Background
Ketcham, William Alexander was born on January 2, 1846 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of John Lewis and Jane (Merrill) Ketcham.
Ketcham, William Alexander was born on January 2, 1846 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of John Lewis and Jane (Merrill) Ketcham.
Preparatory education Halle, Germany, and Gymnasium, Stuttgart, 1859-1861. Student Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1861-1863. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1867.
(Doctor of Laws, Wabash College, 1894, also Dartmouth College, 1917).
Enlisted as private Company A, 13th Indiana Volumes, February 24, 1864. Second lieutenant Company East, December 16, 1864. Captain Company I, May 1, 1865.
Honorary mustered out September 5, 1865.
Admitted to Indiana bar, 1868, and began practice at Indianapolis. Firm Ketcham, McTiernan & Higgins.
Company attorney Marion Company, 1884-1886. Attorney general, Indiana, 2 terms, 1894-1898.
Member Board Control Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument.
Member George H. Thomas Post G.A.R.
Married Flora McDonald, June 25, 1873.
