Catherine Burdick Barber

Biography

Catherine Burdick Barber, born in 1780, lived during a time of rapid change, yet she kept alive the comforts of home and the close bonds of kinfolk around the Starr Burying Ground. Though specifics of her work remain private, she shepherded her family through the hopes and hardships of early nineteenth-century New England with gentle resolve.

Her life, spent in the quiet tasks of daily care and neighborly generosity, is remembered by descendants who pass through the old burial ground and draw strength from her example of steadfast love.