Katharine was the first child of Ste­phen and Ada Po­tter Ather­ton, and had se­ven bro­thers. In 1900, she mar­ried broom mak­er El­li­ot Grant Grimes in Ver­non, Mi­chi­gan. She had a stepdaugh­ter, Corabelle Grimes Shorden, one son, Le­on El­li­ot Grimes, and an adopt­ed daugh­ter, Ma­ry Pa­tri­cia Green Ja­cobs. She be­came a writ­er at an ear­ly age, and worked as an ed­it­or for the South­ern Ag­ri­cul­tur­ist mag­a­zine in Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see. In ad­di­tion to writ­ing, she was an ac­comp­lished pi­a­nist and a mu­sic teache­r. In 1920, she and her son Leon worked for Dr. Will­iam Fewkes of the Smith­son­ian In­sti­tute, ex­plor­ing the Ana­sa­zi Ind­i­an ru­ins at Me­sa Ver­de, Co­lo­ra­do. In lat­er years, she formed her own bu­si­ness, “Writ­er’s Aid,” where­by she took a writ­er’s man­u­script and cor­rect­ed and pre­pared it for sub­miss­ion for pub­li­ca­tion.

Hymns

1. Live in Sunshine
2. Spend One Hour with Jesus
3. Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord (© 1935)