Introduction

Biography

William was the son of Al­bert Hir­am Ketch­um and Ma­ry Bost­wick Smith, and hus­band of An­na Au­gus­ta All­en.

He was liv­ing in Buf­fa­lo, New York in 1880; in Ith­aca, New York, in 1900; ap­par­ent­ly in New York Ci­ty in 1910; and in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, by 1920.