Catherine Cornelia Prather

Biography

Catherine Cornelia Prather belonged to an early Kentucky family whose members helped keep households and neighborhoods strong during the tumultuous 1830s and 1840s; her life, though briefly lived, spanned years of steady domestic care and personal devotion.

Her resting place at Cave Hill Cemetery speaks to the deep roots her family had in the region, and we honor the grace with which she fulfilled her place in that growing community.