The father was opposed to having any of the children legally adopted by his friends, but he placed Katherine in a family where, for a number of years, she had a home.

While in the academy in Lodi, Ohio,[2] the idea of being a physician was first suggested to her, and from that time on, she worked, studying and teaching, with that aim in mind.

In less than ten years, she secured an established, lucrative practice, without any debts, and had some paying investments.

For several years, she was the State superintendent of heredity in the Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

[2] She died in Akron, Ohio, September 13, 1910,[3] from pneumonia, following a fall which resulted in a fracture of the hip.