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Pvt Albert B Ketterman

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Pvt Albert B Ketterman Veteran

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Death
2 May 1910 (aged 65)
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Mentone, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.1704522, Longitude: -86.0346076
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Albert Ketterman was the son of George & Louisa Bush Ketterman, and his wife's maiden name was Campbell.

Obituary Tri County Gazette May 5th, 1910.
A.B. Ketterman of Mentone Meets Death Under the Wheels at South Bend.
Word came to Mentone Tuesday morning of the tragic death of A.B. Ketterman whe left here last Saturday to visit his son, Ernest, at River Park near South Bend. Tuesday's South Bend Tribune gives the following particulars of the accident A. B. Ketterman of Mentone, Ind. Was struck by a Mishawaka car near 7th St, River Park, shortly before 11 o'clock last night and died in the city ambulance on the way to Epworth hospital. The injured man was rushed to South Bend in the car by which he was struck and was met by the city ambulance. Dr. Clark and Dagdale met the car and accompanied the injured man in the ambulance. In a few moments he breathed his last and the body was take to the Nelson Jones undertaking establishment. The remains were identified at 4:00 in the morning by a cab driver who was instrumental in communication with his son, Ernest, at River Park who cam e and positively identified the body as that of his father. The same paper adds that an air of mystery surrounds the death of Mr. Ketterman. It is that he was going to visit his son, and got off the car at 7th Street, River Park and evidently fell down on the track where he lay unconscious of dander where he was struck by a car bound for South Bend. The body was dragged 100 ft before the car could be stopped. The man's right leg was broken and the left leg and lower left side of the body were badly crushed. He did not regain consciousness and died twenty minutes after he was struck.
A.B. Ketterman was born in Manchester, Pa, May 5, 1844, died in South Bend May 2, 1910, aged 56 years less 3 days. He came to Indiana when about 35 years of age and settled near Sevastopol where he worked at the stone and brick mason trade. When Mentone started he moved his family to this place and has lived here ever since. He was a good mechanic and, not withstanding his failing he was a kind-hearted, well-meaning citizen. The remains were brought home Tuesday evening by way of the *illegible* inturban and the funeral will occur at the M.E. church at 1:30 p.m. today, Thursday. S.F. Harter will officiate.
Ketterman was a veteran of the civil war and served with the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Company K.

*Special thanks to Dennis W. Brandt for the following information:

Ketterman enrolled in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, on February 25, 1864. He deserted to date October 11, 1864, but was arrested six days later, resulting punishment as yet unknown. Sometime during June 1865, he transferred to Co. K, 3rd Pa Provisional Cavalry, during a war's-end unit consolidation and once more deserted on July 1, 1865, never to return. (He would have mustered out in about three more weeks.) The company descriptive list spells his name "Kitterman."

He was a teacher at the time of his enlistment which is possibly why he was in Hollidaysburg. He stood 5' 7" tall and had auburn hair and blue eyes.

Albert was in Hollidaysburg because this is where he married Martha J. Campbell. Reann
Albert Ketterman was the son of George & Louisa Bush Ketterman, and his wife's maiden name was Campbell.

Obituary Tri County Gazette May 5th, 1910.
A.B. Ketterman of Mentone Meets Death Under the Wheels at South Bend.
Word came to Mentone Tuesday morning of the tragic death of A.B. Ketterman whe left here last Saturday to visit his son, Ernest, at River Park near South Bend. Tuesday's South Bend Tribune gives the following particulars of the accident A. B. Ketterman of Mentone, Ind. Was struck by a Mishawaka car near 7th St, River Park, shortly before 11 o'clock last night and died in the city ambulance on the way to Epworth hospital. The injured man was rushed to South Bend in the car by which he was struck and was met by the city ambulance. Dr. Clark and Dagdale met the car and accompanied the injured man in the ambulance. In a few moments he breathed his last and the body was take to the Nelson Jones undertaking establishment. The remains were identified at 4:00 in the morning by a cab driver who was instrumental in communication with his son, Ernest, at River Park who cam e and positively identified the body as that of his father. The same paper adds that an air of mystery surrounds the death of Mr. Ketterman. It is that he was going to visit his son, and got off the car at 7th Street, River Park and evidently fell down on the track where he lay unconscious of dander where he was struck by a car bound for South Bend. The body was dragged 100 ft before the car could be stopped. The man's right leg was broken and the left leg and lower left side of the body were badly crushed. He did not regain consciousness and died twenty minutes after he was struck.
A.B. Ketterman was born in Manchester, Pa, May 5, 1844, died in South Bend May 2, 1910, aged 56 years less 3 days. He came to Indiana when about 35 years of age and settled near Sevastopol where he worked at the stone and brick mason trade. When Mentone started he moved his family to this place and has lived here ever since. He was a good mechanic and, not withstanding his failing he was a kind-hearted, well-meaning citizen. The remains were brought home Tuesday evening by way of the *illegible* inturban and the funeral will occur at the M.E. church at 1:30 p.m. today, Thursday. S.F. Harter will officiate.
Ketterman was a veteran of the civil war and served with the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Company K.

*Special thanks to Dennis W. Brandt for the following information:

Ketterman enrolled in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, on February 25, 1864. He deserted to date October 11, 1864, but was arrested six days later, resulting punishment as yet unknown. Sometime during June 1865, he transferred to Co. K, 3rd Pa Provisional Cavalry, during a war's-end unit consolidation and once more deserted on July 1, 1865, never to return. (He would have mustered out in about three more weeks.) The company descriptive list spells his name "Kitterman."

He was a teacher at the time of his enlistment which is possibly why he was in Hollidaysburg. He stood 5' 7" tall and had auburn hair and blue eyes.

Albert was in Hollidaysburg because this is where he married Martha J. Campbell. Reann


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