Descendants of Joseph Ketchum
Generation No. 1
1. Joseph Ketchum was born in 1787 in Virginia and died 1847/8 in Tennessee. Joseph's first wife's name is unknown at this time, they married about 1839/40 in Tennessee.
Child:
2. i. JOHN
JACKSON
Generation No. 2
2.John Jackson Ketchum (Joseph) was born in 1818 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He died in the Civil War in 1863. Jack married MARY CAROLINE FIELDS. She was born January 12, 1824 in Tennessee and died December 24, 1891 in Phelps County, Missouri.
Children:
i.
DUNLAP J. (JACOB) AKA JACOB DUNGAR b. 1849 Mo; d. Dent Co., Mo.; married Sarah
ii. JOHN
THOMAS AKA THOMASb. 185? Mo.; d. Mo.
iii. DAVID RICHARD
b. May 6, 1851 Phelps Co., Mo.; d. June 17, 1928 Phelps Co., Mo.;
m. (1) 1873 Mary Elizabeth Adams (1854 Mo.-1895 Mo.); (2) 1895 Clara M.
Malone
in Phelps Co., Mo.
iv. JOSEPHUS
AKA JOSEPH b. 1841 Mo.; d. 19?? Dent Co., Mo.; m. Mary Jane Coppedge
June
5, 1867 Dent Co., Mo.
3. v. JAMES A. b. September
22, 1852 in Rolla, Mo.; d. August 8, 1929 in Comanche Co., Ok.;
m.
Mary Jane Brown August 10, 1876 Dent Co., Mo.
vi. WILLIAM H.
b. 1848 Phelps Co., Mo.; d. 1892 Phelps Co., Mo.; buried Morrison Cemetery
m.
Elizabeth Lucinda Kitchen (b. 1854 Mo.) 1876 Dent Co., Mo.
vii.
ISAAC MARTIN b. May 1860 Phelps Co., Mo.; d. December 1919 Rolla, Phelps Co.,
Mo.;
m.
(1) Mary Elizabeth Adams (1864-1888 Mo.) 1881 Phelps Co., Mo.;
(2)
Louisa Elizabeth aka Lydia Adams 1895 Phelps Co., Mo.; Lydia b.
January
1871 Phelps Co., Mo.; d. July 18, 1943 St. Louis, Mo.
viii. CHARLES ARTHUR
L. b. 1862 Phelps Co., Mo.; d. 19??; m. Margaret A. Headrick
June
26, 1895 Phelps Co., Mo.
Generation No. 3
3. JAMES A. KETCHUM (John Jackson, Joseph) was born September 22, 1852 in Rolla, Missouri, and died August 8, 1928 in Comanche County, Oklahoma of sarcoma wrist and is buried in Letitia Cemetery, Comanche County, Oklahoma. He married MARY JANE BROWN, daughter of James and Elizabeth Arthur Brown, on August 10, 1873 in Phelps County, Missouri. Mary was born June 14, 1855 in Dent County, Missouri, and died April 17, 1940 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma of acute intestinal obstruction and is also buried in Letitia Cemetery in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
James was a farmer and Superintendent of Bethel Schools, Comanche Co., OK from 1906-1913. Mary was a farm woman and housewife.
Children of JAMES KETCHUM and MARY
BROWN are:
4 i. JAMES ISAAC KETCHUM, b. June 16, 1874,
Missouri; d. October 09, 1917, Fort Worth,
Tarrant Co., Texas.
5. ii. ANNA MARY KETCHUM.
iii. ETTA KETCHUM.
6. iv. ROBERT A. KETCHUM.
7. v. DORA KETCHUM.
vi. EVERT E. KETCHUM.
vii. CARRIE KETCHUM.
8. viii. MATTIE KETCHUM
9. ix. JAMES EDWARD KETCHUM, b. 1876; d. 1956.
Census Records for James
& Mary Ketchum:
1920 Stephens County, Oklahoma
(T625, Roll 1484, Line 94)
Ketchum, James A. age 65; was able to read & write; born
in Missouri; father &
mother
born in Tennessee
Ketchum, Mary J. age 63; was able to read & write; born in Missouri; father
&
mother
born in Kentucky
Ketchum, Carrie age age 23; was able to read & write; born in Texas; father
&
mother
born in Missouri
1930 Stephens County, Oklahoma (T626
Roll 1932, Line 5)
Ketchum, Mary J. age 73; widow; married at age 19, born in
Missouri, father & mother
also born in Missouri --
shown living with daughter
(Note: Not known why there is difference in place of birth of parents between
1920 & 1930 Census)
Ketchum, Carrie age 34(?); single; born in Texas; father & mother born
in Missouri
Story submitted by Kitty
Ketchum Ingram:
During the time that Jim was Superintendent of Bethel School, his grandson
James Artice "Boots" Ketchum and Mary George Burns (who later became Boots'
wife) were students there. Mary does not remember seeing a fountain pen nor
any other type of ink pen at the school; neither was there any carbon paper
or typewriter. The students used round cedar pencils and Big Chief tablets.
Erasers came separate from the pencils and were forced onto the tops of the
pencils. They also used chalk and slates. Some of the chalk was wide and flat,
some round but smaller than the pencils. There were large blackboards on the
walls. The school accommodated one teacher at a time, and about fifty students
(kindergarten through the eighth grade). William Isaac Burns (Mary George
Burns's father) was a member of the school board during that time.
Other Supporting Documents:
James'
Death Certificate
Mary's Death
Certificate
James & Mary's Tombstone
Generation No. 4
4. JAMES ISAAC KETCHUM (James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born June 16, 1874 in Missouri, and died October 9, 1917 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. He married HETTIE COOK October 22, 1896 in Erath Co., Texas, daughter of William Artice Cook and Nancy Elizabeth Evans. She was born March 6, 1879 in Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, and died June 10, 1952 in Duncan, Stephens Co., Oklahoma. James is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Cause of Death: Nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). His nickname was Jimmy. He was a farmer. Hettie is also buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Children of JAMES KETCHUM and HETTIE
COOK are:
10. i. JAMES ARTICE (BOOTS) KETCHUM, b. October 26, 1898;
d. September 15, 1977, Texas.
11. ii. TROY B. KETCHUM, b. June 02, 1903; d. December 07, 1974;
m. LILA MAY COOK; b.
June 11, 1899; d. May 18, 1987. Burial: Rock Creek Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens
County, Oklahoma. LILA MAY COOK is also buried in Rock Creek Cemetery,
Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
iii. CECIL KETCHUM, b. May 04, 1905; d.
June 26, 1906. Burial: Rock Creek Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens
County, Oklahoma
12. iv. WILLIAM CLARENCE (SHANG) KETCHUM, b. 1907; d. 1946.
13. v. RENA JEWELL KETCHUM, b. November 08, 1909, Rock Creek,
Stephens Co., OK; d. January
02, 2000, Duncan, Stephens Co., OK.
14. vi. BROOKSIE BELLE KETCHUM, b. November 21, 1913, Comanche Co.,
Oklahoma.
Census Records for James
& Hettie:
1920 Stephens County, Oklahoma
(T625, Roll 1484)
Ketchum, Hettie, head of house; age 40; widow; able to read
& write; born in Texas; father's place of birth unknown;
mother born in Tennessee
Troy
age 16; able to read & write; born in Texas; father born in Missouri;
mother in Texas
Clarence
age 12; able to read & write; born in Oklahoma, father born in Missouri,
mother in Texas
Jewel
age 10; able to read, not able to write; born in Oklahoma, father born in
Missouri, mother in Texas
Broo[k]sie
age 6; had not attended school, born in Oklahoma, father born in Missouri,
mother in Texas
1930 Stephens County,
Oklahoma (T626 Roll 1932, Line 35)
Ketchum, Hettie, head of house; age 51; widow; married at 17; able to read
& write;born in Texas; father born in
Kentucky; mother born in US
Brooksie,
daughter; age 16; able to read & write; born in Oklahoma; father born
in Missouri; mother in Texas
Other Supporting Documents:
James
& Hettie's Marriage License
James & Hettie's Marriage License 2
James Isaac Ketchum's Death Certificate
Photo
Album
5. ANNA MARY KETCHUM (James A., John Jackson, Joseph) died 1968 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. She married ED HARDY.
Children of MARY and ED:
i.
GLADYS HARDY, m. Joe Bunch
ii.
BERT HARDY
iii.
GEORGIE HARDY
iv.
COLBERT HARDY
v.
WALKER HARDY
6. ROBERT F. KETCHUM (James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born September 2, 1887, and died August 5, 1970, buried in Letitia Cemetery, Comanche Co., Ok. He married Gladys.
Children of ROBERT and GLADYS:
i.
BILLIE KETCHUM
ii.
JACK KETCHUM
7. DORA KETCHUM (James A., John Jackson, Joseph) Dora married EMZIE EZELL.
8. MATTIE KETCHUM (James A., John Jackson, Joseph) Mattie married ALF MCMONEY.
Child of MATTIE and ALF:
i.
OLA MCMONEY
9. JAMES EDWARD KETCHUM (James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born 1876, and died 1956. He married (1) LILLY JANE JACOBS. She was born 1884, and died 1915. He married (2) IVA LEE ROOF.
Children of JAMES KETCHUM and LILLY
JACOBS are:
i.
MODELLE LILLIAN KETCHUM, b. 1904; d. 1987.
ii.
JAMES RAY KETCHUM, b. 1906; d. 1984.
iii.
ETTA MABEL KETCHUM, b. April 30, 1908; d. May 16, 1931;
m. T. OTIS CHASTEEN, March15, 1927; b. December 05, 1904;
d. October 22, 1981. Burial: Rock Creek Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County,
Oklahoma
iv.
MARY DORIS KETCHUM, b. 1909; d. 1997.
v.
REEVES REGINALD KETCHUM, b. 1913; d. 1945.
vi.
JOHN ROSS KETCHUM, b. 1914; d. 1914.
Generation No. 5
10. JAMES ARTICE (ARTIE) KETCHUM (James Isaac, James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born October 26, 1898 in Comanche County, Oklahoma, and died September 15, 1977 in Overton, Rusk County, Texas. He married MARY GEORGE BURNS April 7, 1918 in Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, daughter of WILLIAM BURNS and JENNIE WOODS. She was born July 11, 1900 in Bray, Indian Territory, Okalhoma, and died October 7, 1993 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Artie and Mary are both buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. PICTURE
James Artice and Mary were married in Ryan, Oklahoma, worked around Nellie, Oklahoma, then for the railroad for a short while. Worked for an oil company during the oil boom at Burkburnette, Texas then back to Sterling, where William was born. They moved to Oil City, near Rock Creek and Nellie, and worked for an oil company when Cecil was born. In 1922, he worked for the Coline Oil Co. where Artie got into a fight with his farm boss, a man named Wright, and was fired. He then went to work for the Gypsy Oil Co., also near Oil City, Ok. Then they moved in 1922 to a house next door to Florence and Festus G. Sparlin (Mary's sister), about 2 or 3 miles from town.
In 1923, they moved to Tuckertown, near Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas for another oil boom. Both boys started to school there at Mildred School. Mildred is a tiny town near Corsicana. They remained in Navarro County until 1931 when Humble Oil and Refining Co. (now Exxon) transferred them to Joinerville, Texas where the East Texas oil boom was underway. He worked there, living in company housing on the L.E. Coolidge Lease for many years, until retirement. Then Artie and Mary moved to Overton. --- courtesy of Kitty Ketchum Ingram
The following poem was written by Artie on January 29, 1947 and read at the funeral of his sister, Brooksie Ketchum Booth by her great-granddaughter, Valerie Brooke Seibel:
The Dying Christian
I am going now to Heaven
My race is almost run
I am going home to Jesus
My work on earth is done.
Many years I have been a pilgrim
I have fought the battle through
And now I am coming Jesus
Dear Lord to be with you.
Yes, there has been many sorrows
And heart aches not a few
But now Dear Lord they are over
And you have seen me through.
Back when I first started
I thought I would lose the fight.
But Lord I kept on fighting
But not by my own might.
I pled the blook of Jesus
To the foe on eveyr hand
And now I have the victory
And I will view the Promised Land.
Our weapons are not carnal
We fight not with Staff nor Rod
But by the grace of Jesus
We will stand before our God.
There to be rewarded
For work that we have done
And hear the blessed Master
Say, "Child, well done".
Children of ARTIE and MARY:
i.
WILLIAM ARTICE KETCHUM, b. October 15, 1920, Sterling, Comanche County,
Oklahoma; d. March 18, 1937, New London, Rusk County, Texas. PICTURES
ii.
CECIL EVERETT KETCHUM, b. May 11, 1922, Oil City, Oklahoma; d. June 19, 1995,
Longview,
Gregg County, Texas.
11. TROY BLOOMING KETCHUM (James Isaac, James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born June 2, 1903 in Texas and died December 7, 1974 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. He married LILA MAY COOK September 8, 1925, daughter of CHARLES COOK and SARA HEIDELBERG. Lila was born June 11, 1899 and died May 18, 1987. They are both buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. PICTURE
Census Records:
1930 Comanche County, Oklahoma
Ketchum, Troy, age 26 yrs; married at 22; able to read &
write; born in Texas; father born in Missouri; mother in Texas
Ketchum, Lila, age 30 yrs; married at 25; able to read & write; born in
Texas; father born in Texas; mother in Arkansas
Child of TROY and LILA:
i.
TROY DORMAN KETCHUM
12. WILLIAM CLARENCE (SHANG) KETCHUM (James Isaac, James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born in 1907 in Oklahoma, and died in 1946. He married ALMA M. HOODENPILE. She was born April 1, 1908 in Texas, and died October 30, 1989. They are both buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. PICTURES
Census Records
1930 Stephens County, Oklahoma T-626, Roll 1932
Ketchum, C. William, head of house; 22 yrs old; married at
19, able to read & write; born in Oklahoma; parents born in Texas
Alma,
wife; 22 yrs old; married at 19, born in Texas; parents born in Arkansas
Pauline,
dau.; age 2 1/12 yrs old; born in Oklahoma
Children of SHANG and ALMA:
i.
ALMA WYNELLE KETCHUM
ii.
BOBBIE PAULINE KETCHUM
iii.
JOHNSON KETCHUM
iv.
LARRY DAVID KETCHUM, b. August 11, 1942; d. July 5, 1958
13. RENA JEWELL (SISTER) KETCHUM (James Isaac, James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born November 8, 1909 in Rock Creek, Stephens County, Oklahoma and died January 2, 2000 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. She married CHARLIE G. LEONHARDT September 8, 1926 in Springtown, Oklahoma. He was born October 10, 1908 in Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, and died November 6, 1978 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. They are both buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. PICTURE
Charlie served in World War II and was a farmer.
Census Records
1930 Stephens County, Oklahoma T-626, Roll 1932
Leonhardt, Charlie, head of house; age
21; married at 18; able to read & write; born in Arkansas; parents born
in Arkansas
R.
Jewell, wife; age 19; married at 16; able to read & write; born in Oklahoma;
parents born in Oklahoma
C.
?, son; age 2 7/12; born in Oklahoma
SISTER and CHARLIE'S CHILDREN:
i.
CLEO LEONHARDT
ii.
WANDA FAYE LEONHARDT
14. BROOKSIE BELLE KETCHUM (James Isaac, James A., John Jackson, Joseph) was born November 21, 1913 in Comanche County, Oklahoma and died November 14, 2001 in Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico. She married GEORGE OVAL (BUCK) BOOTH September 15, 1931 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, son of WILLIAM BOOTH and WILLIE GREGORY. George was born January 7, 1908 in Belknap, Montague County, Texas, and died January 29, 1993 in Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico. Brooksie and George are both buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
Census Records
1930 Stephens County, Oklahoma T-626, Roll 1932
Booth, Oval G., shown living with parents
- W.A. Booth - age 21; able to read & write; father born in TX; mother
in Ark.
Ketchum, Brooksie, shown living with mother Hettie; age 16; able to read &
write; born in Oklahoma; father in Mo., mother in TX
Children of BROOKSIE and BUCK:
i. WYNEMIA JANELL (MEME) BOOTH, married TROY RAY
WAGGONER
ii. JANIS WYNONA BOOTH, married MARION ELZIE POLLOCK
iii. JOYCE LEE BOOTH, married (1) LEON RAMSEY; (2) BOBBY KIRK
iv. PATRICIA JANE BOOTH, married (1) RON INGRAM; (2) ED DRAVES
v. GEORGE OVAL BOOTH, JR., married SHARON LONDON
Published
Research Sources
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Research by: Vicky Pollock
Seibel, Kitty Ketchum Ingram, and Kathleen Bessmer
Pictures by Wynemia Booth Waggoner
Pictures of headstones by Vicky Pollock Seibel
