Lewis A Ketcham (1822 - 1893)

Born 12 Nov 1822 in Minisink, Orange, New York, United States

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Died 15 May 1893 at age 70 in Mount Hope, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

Lewis was born in 1822. He was the son of William Ketcham and Eleanor Amsbury.^[1][2]

He married Elizabeth Penney. They had two children.^[3][4]

He passed away in 1893.^[5][6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1S-4MY : 3 November 2021), Lewis Ketchan in household of Wm Ketchan, Mount Hope, Orange, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ his mother is identified as Elena Ketcham in the death record of his sister Abbie "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3KX-9H7 : Sun Oct 15 10:23:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Abbie Hallock and Wm Ketchum, 22 Sep 1895.
3. ↑ wife's obituary in Tri-states union, Port Jervis NY, April 20, 1883, Page 3, Image 3, column 3 https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031675/1883-04-20/ed-1/seq-3/
4. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR5-L8LN : 3 March 2022), Elizabeth P Ketcham, 1883.
5. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2H-CGJ3 : 7 October 2021), Lewis A Ketcham, 1893.
6. ↑ difficult to read but grave stone looks like it could say 1893; Find a Grave, database and images ( Find A Grave: Memorial #158985586  : accessed 11 January 2022), memorial page for Lewis A Ketcham (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 158985586, citing Mount Hope Plains Cemetery, Otisville, Orange County, New York, USA ; Maintained by 48528052 (contributor 48528052) .
7. ↑ a note in the paper on the execution of his will Tri-states union., Port Jervis, NY, June 15, 1893, Page 1, Image 1, column 7 https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031675/1893-06-15/ed-1/seq-1/

• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-1FHV : 8 March 2021), Lewis A Ketcham, , Mount Hope, Orange, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 31, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
• Listed as one of the men in Mount Hope who paid a fee to avoid the draft. https://archive.org/details/cu31924028832693/page/519/mode/1up Citation: Page 519 in Mount Hope section in book History of Orange County New York by Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.), Publication date 1881, Publisher Philadelphia : Everts & Peck

See also

• Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/MZVS-51F