Katherine was one of eleven family members who were present during the time her brother Joseph recounted his earliest visionary experiences. She was at home when her brother retrieved the Book of Mormon plates from a hiding place in the woods in late September 1827 and those few months while the plates were housed in the Smith home. She attended the meeting of the church's organization on April 6, 1830, and was baptized at the first church conference held a few months later, on June 9, 1830.

Katherine also attended the dedication of the Kirtland Temple and contributed significant work efforts to the interior of the finished edifice. she migrated with the Saints from New York to Ohio, then to Missouri, and finally to Illinois. Before her family's move to Illinois, she was often present at major church events, as she frequently resided with her parents in Kirtland and in Missouri, even after her marriage to Jenkins Salisbury in 1831. Thus, Katherine's surviving recollections about early church history contribute to our understanding of these early Restoration events, particularly from a female perspective.

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