Age: 90 years 5 months 14 days

   Catherine Ann Mongold was born in Hardy Co. W. Va. Aug 30 1820. When 16 years of age she moved to Green Co. Ohio and three yrs. later moved to Henry Co. Ind.
   She was married to Hiram Mongold on Feb. 27, 1838. They moved to Auburn, Kans. in May 1868 and two years later moved to Silver Lake where she has since resided.
   She joined the Presbyterian church in her younger days and a few years after joined the United Brethren. On coming to Kansas she joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and has lived a consistent Christian life until she died on Feb. 13, 1911.
   She leaves seven living children, two grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren.
   She has three brothers and one sister living, Elias Fink, Alexandria, Ind., Ambrose N. Fink, Westmoreland, Kans., Hiram Fink, Evening Shade, Ark., and Mary E. Cummings, St. Joseph, Mo.
—Handwritten obituary from personal collection of daughter, Martha Mongold Doel.

   Mrs. Anna Mongold, 90 years of age, died at the home of James Forbes, one and one-half miles northwest of Kiro, yesterday afternoon.
   Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church of Silver Lake tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Silver Lake Cemetery.
—Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), February 14, 1911, p 10, c 3.

1883 Biography:
   MRS. ANN MANGOLD[sic], farmer, P. O. Silver Lake; 160 acres, eighty acres under cultivation. In 1882 had sixty acres of corn, which averaged forty-five bushels an acre. House stone, 18x24, two stories, three rooms, built in 1870; cost about $500. Barn, 14x60, stone, one story and hay loft, will hold ten horses and five tons of hay; built in 1873. Orchard of fifteen acres, apples, cherries and peaches, nearly all bearing. Has seventy-five head of cattle, eight horses and sixty-five hogs. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1868. Remained at Auburn one year, then moved onto the Wakarusa; remained one year and moved to present location in 1870. Was born in Hardy County, W. Va., August 30, 1821. When sixteen years of age moved to Greene County, Ohio; remained there two years, and then moved to Henry County, Ind. Hiram Mangold [sic], her husband, was born in Hardy County, W. Va., April 23, 1824. They were married February 27, 1838, and moved to Indiana. Has seven children - Sarah, John, Harvey, Martha, Hiram, Lucinda, Frank. Mr. Mangold died September 13, 1874. He was a member of the Dunkard Church.
—William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas. A. T. Andreas, 1883. p 585.

Hiram and Catherine Anne Mongold had twelve children. All children, with the exception of Perry Mongold (b. 7 September 1868, d. infant), are linked below.