where was st katharine drexel born
Background and Early Life. Katharine Drexel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 1858. Her father, Francis Anthony Drexel, was a business partner of financier J.P. Morgan. Her mother, Hannah Jane (nee NÃ©e) Langstroth, drexel died a month After'drexel s; birth in, 1860 her father was married, again To Emma. bouvier