When Catherine Avey Killian was born on 1 April 1787, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, her father, Mathias Killion, was 37 and her mother, Anna Elizabeth Fulbright, was 32. She married Anthony Henkel in 1810, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bogard Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Steele Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 27 April 1867, in Daviess, Indiana, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cornettsville, Bogard Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States.