Newton Co., IN Biography


   KENNEDY & KETCHAM dealers in hardware and drugs, began business in 
Morocco, Indiana in 1878, Ketcham buying the interest of Schaub, a 
former partner of Kennedy.  Previous to September 1882, the business 
was solely drugs, but they now carry a large stock, both of hardware 
and drugs, also operating a tin shop.
   In 1879 their building was destroyed by fire, and stock considerably 
damaged, but with characteristic enterprise they rebuilt immediately, 
resuming business in seven days.
   JOSEPH KENNEDY, the senior member of the firm, came to Newton County, 
Indiana, in 1853, and located on a farm four miles east of Morocco, 
where he remained until March, 1874, when he bought the store of which 
he is now one of the firm.  From 1878 until 1882, he was partner in a 
dry goods store.  Mr. Kennedy also owns a farm, and is extensively 
engaged in shipping stock, principally cattle and hogs.
   He was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, December 30, 1842, being 
one of nine children of David and Susan (Gooding) Kennedy.  He remained 
with his father's family until twenty-one, working at farming.
   On September 20, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Ninety-ninth 
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with his regiment in all its 
campaigns until mustered out on June 10, 1865.  He participated in the 
battles of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, 
and the march to the sea, through the Carolinas, and battles of 
Bentonville and Averysboro.  He was wounded at Jackson Mississippi.
   Mr. Kennedy was married in 1867 to M. L. Warren, who died September 
15, 1868, leaving one child, Charles W., non fifteen years of age.  
On December 31, 1872, he married Martha J. Ham.  They have four 
children--Cary, aged nine; Ernest, aged six; Ethel, aged four, and 
Roxie, aged two.  
   Politically, he is a Democrat, and is a prominent citizen of one 
of the early settlers of the county.
   D. E. KETCHAM, junior member of the firm of Kennedy & Ketcham, was 
born August 6, 1855, in Delaware County, Ohio, and is the eldest of 
five children of Norris F. and Helen (Wilkerson) Ketcham, of remote 
German descent, natives of New York.  He lived with his parent in 
Ohio until about 1860.  His father removed his family to Iowa, where 
they remained but a short time, moving to Kankakee County, Illinois, 
afterward to Vermillion County.  
   D. E. Ketcham remained with his parents until about twenty, 
receiving a good, practical education.  When fifteen he entered a 
drug store in Kankakee, Illinois, where he remained until 1877, when 
he came to Morocco.  He was married, November 10, 1879, to Emma 
Deardurff, a native of Newton County.  He was three years Notary 
Public, and has been Trustee of Beaver Township.
   In politics, he is a Republican, and is one of the most 
enterprising young business men in the county.  

Beaver Township, Newton County.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

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