Her father, Conrad Slates, a native of Loudoun County, Va., born November 25, 1708, was married in that State, in 1818 to Miss Hannah Funk, who was born in Maryland, October 31, 1800. By this union there were twelve children, of whom the following is a record: John W., born January 25, 1820, is in Germano, Ohio; Mrs. Drusilla Hibbs, born March 6, 1822, lives in Loudon Township, Carroll County; Mrs. Margaret Burrier, born July 8, 1824, is deceased; Samuel, born November 12, 1826, is in Iowa; Catharine C., is the subject of this biographical memoir; Mrs. Leah Albaugh, born October 5, 1831, lives in Indiana; Solomon, born December 29, 1833, resides in Kilgore, Loudon Township; Joseph, born June 22, 1836, is in Kansas; Mrs. Martha Lucas, born October 26, 1838, is deceased; Mrs. Mary A. Hamilton, born November 19, 1840, and Harvey, born May 17, 1843, both live in Nodoway County, Mo., and one was stillborn. About the year 1819 Mr. and Mrs. Slates came to Ohio, where he purchased three quarters of Section 1, in what is now Loudon Townahip, Carroll County, and here put up a cabin on the quarter where George T. Burrier now lives. In this Mr. Slates resided for some years, and then erected a hewed-log house, where he lived the rest of his life. He served as a justice of the peace several years, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.
