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KETCHUM, George - In an interview by Field Worker J. R. Carselowy, on 9 June 1937, at Vinita, Oklahoma, Sol C. Ketchum, son of George Ketchum, said of his grandfather, George Ketchum. "He also lived on the Delaware Reservation in Pennsylvania, but died among the Delawares on the Caney River near Bartlesville, at the age of 100 years." The following item on the Ketchum Family was taken from The History of Craig County: Its People and Places, Vol. I, pp. 439-440. The publishing data are not known at this time. The article is entitled "Ketchum Family," F353:


George Ketchum was born in 1787. About 1807 he married a woman by the name of Lucy (last name unknown). Lucy and George Ketchum were the parents of five children: Lewis, born 1808, died 1904; Elizabeth, born 1810, died 1866; Charles, born 1811, died 1860; Mary, born 1814, died 1872; Jacob, born 1816, died 1866.

After Lucy Ketchum's death, Gorge married a woman named Sarah A. To this union three children were born: James Ketchum, born 1818, died 1890; William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880; and David B., born 1831. The Ketchums were full blood Delaware Indians, and we know that James, the sixth child of George Ketchum was born in Indiana, but when Ketchum led the Delaware tribesmen to Indian Territory [present Oklahoma], they came from Kansas. After coming to Indian Territory, as the Ketchum children grew up and married they scattered, and settled in various parts of the Cherokee Nation.

Lewis, at age 59 years, and James, age 49 years settled along the Grand River. James Ketchum was an outstanding leader of his tribesmen. He was a Methodist preacher known for his fine character and he was a brilliant orator in the Delaware language and in English. Rev, Ketchum was a man of considerable means when he came to this country. He purchased a large two-story brick mansion that had been built by Johnson and Martin Thompson before the Civil War. The bricks that the houses were built from were made by Thompson's black slaves. There were two large brick homes belonging to each of the Thompson brothers, one on the south side, one on the north side of Grand River. The Ketchums settled in this location, about 3 miles south of present day Ketchum, one mile south of old Ketchum.

Lewis Ketchum was married to Elizabeth Ziegles. To thus union eleven children were born: John born 1843, died 899; Charles, [p. 439] born 1845, died 1868; Mary, born 1847, died 1881; Jane O., born 1850, died 1881; Barbara, born 1852, died 1894; Simon, born 1855, died 1894; Silas, born 1857, 1901; Lucinda, born 1858, died 1869 at the age of 18 years old; Solomon "Sol", born 1860, do not have date of death, but he is buried in the Lewis Ketchum family burial plot, 4 miles west and 1 1/2 miles north of Ketchum. Hatty Ann born in 1868, died in 1869. Lewis Ketchum started his family when he was 35 years old, but made up for lost time. He was 60 years old when his last child was born.

James Ketchum married a full blood Delaware woman by the name of Loa Tai O Qua, who was born in 1823. They had five children: Hester Ann, born 1849, died in 1942 at age of 93; Virginia A., born 1852, died1898; Mary E., born 1855, died at age 18; Thomas E., born 1856, died 1928; and Amanda Ketchum, born 1859, died 1872, age 13 years. After Loa Tai Oqua's death, Rev. James Ketchum married Elizabeth Swannock Connor, born 1827 (died 1925). Elizabeth had one son by a former marriage to Alexander Connor [Delaware?]. James and Elizabeth Ketchum, were the parents of four children: Casandra , born 1862, died 1863 at age 7 year; James, Jr., born 1866, died in 1886 at age 20 years; (both are buried at Ketchum Cemetery); Jane Ann Ketchum, born 1870, died 1947; and Lucinda, named after Lewis Ketchum's daughter who died five years preceding her birth in 1872, died 1947.

James and Lewis were half brothers, but they were close. Lewis was 10 years older than James, and between the two of them they had 21 children to carry on the Ketchum name. James Ketchum and his son-in-law, T. Wyman Thompson, husband of Jane Ann, were instrumental in establishing the first post office at Ketchum, which was named for James Ketchum.

"Ketchum, James and Lewis Children," F534



George Ketchum Descendancy Chart from The History of Craig County, pp. 185-186:
1. George Ketchum, born 1787, married 1. Lucy, married 2. Sara H.
L. Lewis Ketchum, born 1808, died 1904, married 1. _________, married 2. Elizabeth Zeigles
L. Elizabeth Ketchum, born 1810, married ________ Rains
L. Charles Ketchum, born 1811, died1860, married Nancy Journeycake
L. ______ Ketchum, married a Muncie, _____ Lewis
L. Mary Ketchum, born 1814, died 1872, married a Muncie, _____ Wilson
L. Jacob Ketchum, born 1816, died 1866, married Nancy A. John
S. James Ketchum, born 1818, grave marker 1816-1880, married 1. Loataooqua, born 1823, married 2. Elizabeth (Swannock) Connor, born 1827, died 1925
S. William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880, married Aupheelequa (Nancy) , born 1811, died 1881

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KETCHUM, Elizabeth--See Mekinges.

KETCHUM, George - In an interview by Field Worker J. R. Carselowy, on 9 June 1937, at Vinita, Oklahoma, Sol C. Ketchum, son of George Ketchum, said of his grandfather, George Ketchum. "He also lived on the Delaware Reservation in Pennsylvania, but died among the Delawares on the Caney River near Bartlesville, at the age of 100 years." The following item on the Ketchum Family was taken from The History of Craig County: Its People and Places, Vol. I, pp. 439-440. The publishing data are not known at this time. The article is entitled "Ketchum Family," F353:


George Ketchum was born in 1787. About 1807 he married a woman by the name of Lucy (last name unknown). Lucy and George Ketchum were the parents of five children: Lewis, born 1808, died 1904; Elizabeth, born 1810, died 1866; Charles, born 1811, died 1860; Mary, born 1814, died 1872; Jacob, born 1816, died 1866.

After Lucy Ketchum's death, Gorge married a woman named Sarah A. To this union three children were born: James Ketchum, born 1818, died 1890; William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880; and David B., born 1831. The Ketchums were full blood Delaware Indians, and we know that James, the sixth child of George Ketchum was born in Indiana, but when Ketchum led the Delaware tribesmen to Indian Territory [present Oklahoma], they came from Kansas. After coming to Indian Territory, as the Ketchum children grew up and married they scattered, and settled in various parts of the Cherokee Nation.

Lewis, at age 59 years, and James, age 49 years settled along the Grand River. James Ketchum was an outstanding leader of his tribesmen. He was a Methodist preacher known for his fine character and he was a brilliant orator in the Delaware language and in English. Rev, Ketchum was a man of considerable means when he came to this country. He purchased a large two-story brick mansion that had been built by Johnson and Martin Thompson before the Civil War. The bricks that the houses were built from were made by Thompson's black slaves. There were two large brick homes belonging to each of the Thompson brothers, one on the south side, one on the north side of Grand River. The Ketchums settled in this location, about 3 miles south of present day Ketchum, one mile south of old Ketchum.

Ka koo wha-George Ketchum, born 1787, according to an 1862 Delaware Census dated February 15, 1862, he was listed as George Ketchum, with his age listed as 75. He was Lewis Ketchum’s father and Lewis stated in his enrollment interview that George Ketchum was his father and Nancy Ketchum was his mother. We have yet to find out who she was.
Ka koo wha: as the name was spelled on a Pratt Paper, Delaware Agency Correspondence; from 1863-1866. Index Pratt Papers, Roll 6. This spelling of his name is what I will use throughout the rest of my research. A published researcher used the name Ka kee wha,
when she tried to place him in this family.




-- MERGED NOTE ------------

KETCHUM, George - In an interview by Field Worker J. R. Carselowy, on 9 June 1937, at Vinita, Oklahoma, Sol C. Ketchum, son of George Ketchum, said of his grandfather, George Ketchum. "He also lived on the Delaware Reservation in Pennsylvania, but died among the Delawares on the Caney River near Bartlesville, at the age of 100 years." The following item on the Ketchum Family was taken from The History of Craig County: Its People and Places, Vol. I, pp. 439-440. The publishing data are not known at this time. The article is entitled "Ketchum Family," F353:


George Ketchum was born in 1787. About 1807 he married a woman by the name of Lucy (last name unknown). Lucy and George Ketchum were the parents of five children: Lewis, born 1808, died 1904; Elizabeth, born 1810, died 1866; Charles, born 1811, died 1860; Mary, born 1814, died 1872; Jacob, born 1816, died 1866.

After Lucy Ketchum's death, Gorge married a woman named Sarah A. To this union three children were born: James Ketchum, born 1818, died 1890; William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880; and David B., born 1831. The Ketchums were full blood Delaware Indians, and we know that James, the sixth child of George Ketchum was born in Indiana, but when Ketchum led the Delaware tribesmen to Indian Territory [present Oklahoma], they came from Kansas. After coming to Indian Territory, as the Ketchum children grew up and married they scattered, and settled in various parts of the Cherokee Nation.

Lewis, at age 59 years, and James, age 49 years settled along the Grand River. James Ketchum was an outstanding leader of his tribesmen. He was a Methodist preacher known for his fine character and he was a brilliant orator in the Delaware language and in English. Rev, Ketchum was a man of considerable means when he came to this country. He purchased a large two-story brick mansion that had been built by Johnson and Martin Thompson before the Civil War. The bricks that the houses were built from were made by Thompson's black slaves. There were two large brick homes belonging to each of the Thompson brothers, one on the south side, one on the north side of Grand River. The Ketchums settled in this location, about 3 miles south of present day Ketchum, one mile south of old Ketchum.

Lewis Ketchum was married to Elizabeth Ziegles. To thus union eleven children were born: John born 1843, died 899; Charles, [p. 439] born 1845, died 1868; Mary, born 1847, died 1881; Jane O., born 1850, died 1881; Barbara, born 1852, died 1894; Simon, born 1855, died 1894; Silas, born 1857, 1901; Lucinda, born 1858, died 1869 at the age of 18 years old; Solomon "Sol", born 1860, do not have date of death, but he is buried in the Lewis Ketchum family burial plot, 4 miles west and 1 1/2 miles north of Ketchum. Hatty Ann born in 1868, died in 1869. Lewis Ketchum started his family when he was 35 years old, but made up for lost time. He was 60 years old when his last child was born.

James Ketchum married a full blood Delaware woman by the name of Loa Tai O Qua, who was born in 1823. They had five children: Hester Ann, born 1849, died in 1942 at age of 93; Virginia A., born 1852, died1898; Mary E., born 1855, died at age 18; Thomas E., born 1856, died 1928; and Amanda Ketchum, born 1859, died 1872, age 13 years. After Loa Tai Oqua's death, Rev. James Ketchum married Elizabeth Swannock Connor, born 1827 (died 1925). Elizabeth had one son by a former marriage to Alexander Connor [Delaware?]. James and Elizabeth Ketchum, were the parents of four children: Casandra , born 1862, died 1863 at age 7 year; James, Jr., born 1866, died in 1886 at age 20 years; (both are buried at Ketchum Cemetery); Jane Ann Ketchum, born 1870, died 1947; and Lucinda, named after Lewis Ketchum's daughter who died five years preceding her birth in 1872, died 1947.

James and Lewis were half brothers, but they were close. Lewis was 10 years older than James, and between the two of them they had 21 children to carry on the Ketchum name. James Ketchum and his son-in-law, T. Wyman Thompson, husband of Jane Ann, were instrumental in establishing the first post office at Ketchum, which was named for James Ketchum.

"Ketchum, James and Lewis Children," F534



George Ketchum Descendancy Chart from The History of Craig County, pp. 185-186:
1. George Ketchum, born 1787, married 1. Lucy, married 2. Sara H.
L. Lewis Ketchum, born 1808, died 1904, married 1. _________, married 2. Elizabeth Zeigles
L. Elizabeth Ketchum, born 1810, married ________ Rains
L. Charles Ketchum, born 1811, died1860, married Nancy Journeycake
L. ______ Ketchum, married a Muncie, _____ Lewis
L. Mary Ketchum, born 1814, died 1872, married a Muncie, _____ Wilson
L. Jacob Ketchum, born 1816, died 1866, married Nancy A. John
S. James Ketchum, born 1818, grave marker 1816-1880, married 1. Loataooqua, born 1823, married 2. Elizabeth (Swannock) Connor, born 1827, died 1925
S. William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880, married Aupheelequa (Nancy) , born 1811, died 1881

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KETCHUM, Elizabeth--See Mekinges.

KETCHUM, George - In an interview by Field Worker J. R. Carselowy, on 9 June 1937, at Vinita, Oklahoma, Sol C. Ketchum, son of George Ketchum, said of his grandfather, George Ketchum. "He also lived on the Delaware Reservation in Pennsylvania, but died among the Delawares on the Caney River near Bartlesville, at the age of 100 years." The following item on the Ketchum Family was taken from The History of Craig County: Its People and Places, Vol. I, pp. 439-440. The publishing data are not known at this time. The article is entitled "Ketchum Family," F353:


George Ketchum was born in 1787. About 1807 he married a woman by the name of Lucy (last name unknown). Lucy and George Ketchum were the parents of five children: Lewis, born 1808, died 1904; Elizabeth, born 1810, died 1866; Charles, born 1811, died 1860; Mary, born 1814, died 1872; Jacob, born 1816, died 1866.

After Lucy Ketchum's death, Gorge married a woman named Sarah A. To this union three children were born: James Ketchum, born 1818, died 1890; William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880; and David B., born 1831. The Ketchums were full blood Delaware Indians, and we know that James, the sixth child of George Ketchum was born in Indiana, but when Ketchum led the Delaware tribesmen to Indian Territory [present Oklahoma], they came from Kansas. After coming to Indian Territory, as the Ketchum children grew up and married they scattered, and settled in various parts of the Cherokee Nation.

Lewis, at age 59 years, and James, age 49 years settled along the Grand River. James Ketchum was an outstanding leader of his tribesmen. He was a Methodist preacher known for his fine character and he was a brilliant orator in the Delaware language and in English. Rev, Ketchum was a man of considerable means when he came to this country. He purchased a large two-story brick mansion that had been built by Johnson and Martin Thompson before the Civil War. The bricks that the houses were built from were made by Thompson's black slaves. There were two large brick homes belonging to each of the Thompson brothers, one on the south side, one on the north side of Grand River. The Ketchums settled in this location, about 3 miles south of present day Ketchum, one mile south of old Ketchum.

Ka koo wha-George Ketchum, born 1787, according to an 1862 Delaware Census dated February 15, 1862, he was listed as George Ketchum, with his age listed as 75. He was Lewis Ketchum’s father and Lewis stated in his enrollment interview that George Ketchum was his father and Nancy Ketchum was his mother. We have yet to find out who she was.
Ka koo wha: as the name was spelled on a Pratt Paper, Delaware Agency Correspondence; from 1863-1866. Index Pratt Papers, Roll 6. This spelling of his name is what I will use throughout the rest of my research. A published researcher used the name Ka kee wha,
when she tried to place him in this family.



-- MERGED NOTE ------------

KETCHUM, George - In an interview by Field Worker J. R. Carselowy, on 9 June 1937, at Vinita, Oklahoma, Sol C. Ketchum, son of George Ketchum, said of his grandfather, George Ketchum. "He also lived on the Delaware Reservation in Pennsylvania, but died among the Delawares on the Caney River near Bartlesville, at the age of 100 years." The following item on the Ketchum Family was taken from The History of Craig County: Its People and Places, Vol. I, pp. 439-440. The publishing data are not known at this time. The article is entitled "Ketchum Family," F353:


George Ketchum was born in 1787. About 1807 he married a woman by the name of Lucy (last name unknown). Lucy and George Ketchum were the parents of five children: Lewis, born 1808, died 1904; Elizabeth, born 1810, died 1866; Charles, born 1811, died 1860; Mary, born 1814, died 1872; Jacob, born 1816, died 1866.

After Lucy Ketchum's death, Gorge married a woman named Sarah A. To this union three children were born: James Ketchum, born 1818, died 1890; William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880; and David B., born 1831. The Ketchums were full blood Delaware Indians, and we know that James, the sixth child of George Ketchum was born in Indiana, but when Ketchum led the Delaware tribesmen to Indian Territory [present Oklahoma], they came from Kansas. After coming to Indian Territory, as the Ketchum children grew up and married they scattered, and settled in various parts of the Cherokee Nation.

Lewis, at age 59 years, and James, age 49 years settled along the Grand River. James Ketchum was an outstanding leader of his tribesmen. He was a Methodist preacher known for his fine character and he was a brilliant orator in the Delaware language and in English. Rev, Ketchum was a man of considerable means when he came to this country. He purchased a large two-story brick mansion that had been built by Johnson and Martin Thompson before the Civil War. The bricks that the houses were built from were made by Thompson's black slaves. There were two large brick homes belonging to each of the Thompson brothers, one on the south side, one on the north side of Grand River. The Ketchums settled in this location, about 3 miles south of present day Ketchum, one mile south of old Ketchum.

Lewis Ketchum was married to Elizabeth Ziegles. To thus union eleven children were born: John born 1843, died 899; Charles, [p. 439] born 1845, died 1868; Mary, born 1847, died 1881; Jane O., born 1850, died 1881; Barbara, born 1852, died 1894; Simon, born 1855, died 1894; Silas, born 1857, 1901; Lucinda, born 1858, died 1869 at the age of 18 years old; Solomon "Sol", born 1860, do not have date of death, but he is buried in the Lewis Ketchum family burial plot, 4 miles west and 1 1/2 miles north of Ketchum. Hatty Ann born in 1868, died in 1869. Lewis Ketchum started his family when he was 35 years old, but made up for lost time. He was 60 years old when his last child was born.

James Ketchum married a full blood Delaware woman by the name of Loa Tai O Qua, who was born in 1823. They had five children: Hester Ann, born 1849, died in 1942 at age of 93; Virginia A., born 1852, died1898; Mary E., born 1855, died at age 18; Thomas E., born 1856, died 1928; and Amanda Ketchum, born 1859, died 1872, age 13 years. After Loa Tai Oqua's death, Rev. James Ketchum married Elizabeth Swannock Connor, born 1827 (died 1925). Elizabeth had one son by a former marriage to Alexander Connor [Delaware?]. James and Elizabeth Ketchum, were the parents of four children: Casandra , born 1862, died 1863 at age 7 year; James, Jr., born 1866, died in 1886 at age 20 years; (both are buried at Ketchum Cemetery); Jane Ann Ketchum, born 1870, died 1947; and Lucinda, named after Lewis Ketchum's daughter who died five years preceding her birth in 1872, died 1947.

James and Lewis were half brothers, but they were close. Lewis was 10 years older than James, and between the two of them they had 21 children to carry on the Ketchum name. James Ketchum and his son-in-law, T. Wyman Thompson, husband of Jane Ann, were instrumental in establishing the first post office at Ketchum, which was named for James Ketchum.

"Ketchum, James and Lewis Children," F534



George Ketchum Descendancy Chart from The History of Craig County, pp. 185-186:
1. George Ketchum, born 1787, married 1. Lucy, married 2. Sara H.
L. Lewis Ketchum, born 1808, died 1904, married 1. _________, married 2. Elizabeth Zeigles
L. Elizabeth Ketchum, born 1810, married ________ Rains
L. Charles Ketchum, born 1811, died1860, married Nancy Journeycake
L. ______ Ketchum, married a Muncie, _____ Lewis
L. Mary Ketchum, born 1814, died 1872, married a Muncie, _____ Wilson
L. Jacob Ketchum, born 1816, died 1866, married Nancy A. John
S. James Ketchum, born 1818, grave marker 1816-1880, married 1. Loataooqua, born 1823, married 2. Elizabeth (Swannock) Connor, born 1827, died 1925
S. William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880, married Aupheelequa (Nancy) , born 1811, died 1881

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KETCHUM, Elizabeth--See Mekinges.

KETCHUM, George - In an interview by Field Worker J. R. Carselowy, on 9 June 1937, at Vinita, Oklahoma, Sol C. Ketchum, son of George Ketchum, said of his grandfather, George Ketchum. "He also lived on the Delaware Reservation in Pennsylvania, but died among the Delawares on the Caney River near Bartlesville, at the age of 100 years." The following item on the Ketchum Family was taken from The History of Craig County: Its People and Places, Vol. I, pp. 439-440. The publishing data are not known at this time. The article is entitled "Ketchum Family," F353:


George Ketchum was born in 1787. About 1807 he married a woman by the name of Lucy (last name unknown). Lucy and George Ketchum were the parents of five children: Lewis, born 1808, died 1904; Elizabeth, born 1810, died 1866; Charles, born 1811, died 1860; Mary, born 1814, died 1872; Jacob, born 1816, died 1866.

After Lucy Ketchum's death, Gorge married a woman named Sarah A. To this union three children were born: James Ketchum, born 1818, died 1890; William Riley Ketchum, born 1827, died 1880; and David B., born 1831. The Ketchums were full blood Delaware Indians, and we know that James, the sixth child of George Ketchum was born in Indiana, but when Ketchum led the Delaware tribesmen to Indian Territory [present Oklahoma], they came from Kansas. After coming to Indian Territory, as the Ketchum children grew up and married they scattered, and settled in various parts of the Cherokee Nation.

Lewis, at age 59 years, and James, age 49 years settled along the Grand River. James Ketchum was an outstanding leader of his tribesmen. He was a Methodist preacher known for his fine character and he was a brilliant orator in the Delaware language and in English. Rev, Ketchum was a man of considerable means when he came to this country. He purchased a large two-story brick mansion that had been built by Johnson and Martin Thompson before the Civil War. The bricks that the houses were built from were made by Thompson's black slaves. There were two large brick homes belonging to each of the Thompson brothers, one on the south side, one on the north side of Grand River. The Ketchums settled in this location, about 3 miles south of present day Ketchum, one mile south of old Ketchum.

Ka koo wha-George Ketchum, born 1787, according to an 1862 Delaware Census dated February 15, 1862, he was listed as George Ketchum, with his age listed as 75. He was Lewis Ketchum’s father and Lewis stated in his enrollment interview that George Ketchum was his father and Nancy Ketchum was his mother. We have yet to find out who she was.
Ka koo wha: as the name was spelled on a Pratt Paper, Delaware Agency Correspondence; from 1863-1866. Index Pratt Papers, Roll 6. This spelling of his name is what I will use throughout the rest of my research. A published researcher used the name Ka kee wha,
when she tried to place him in this family.

Birth	1787
Death	1831	Oklahoma, United States
Death	1831	Oklahoma, United States
1862 Allotment	1862	188. George Ketchum, age 75, Lot 3 SE/4, 4-11-24, 49.02 acres and SE/4 SW/4, 4-11-24, 40 acres - Wyandotte County Kansas
1862 Allotment	1862	188. George Ketchum, age 75, Lot 3 SE/4, 4-11-24, 49.02 acres and SE/4 SW/4, 4-11-24, 40 acres - Wyandotte County Kansas
Marriage		Sara A. Ketchum
Marriage		Lucy Ketchum
Alt name		Kakeewha George Ketchum
Alt name		Kakoowha Ketchum

Spouse	Lucy Ketchum (1790 - 1811)
Child	Ketchum ( - )
Child	Lewis Ketchum (1808 - 1904)
Child	Elizabeth Ketchum (1810 - 1866)
Child	Rev. Charles Ketchum (1811 - 1860)
Child	Mary Ketchum (1814 - 1872)
Child	Rev. Jacob Ketchum (1816 - 1866)

Spouse	Sara A. Ketchum (1790 - )
Child	Rev. James Ketchum (1816 - 1880)
Child	William Riley Ketchum (1827 - 1880)

Mother

Ahkechlungunaqua Nyeswanan Killbuck (1760 - 1831)

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