KETCHUM, Jane (Burheight) (Winter) 1812-1898

BURLING, MOODY, BREED, WINTER, BURHEIGHT, BARHITE

Posted By: S. Ferrall IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 5/6/2005 at 06:45:06

Mrs. EDMUND R. (Jane Burheight) Winter KETCHUM - 1812-1898

....moved to Long Pine, Neb., where they remained three years when they removed to Postville, Iowa, and became members of the family of their daughter, Mrs. Burling, where Mr. Ketchum died in 1896. While in Nebraska, Mrs. Ketchum contracted the inflammatory rheumatism, which rendered her an invalid for the remainder of her life. Her health had been such the past two winters that it was feared she could not survive another winter in Iowa, so in December Mrs. Burling took her to Crossville, Tenn., to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Moody. At first the change seemed beneficial, but about the 10th of February her strength began to fail and she sank rapidly until her death, which occurred February 16th. She leaves surviving Mrs. Breed and Mr. Winter, of California, children of her first marriage, and Mrs. Burling, of Postville, Iowa, and Mrs. Moody, of Crossville, Tennessee, children of her second, marriage, besides three step-daughters and four step-sons. The remains were temporarily interred in Crossville, Tennessee, but will be removed to Postville, Iowa for [illegible] the side of her husband.

- source: February 25, 1898 Postville Review
- note: This clipping, saved by my g-grandmother Nina Harris Swenson, was torn, the first part is completely missing; and is very yellowed and darkened with age. Anyone researching Mrs. Ketchum can perhaps provide her first name, and that of her husband.

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Update! The name of Mrs. Ketchum was Jane Burheight Winter. She was born in Albany, N. Y. in 1812. Edmund Rescue Ketchum was my Great-Great-Great Grandfather.
- contributed by Bruce Ketchum

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Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb Volunteer
Date: 7/31/2012

Mrs. Jane Ketchum, the venerable mother of Mrs. F.S. Burling, of this city, died at Crossville, Tenn., February 16, 1898. Such the word received here this week by Mr. Burling on his return from attending court at Decorah. Mrs. Ketchum was well known in Postville as a consistent, devoted Christian woman; and now she has entered into rest, leaving a precious memory which will be cherished by many so long as time shall last.

Jane Barhite was born in Albany, N.Y., in 1812. At the age of 15 she was married to Niagra Winter, of Syracuse, N.Y., and was left a widow in 1846. Three years later, in 1849, she was married to E.R. Ketchum, in Chicago, Ill. In 1851 they removed to Fayette county, Iowa, were they lived until 1885, when they removed to Long Pine, Nebraska, at which place they remained for three years, when they came to Postville and became members of the family of their daughter, Mrs. Burling, where Mr. Ketchum died in 1894.

While in Nebraska, Mrs. Ketchum contracted inflammatory rheumatism, which rendered her an invalid for the remainder of her life. During the past two winters her health has been such that it was feared she could not survive another winter in Iowa. So, in December, Mrs. Burling accompanied her to Crossville, Tenn., to spend the winter with another daughter, Mrs. Moody. At first the change seemed beneficial, but about the 10th of this month her strength began to fail and she sank rapidly until the end came, as noted above, on the 16th inst.

She leaves surviving, Mrs. Breed and Mr. Winter, of California, children of her first marriage; Mrs. Burling, of this city, and Mrs. Moody, of Crossville, Tenn., children of the second marriage, besides seven step-children - four sons and three daughters, all adults - who shared alike with her own in the mother love.

The remains were temporarily interred at Crossville, Tenn., the intention being to remove them later to a resting place in Postville cemetery.

The long years of patient suffering have come to an end and Grandma Ketchum has entered into the rest that remains for the people of God. She will be missed from the family circle, and from the communion of the church whose services were her delight and upon which she was an attendant whenever her health permitted. While her chair remains vacant and the tremulous voice is hushed, there comes this pleasing assurance to thos she has left behind: Grandma Ketchum knew in whom she had trusted for so many years, and to her Death was but the messenger that opened wide the gates leading to eternal life.

~Postville Graphic, February 24, 1898

~Notes: Her 2nd husband, E.R. Ketchum's full name is Edmund Rescue Ketchum. His obituary is also posted on this Obituary Board