Katherine Kelso Johnston was born on 8 October 1816 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, daughter of Alexander Johnston (~1784–~1832) and Mary Stevenson (~1792–~1820).
Katherine (18) married Robert Simpson Cassatt (28) (born on 24 July 1806 in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States; son of Denis Cassatt and Lydia (Simpson) Cassatt) on 22 January 1835 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny. Their known children were:
She is the mother of noted Impressionist Artist, Mary Stevenson Cassatt and is portrayed frequently in her daughter's art.
Katherine died before 20 October 1895 in Beaufresne, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, aged about 79. She was buried in Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA (plot: Lot 487 [Cenotaph]).[1]
1850 United States Federal Census Catherine K Cassatte Family Data Collection - Births Katherine Kelso Johnston Family Data Collection - Individual Records Katherine Kelso Johnston Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 Katharine Kelso U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
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