Born: Ap­ril 12, 1812, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: 1897, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

A mem­ber of the Amer­i­can Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal de­nom­in­a­tion, Cath­er­ine mar­ried Captain George G. Esling, of the Merchant Marine, in 1840. She lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until her hus­band’s death in 1844, when she returned to Philadelphia. Her works in­clude:

• The Brok­en Brace­let, and Other Po­ems, 1850

Sources

Hymns

1. Come unto Me, When Shadows Darkly Gather