A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Lewis Ketcham 11
Birth3 Apr 1810, Shelby Co, Indiana Territory11
Death20 Apr 1869, Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana11 Age: 59
BurialCrown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana1600
Spouses
1Jane Merrill 11
Birth2 Feb 1819, Vevay, Switzerland Co, Indiana11
Death21 Sep 1911, Ogunquit, York Co, Maine11 Age: 92
BurialCrown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana1601
ChildrenSamuel Merrill (1837-1848)
 Elizabeth (1839-1910)
 Susan Merrill (1841-1930)
 William Alexander (1846-1921)
 Henry (1848-1920)
 Edward Hazen (1850-1916)
 Frank Merrill (1850-1928)
 Jane Merrill (1854-1920)
Notes for John Lewis Ketcham
A white attorney who led a successful defense in 1853 of John Freemen, a prominent black Indianapolis businessman, in a case tried under the Fugitive Slave Act.

Bloomington (Indiana) Progress, April 28, 1869, clipping file, Monroe County Genealogy Library, Bloomington, Indiana.11
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