[1] Katharine (or Katherine) (nickname, "Kate) Johnson[2] was born in an isolated farmhouse among the hills of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, April 7, 1841.

From both parents she inherited refined and cultivated tastes and a fondness for books, which has made her a good student.

Her more important literary work included articles on hygiene and hydrotherapy, in connection with assistant editorship of the Laws of Life, a family health journal.

[1] A persuasive speaker, her talks upon health and associated topics were among the most practical and valuable instructions given to the patients in the Jackson Sanatorium.

[4] She was a member of the Livingston County Medical Society; Woman's Christian Temperance Union; King's Daughters; Red Cross Association; and formerly of Sorosis.