharine “Kate” (Hickey) Vawter’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry