Hanes, Catherine E., fl. 1861-1873.

Catherine E. Hanes of Davie County, N.C., was the daughter of Alexander Martin Hanes and Jane M. Hanes.

Catherine E. Hanes was the daughter of Alexander Martin Hanes (who appears to have died before 1861) and Jane M. Hanes of Fulton, Davie County, N.C. She attended Statesville Female Academy in 1863 and Salem Academy in 1864 and 1865. After 1865, she appears to have returned to the family home in Fulton and to have taught school nearby.

Catherine Hanes's siblings included Jacob H. Hanes, who served in the 4th North Carolina Regiment in the Confederate Army and was killed in May 1864; George Hanes, who enlisted in the 42nd N.C. Regiment in April 1864 and was killed in June 1864; Spencer Hanes, who was severely wounded in 1864 and returned home for the duration of the war; Mary Hanes, also called Mollie; and John Wesley Hanes, who was a student at Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C., in 1869-1870. Catherine Hanes was also addressed as Kate, Katie, or Sissie.