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condition of European armies, receiving from the trustees of his association a vote of thanks for liis report on tlie subject. His son, Flag-Lieut. Ed- mund A. Ketchum, died in the service of the Haytian government at Port-au-Prince in 1889, and his daughter, Evelyn, married Capt. Howard Patterson, U.S.N., in 1878. Major Ketclium is the author of : Rustic Rhymes (1892), and many miscellaneous verses.

KETCHUn, William Scott, soldier, was born in Norwalk, Conn., July 7, 1813; son of Maj. Daniel Ketchum. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1834 and assigned to the 6th infantry, serving in garrison at Jefferson barracks. Mo. , 1834-37. He was promoted 2d lieu- tenant, Dec. 31, 1836 ; served on frontier duty at Camp Sabine, La., 1837-38, and in the Florida war, 1838-42 ; was adjutant of his regiment, 1838-39 ; was promoted 1st lieutenant, Dec. 25, 1837, and was staff captain and assistant quarter- master, 1839-46. He was promoted captain, Feb. 10, 1842 ; was stationed at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, 1843-45 ; in military occupation of Texas, 1845-46 ; on frontier duty at Forts Gibson, Wayne, Leavenworth and Laramie, and on re- cruiting and examining boards, 1846-57 ; and in Kansas and with the Utah expedition, 1857-58. He made the march of two thousand miles to California in 1858, and was stationed in Cali- fornia, Washington Territory and Oregon, 1858- 61. He was promoted major and assigned to the 4th infantry, June 5, 1860, and in 1861 was or- dered to New York and was made acting in- spector-general of the Department of the Mis- souri, with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., where he served, 1861-62. He was promoted lieutenant- colonel, Nov. 1, 1861 ; was commissioned briga- dier-general of volunteers, Feb. 8, 1862 ; was brevetted colonel in the regular service, Feb. 1, 1863, for meritorious services in Missouri ; was promoted colonel and assigned to the 11th in- fantry, May 6, 1864 ; and was brevetted brigadier- general in the regular army, March 13, 1865, *' for faithful and meritorious service during the re- bellion." He was on various inspection duty, 1865- 66. He was brevetted major-general of volun- teers, March 13, 1865, for diligent, faithful and meritorious services during the civil war, and was mustered out of the volunteer service, April 30, 1866. He served in the treasury department and in the adjutant-general's department until 1869, when lie was retired with the pay of colonel. He died in Baltimore, Md., June 28, 1871.

KETTELL, Samuel, author, was born in New- burypoi't. Mass., Aug. 5, 1800. He began his literary career as an assistant to Samuel G. Good- rich, who was at the time preparing his Peter Parley books. Through his own efforts he mas- tered fourteen languages, and for his own ad-

vancement translated one of the Peter Parley books into modern Greek. He contributed hu- morous articles to the Boston Courier, under the pen-names " Peeping Tom " and "Timothy Tit- terwell," and was editor-in-chief of that paper, 1848-55. He was a representative in the Massa- chusetts legislature, 1851-53 ; served on the com- mittee on education and secured the rejection of the study of phonotypy in the jjublic schools. He is the autlior of : Specimens of American Poetry, loitli Critical and Biographical Notices, and an historical introduction (3 vols., 1829) ; Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Colum- bus (1827) ; The Settlers of Columbus (1829) ; Records of the Spanish Inquisition (1828) ; Yan- kee Nations (1838); Quozziana {ISiH) . He died in Maiden, Mass., Dec. 3. 1855.

KEY, David McKendree, cabinet ofBcer, was born in Greene county, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1824 ; son of John and Margaret (Armitage) Key ; grandson of David Key, of Greene county, and a descend- ant of John Key, who came to the United States from Scotland. His father was a clergy- man who settled in Monroe county in 18- 26. David worked on a farm until 1845, when he entered a school established on Bat Creek camp- ground which be- came Hiwassee col- lege in 1849 and was incorporated in 1850. He was the first graduate, receiving his A.B. degree in 18- 50, and that of A.M. in 1853. He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and in 1853 removed to Chattanooga, where he practised his profession. Upon the outbreak of the civil war he joined the Confederate army as lieutenant- colonel of the 43d Tennessee infantry and served throughout the war. He was married, July 1, 1857, to Elizabeth J. LaNoir. He was a member of the Tennessee constitutional convention, chan- cellor of the 3d chancery division, 1870-75 ; U.S. senator from Tennessee, 1875-77, having been ap- pointed by Governor Porter to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Johnson and hold- ing the office till the election of James E. Bailey in January, 1877 ; U.S. postmaster-general in President Hayes's cabinet, 1877-80 ; and U.S. district judge, 1880-94, retiring from the office, Jan. 26, 1894, when he was succeeded by Charles D. Clark. He received the degree of LL.D. from Hiwassee and from the University of Tennessee. He died in Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1900.

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