Individual Details
Rev. Charles Ketchum
(Dec 1811 - 1860)
KETCHUM, Charles - (From "Methodist Missions Among the Indians in Kansas, Kansas State Historical Society" Historical Collections, Vol. IX, 1905-1905, p. 206):
A prominent man among the Delawares was Charles Ketchum, for many years a preacher in the Methodist church. In appearance he was large and portly, of manly appearance and address. He was illiterate, but a man of good intellect and a fluent talker. When the church divided, in 1845, he adhered to the Northern branch, built a church himself, and kept the remnant of the flock together (Outposts of Zion, p. 296.) He was settled on a good farm and received appointments from the conference regularly. He entered the ministry in 1850 and was a regular member of the Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Joab Spencer writes: Charles and James Ketchum have both interpreted for me. Charles interpreted a sermon for me at a Delaware camp-meeting that resulted in from fifteen to twenty conversions. He was a notable Christian character, such as Bluejacket." Charles Ketchum died on the Delaware reserve, July 20, 1860, aged forty-nine years.
A prominent man among the Delawares was Charles Ketchum, for many years a preacher in the Methodist church. In appearance he was large and portly, of manly appearance and address. He was illiterate, but a man of good intellect and a fluent talker. When the church divided, in 1845, he adhered to the Northern branch, built a church himself, and kept the remnant of the flock together (Outposts of Zion, p. 296.) He was settled on a good farm and received appointments from the conference regularly. He entered the ministry in 1850 and was a regular member of the Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Joab Spencer writes: Charles and James Ketchum have both interpreted for me. Charles interpreted a sermon for me at a Delaware camp-meeting that resulted in from fifteen to twenty conversions. He was a notable Christian character, such as Bluejacket." Charles Ketchum died on the Delaware reserve, July 20, 1860, aged forty-nine years.
Events
| Birth | Dec 1811 | ||||
| Death | 1860 | ||||
| Burial | 1860 | White Church Row 7 Space 6, Kansas City, Wyandott, Kansas, United States | |||
| Marriage | Nancy Journeycake |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Journeycake ( - ) |
| Child | Eliza Ketchum (1840 - 1894) |
| Child | Charles Ketchum Jr. (1845 - ) |
| Child | Katherine Ketchum (1845 - ) |
| Child | Abraham William Ketchum Sr. (1849 - 1920) |
| Father | George Ketchum (1787 - 1831) |
| Mother | Lucy Ketchum (1790 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Ketchum ( - ) |
| Sibling | Lewis Ketchum (1808 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ketchum (1810 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Mary Ketchum (1814 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Rev. Jacob Ketchum (1816 - 1866) |