KETCHUM, William A.

KETCHUM, TAYLOR

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 2/10/2014 at 17:47:16

Biography ~ William A. Ketchum

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 630:

WILLIAM A. KETCHUM has been superintendent of the Decatur County Farm since 1880. He has resided in the county since 1867, at which time he settled in Garden Grove. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1826, where he was reared to manhood. When he was about nine years of age his father, Daniel Ketchum, died. He was married in 1852, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Lucy Watkins, also a native of that State. In 1856 they removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, where they settled upon a farm. In the fall of 1862 they moved to Mahaska county, thence to this county, in 1867. An older brother, Calvin, came to Appanoose County, in 1853; in 1863 he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and died at

Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1864. His mother and a younger brother came in 1857. Mother has since died at the home of her daughter, Keziah. Benjamin now lives in Appanoose County; a sister, Mrs. Keziah Taylor, lives at Mount Pleasant, Henry County. Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum have three children - Coline M., a railroad agent in Milo, Iowa; Oscar S., agent at Darlington, Missouri; and Charles B., at home. The deceased were - Kate, who died at the age of five years, and Virginia S., who lived seven years.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2014