ILLUSTRATED; CHICAGO; ALDEN, OGLE & COMPANY; 1889. Pages 303-304:
GEORGE KETCHAM. In glancing over the biographies of the many incumbents of the county office in the different counties comprised in the famous Park Regions of Minnesota, it will be seen that American-born citizens furnish a large part of the persons who fill their responsible positions with satisfaction to all parties concerned. The subject of this article is the present incumbent of the office of county attorney of Grant county, Minnesota, to which position he was elected in 1884, and re-elected in 1886 and 1888. He is a native of Michigan, born in Cass county on the 9th day of January, 1850, and is the son of Samuel and Abigail (Pullman) Ketcham, natives of New York State. The father of our subject was a Baptist preacher, and is now living at the advanced age of eighty-one years. The mother of the present subject died in February, 1888, at the age of seventy-five years.
They were the parents of the following named children – Franklin, Lewis, George, and Elizabeth. The two first named are deceased, having died in infancy.
Mr. Ketcham attended school in his native State and graduated from the Hillsdale College in 1873. He then decide to enter the profession of law, and accordingly studied two years under Judge Coolidge and was admitted to the bar. He then commenced the practice of his profession at Cassopolis, Cass county, Michigan, and devoted his entire time to it for seven years. In 1882 he removed to Grant county, Minnesota, and on settling there at once engaged in the law business.
Mr. Ketcham was married on the 10th day of October, 1877, to Miss Minnie Wethey, and this union has been blessed with one child, Koyla, born September 11, 1884. Mrs. Ketcham is a native of New York State, and received her education in Michigan, at the high school in Cassopolis, where she was married. She is a daughter of A. Wethey, a farmer of Grant county, Minnesota. The subject of this sketch is a republican in his political belief and takes an active interest in all public and local affairs. While in Michigan he was elected to the office of Circuit Court Commissioner, which position he held for six years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and one of the most popular and highly esteemed citizens of the county. He is a man of the strictest honor and integrity and stand high in the community in which he lives.
Contributed by Judith Weeks Ancell