Catherine White Coffin

Catherine Coffin
Catherine White Coffin (c. 1879)

Catherine White Coffin (born Catherine White; September 10, 1803 – May 22, 1881),[1] also known as "Auntie Katie", was an American Quaker abolitionist and the wife of Levi Coffin, the unofficial "President of the Underground Railroad".[2] The Coffin home in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, has since been turned into a museum, and was referred to as the Underground Railroad's "Grand Central Station".[3][4] Catherine and Levi had six children, three of whom did not survive to adulthood. Levi Coffin said "There never was a night too cold, or dark or rainy, for her to get up at any hour, and prepare a meal for the poor fugitives [...] many a time 12, 15, and even 17 sat down," about his wife on their fifteenth wedding anniversary.[3]

  1. ^ "Indiana Commission of Women, Catherine Coffin" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Levi Coffin, Underground Railroad Ambassador". African American Registry. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Levi & Catharine Coffin House". Indiana State Museum. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  4. ^ "Photo reveals family connection to Underground Railroad". Fulton Sun. 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2023-09-20.