_Luther Henderson KETCHUM _+
| (1809 - 1875) m 1862
_Robert Edward KETCHUM _|
| (1865 - ....) m 1887 |
| |_Susan GILLILAND __________
| (1841 - 1899) m 1862
|
|--Belle KETCHUM
|
| ___________________________
| |
|_Josephine LITTLEFIELD _|
m 1887 |
|___________________________
_Peter Reasor KETCHUM _+
| (1797 - 1868) m 1825
_Green Berry KETCHUM _________|
| (1820 - 1868) m 1842 |
| |_Ann BURRELL __________
| (1797 - ....) m 1825
|
|--Thomas Edward "Black Jack" KETCHUM
| (1863 - 1901)
| _Samuel WYDICK ________
| |
|_Temperance Katherine WYDICK _|
(1824 - 1873) m 1842 |
|_______________________
[279] Hanged in Clayton, New Mexico.
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In 1892, Black Jack, and one or two others have been named as the robbers of an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train that was on route to Deming, New Mexico with a large payroll in 1892. The gang supposedly robbed the train just outside Nutt, New
Mexico, a water station about 20 miles north of Deming.
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The (second?) major crime attributed to Tom was the murder of a neighbor, Jap Powers, in Tom Green County, Texas, December 12, 1895 Information at the Sutton (TX) Historical Society says that Will Carver and Sam Ketchum were the ones accused of
killing John N. ‘Jap’ Powers in Knickerbocker, Texas. Fearing the law, they close their joint saloon and gambling venture in San Angelo, and hit the outlaw trail. Within six months, Mrs. Powers and her lover J. E. Wright are arrested for the
murder, but it is too late for Will and the Ketchums.
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In early June of 1896, after working for the famed Bell Ranch in New Mexico, Tom and Sam, and maybe others robbed a store and post office at Liberty, New Mexico, northwest of present-day Tucumcari. According to history, the two Ketchums arrived
in Liberty, New Mexico on June 12. They purchased a few supplies in town. Later in the evening a thunderstorm came up so the two men returned to the store of Morris and Levi Herzstein where they were invited to take shelter.
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Arriving in the morning to open the store on June 13, 1896, Levi Herzstein found that both the store and post office had been robbed. After gathering a posse Herzstein set out on the outlaws' trail. The posse, made up of four men, took the two
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exchange of gunfire, Gurulé had been struck with a 30-30 slug that knocked him from his horse. He hit the ground with a blow that knocked the wind out of him for a few seconds. Gurulé lay in a semiconscious state as Black Jack emptied his
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Morris Herzstein moved to Clayton shortly after the killing in Liberty, and ultimately into the Texas panhandle. This business expansion is captured by the inscription on a shoe brush: ''Herzstein's Clayton, New Mexico -- Dalhart, Texas. If
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Following this event, Thomas Ketchum joined other outlaws of the Hole in the Wall gang and pursued a life of crime, focusing on train robbery, although when not robbing trains they worked on several ranches in New Mexico and Texas. During this
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On September 3, 1897 they pulled their first robbery at Twin Mountain. On July 11, 1899 the gang, without Black Jack, robbed the train again at Twin Mountain and Sam was killed. On August 16, 1899, Tom Ketchum, supposedly knowing nothing of the
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outlaws by surprise in the Plaza Largo arroyo where the shoot-out occurred. It was only a matter of seconds before Levi Herzstein and Hermenejildo Gallegos lay dead in the arroyo. After seeing his two compadres fall to the ground in a midst of
gunfire, Anastacio Borgue shifted his horse and rode out of the arroyo. Placido Gurulé, the fourth member of the posse gave his account of the shooting later. In the
shells into the bodies of Levi Herzstein and Hermenejildo Gallegos. In relating the story to his children and grand children in later years Placido Gurulé said, "I knew if I moved a muscle I would be dead man." Black Jack and Sam Ketchum were
never caught or tried for the murders at the Plaza Largo that day, but according to stories handed down, Morris Herzstein was present in Clayton, New Mexico on April 26, 1901 for the hanging of Black Jack Ketchum.
it's from Herzstein's it's correct.'' (Morris was the father of Albert Herzstein who became one of the founders of Big 3 Industries in Houston, and is the gentleman who helped the museum in Clayton become a reality years later.)
time, Tom Ketchum was once mistakenly identified as "Black Jack" Christian, another outlaw, and that nickname stuck with him. Three of the train robberies that the gang committed were near the same location, between Folsom and Des Moines, New
Mexico. This was at the point where the old Fort Union wagon road crossed the Colorado and Southern Rail Road tracks near Twin Mountain.
July 11 hold-up which ended in the death of his brother Sam, single-handedly attempted to rob the same train again at the same place and in the same way that he and Sam and others of the gang had robbed it just a few weeks earlier. The train
conductor, Mr. Frank Harrington, saw Tom riding up on the moving train. He recognized him, grabbed a shotgun, and shot Tom in the arm, knocking him off his horse. The train continued on, and the next day a posse came out and found Tom beside
the tracks, badly wounded. He was transported to medical facilities at Trinidad, Colorado and his arm had to be amputated. He was nursed back to health and then sent to Clayton, New Mexico for trial. He was convicted and was the only person
ever hung in Union County, New Mexico. He was also the only person who suffered capital punishment for the offence of "felonious assault upon a railway train" in the State of New Mexico. Later, the law was found to be unconstitutional, but way
too late for Thomas Ketchum. He was executed by hanging in Clayton, NM. The rope was too long, since nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people, and he was decapitated. He is buried in the Clayton Cemetery. See DYNAMITE AND SIX
SHOOTER, by Jeff Burton, for a factual and well researched book of the Ketchum gang.--B. Spradley
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Mollie MCANALLY
1826 - ____
Father: Edmond MCANALLY
Mother: Elizabeth KETCHUM
_____________________
|
_Edmond MCANALLY ____|
| m 1824 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Mollie MCANALLY
| (1826 - ....)
| _Edward KETCHUM _____
| | (1765 - ....) m 1791
|_Elizabeth KETCHUM __|
(1807 - 1881) m 1824|
|_Mary REASOR ________+
(1774 - ....) m 1791
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Kenneth Earl (Fud) MUSGROVE
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30 JUN 1934 - MAY 1985
Father: Glen Clifton MUSGROVE
Mother: Viola LACKEY
Family 1
: Marie
_Sebren Henry MUSGROVE _+
| (1881 - 1959) m 1903
_Glen Clifton MUSGROVE _|
| (1906 - 1979) m 1924 |
| |_Millie Myrtle KETCHUM _+
| (1885 - 1920) m 1903
|
|--Kenneth Earl (Fud) MUSGROVE
| (1934 - 1985)
| ________________________
| |
|_Viola LACKEY __________|
(1908 - 1997) m 1924 |
|________________________
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Gary Alton PORTER
1955 - ____
Father: James Alton PORTER
Mother: Doris Lou ROBBINS
Family 1
: Karen WASHBURN
______________________
|
_James Alton PORTER _|
| |
| |______________________
|
|
|--Gary Alton PORTER
| (1955 - ....)
| _John Walter ROBBINS _+
| | (1877 - ....)
|_Doris Lou ROBBINS __|
(1932 - ....) |
|_Nancy Ellen BAXTER __
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Josephine SLOOP
____ - ____
Father: SLOOP
Mother: Nancy KELSO
___________________________
|
_ SLOOP _____________|
| (1820 - ....) m 1840|
| |___________________________
|
|
|--Josephine SLOOP
|
| _Hugh KELSO _______________+
| | (1760 - 1829) m 1816
|_Nancy KELSO ________|
(1822 - ....) m 1840|
|_Sarah Bradley MCCLANAHAN _+
(1785 - 1833) m 1816
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Minnie Lorene TINNEY
____ - ____
Father: Robert TINNEY
Mother: Martha Ellen KETCHUM
_________________________
|
_Robert TINNEY ________|
| m 1905 |
| |_________________________
|
|
|--Minnie Lorene TINNEY
|
| _James Marion KETCHUM ___+
| | (1858 - 1933)
|_Martha Ellen KETCHUM _|
(1888 - ....) m 1905 |
|_Sarah Elizabeth CHANEY _
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