MehShaQuoWha (Unknown) Ketchum (abt. 1780 - 1857)

Born about 1780 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Jul 1857 at about age 77 in Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States

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Biography

MehShaQuoWha was born about 1750. He was the son of Twe-hul-lah-lah Nln. He passed away about 1830.

Ketchum, Captain - Tall obelisk marker. The marker is in a poor condition and displays the image of a lamb reclining beneath the rays of the sun. In 1903, the wording was "Captain Ketchum, Chief of the Delaware Nation 28 years. A member of the Methodist Ep. Church South 22 years. Born in Tuscarawas co. OH 1780. Died July 11, 1857 aged 77 years,"

Monument is adjacent to the White Church Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at 2200 North 85th Street, one block north of Parallel Avenue in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Ahkechelungunaqua, a sister of Mehshaquowha (Captain Patterson). If this is so, then it appears that Mekinges/Makengis/Macunchis was her sister or half sister because they appear to have shared the same mother, Ahkechelungunaqua. It would then follow that Mekengis was Wilaquenaho's aunt. It is also possible that Betsy Wilaquenaho might have gone by the name of Ketchum because she was adopted or for some other reason.

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Added by Kirt Fetterling thanks to Thomas Swiftwater Hahn.

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