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Betsey Elizabeth ORCUTT

Betsey Elizabeth ORCUTT[1]

Female 1824 - 1900  (75 years)

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  • Name Betsey Elizabeth ORCUTT 
    Born 6 Aug 1824  Orleans, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Apr 1900  prob Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I25536  Main
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2009 

    Father John Dimmick ORCUTT,   b. 13 Mar 1789, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1867, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Betsey MORLEY,   b. 5 Feb 1790,   d. 22 Oct 1858  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1816  [2] 
    Family ID F6668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George KETCHUM,   b. 8 May 1814, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1899  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1 May 1842 
    Children 
    +1. Lewis G. KETCHUM,   b. Abt 1846, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?
    +2. Florence M. KETCHUM,   b. Abt 1850, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1928, Lansford, Bottineau, N Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F6672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obituary
      KETCHUM

      One by one the links that bind together as a community are broken. Thehands that largely assisted in shaping beauty and comfort, rest fromtheir labor, but the influences for good are imperishable. Before therewas any Plainfield the deceased lived here, and into its formation andsubesquent life she was ever planning and praying the very bestconditions. Mrs. Betsie Ketchum was born August 6, 1824, in OrleansCounty, New York, was married May 1, 1842, and came to Plainfield, Iowa,in June 1856. She was one of the very early settlers in this place, andhas had through all these years, a lively interest in tile growth andgoodness of the communitY. She was a charter member of this church andhas magnified its doctrines by a constant life. To her father and motherwere born six children, four girs and two boys. Together they all sleepin death. Two children survive the deceased. Mrs. A. P. Griffith ofPlainfield, and Lewis G. Ketchum of Larimore, N. D. Mrs. Ketchum diedSunday night April I, 1900, at 10 minutes of twelve. Her last momentswere peaceful and painless, as the sleep of a child. The funeral was heldTuesday at two p. m. from the Baptist church, Rev. H. Clay Searles officiating.

  • Sources 
    1. [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.

    2. [S95] Correspondence, Various, 235.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023