Kerr, William Jasper – Key, Thomas Marshall
Kerr, William Jasper
educator, college president, was born Nov. 17, 18, in Richmond, Utah. He received his education at the university of Utah, and at the Cornell university; subsequently receiving the degrees of B. S. and B. D.
During 1887-90 he was instructor in science in the Brigham Young college; in 1892-94 filled the chair of mathematics in the university of Utah; and since 1894 has been president of the Brigham Young college of Logan, Utah. In 1896-97 he was president of the Utah State Teachers' association; for many years has been prominently identified with the educational development of Utah; and has contributed extensively to periodical literature on educational and kindred topics.
Kerr, Winfield S
lawyer, state senator, congressman. He is a successful lawyer of Mansfield, Ohio. He served four years in the Ohio state senate; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Kerrigan, James E
soldier, congressman. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress, leaving his seat for a time to serve as colonel of volunteers in the troubles of 1861.
Kershaw, John
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1813 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the three commissioners to run the Creek boundary lines.
Ketcham, Isaac A
inventor, was born in 1827, in Huntington, L. I. He planned the first ironclad torpedo boat, which was built by the United States government in 1864. He next invented a device by which an endless cable could be used in adjusting torpedoes or batteries across channel ways for harbor protection.
Ketcham, John H
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 31, 1831, in Dover, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly in 1856 and 1857; and of the state senate in 1860 and 1861. In 1862 he entered the military service, and as colonel of the one hundred and fiftieth New York volunteers served until 1865, when he was made a brigadier-general by brevet. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth, forty-first, forty-second, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fortyseventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Ketchum, Alexander P
soldier, lawyer, was born May 11, 1839, in New Haven, Conn. In his infancy his parents settled in New York city, which has ever since been his home.
His father was prominent a a lawyer, and for number of years city registrar in bankruptcy of the United States. In 1860 he graduated from the Albany Law school, and at once began the practice of his profession. During the civil war he served as lieutenant in company H, fiftysixth regiment New York volunteer infantry; and was subsequently commissioned captain in the one hundred and twenty-eighth regiment; resigning from the army in 1867 with the rank of brevet colonel. He has served as assessor of internal revenue; collector of internal revenue; and general and chief appraiser for the port of New York.
KETCHUM, MRS. ANNIE [CHAM- BERS], educator, lecturer, author, was born Nov. 8, 1824, in Scott county, Ky.
She is an educator and lecturer; and the author of Lotos Flowers; Christmas Car-' illons, and Other Poems; Botany for Academies and Colleges; The Teacher's Empire; Nellie Braden, a novel; and Rilla Motto, a romance.
Ketchum, John B
soldier, poet, was born July 11, 1837, in New York city. He served with distinction through the civil war. In 1806 he aided in the formation of a new organization for the moral, religious and temporal welfare of the troops composing the regular army of the United States; and he has been corresponding secretary of the society since its foundation. Prior to the war he was a successful journalist; and he has recently published a volume of poems.
Ketchum, William Scott
soldier, was born July 7, 1813, in Norfolk, Conn.
During the latter part of the civil war he was connected with the quartermaster's department, and after being brevetted major-general in 1865, he was mustered out of the volunteer service. He died June 28, 1871, in Baltimore, Md.
Ketchum, Winthrop W
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 29, 1820, in Wilkes Barre, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives of the state in 1859; and state senator in 1860, 1861, and 1862. He was appointed solicitor of the United States court of claims in 1865; and held the office two years and resigned. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress. He died Dec. 6, 1879, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Ketrick, Michael J
educator, poet, was born March 22, 1857, in Ireland. After receiving a liberal education he entered educational work; has attained success in his profession, and for many years past has been connected with the Scranton public schools. He has given much time to literary work; has contributed extensively to educational and the periodical press; and is the author of a number of meritorious poems, which have been a valuable acquisition to current literature.
His poems appear in Poets of America and other standard works. He is the secretary of The South Scranton Building and Loan association of Scranton, Pa., where he is prominent in various fraternal orders.
Kettell, Samuel
journalist, state legislator, author, was born Aug. 5, 1800, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1851- 53. His principal work is Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notices, and an historical introduction; besides which he published Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus; and Records of the Spanish Inquisition.
Key, David Mckendree
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Jan. 27, 1824, in Greene county, Tenn. He was chancellor of the third chancery division of the state from 1870 to 1875, when he was appointed United States senator to fill a vacancy. He was postmaster-general in the cabinet of President Hayes from 1877 to 1880, when he was appointed United States district judge for the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee.
Key, Francis Scott
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 9, 1780, in Frederick county, Md. He was a lawyer of Washington whose miscellaneous poems were collected and published after his death. He was the author of The Star-Spangled Banner, composed in 1814 during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He died Jan. 11, 1843, in Baltimore, Md.
Key, John C
soldier, lawyer, legislator, railroad president, was born Feb. 25, 1826, in Jasper, Va. During the war he was captain of company B, forty-fourth Georgia regiment; was promoted to major; and was with the army of northern Virginia to the close of the war. He has attained success in his profession of law at Monticello, Ga.; was a representative in the Georgia state legislature in 1859-60, and again in 1882-83; and in 1887 was a member of the state constitutional convention. He is the president of the Covington and Macon Railroad company; a royal arch mason; an advocate for a strict construction of the powers of congress under the constitution of the United States; and a consistent temperance advocate.
Key, John Ross
artist, was born July 16, 1837, in Baltimore, Md. He moved to Boston, where he exhibited about one hundred of his pictures, including Marblehead Beach; Ochre Point, Newport; Morning Stroll; and a view of The Golden Gate, San Francisco, for which he received a medal at the Centennial exhibition of 1876.
Key, Philip
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1750 in St. Mary's county, Md. He served a number of years in the legislature of Maryland, and was for one or two terms speaker. He also rendered some service in the municipal courts of his native county; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1791 to 1793. He died Jan. 4, 1820, in St. Mary's county, Md.
Key, Philip Barton
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1757 in Cecil county, Md. He represented Annapolis in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1807 to 1813. He died July 28, 1815, in Georgetown, D. C.
Key, Philip Barton
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 2, 1804, in Woodley, Georgetown, D. C. He went to Louisiana in 1835, and engaged in planting. He was a member of the legislature of Louisiana and of the constitutional convention in 1850. He died May 4, 1854, near Thibodeaux, La.
Key, Thomas Marshall
soldier, lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 8, 1819, in Washington, Ky. For many years he served in the Ohio senate, where he had much influence. He was the author of the first congressional bill for the emancipation of slaves in any part of the United States, and wrote the bill for the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia. He died Jan. 15, 1869, in Lebanon, Ohio.