Tom Ketchum

American gunman (1863–1901)

Person Human Q1813288

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: October 31, 1863
Date of death: April 26, 1901
Place of birth: San Saba County
Place of death: Union County
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: cowboy, outlaw
Cause of death: decapitation^[10]
Family name: Ketchum^[11]
Given name: Tom^[12]
Last words: Good-bye. Please dig my grave very deep. All right; hurry up.^[14]
Manner of death: capital punishment^[13]
Place of burial: United States^[7]

🏷️ Also known as

en Black Jack Ketchum en Thomas Edward Ketchum en Tom Ketchum ar توم كيتشام ja トーマス・エドワード・ケッチャム ru Кетчум, Том ru Том Кетчум zh 汤姆·凯琛

🔖 Identifiers · 14

ISNI: 0000000078909442
VIAF cluster ID: 70500296
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n88282142
GND ID: 14134556X
FAST ID: 243252
FamilySearch person ID: LHDM-1V9
Find a Grave memorial ID: 2435
Freebase ID: /m/071gtk
J9U entity ID: 987007349669605171
SNAC ARK ID: w6vq3pvf
Trading Card Database name ID: 120330
WikiTree person ID: Ketchum-467

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WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJymw4YMrpWqPy4vB9FxjC
Yale LUX ID: person/a7a9077d-f17a-4839-a9e6-fe03d92249ce

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Cause of death 1

decapitation

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Tom

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

capital punishment

Occupation 1

cowboy

Place of birth 1

San Saba County

Place of burial 1

United States

Place of death 1

Union County

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Tom Ketchum was born on October 31, 1863^[1], in San Saba County^[2]. He died on April 26, 1901^[3], in Union County^[4]. He worked as a cowboy^[5] and outlaw^[6].

FAQs

Where was Tom Ketchum born?

Tom Ketchum was born in San Saba County^[2].

Where did Tom Ketchum die?

Tom Ketchum passed away in Union County^[4].

What did Tom Ketchum do for work?

Tom Ketchum worked as a cowboy^[5] and outlaw^[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Tom Ketchum — place of birth (P19): San Saba County. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Tom Ketchum — place of death (P20): Union County. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tom Ketchum — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tom Ketchum — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tom Ketchum — occupation (P106): cowboy. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tom Ketchum — occupation (P106): outlaw. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tom Ketchum — place of burial (P119): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Tom Ketchum — cause of death (P509): decapitation. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Tom Ketchum — date of birth (P569): October 31, 1863. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tom Ketchum — date of death (P570): April 26, 1901. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tom Ketchum — family name (P734): Ketchum. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tom Ketchum — given name (P735): Tom. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tom Ketchum — manner of death (P1196): capital punishment. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tom Ketchum — last words (P3909): Good-bye. Please dig my grave very deep. All right; hurry up.. wikidata.org.

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Place of birth → San Saba County

Place of burial → United States

Occupation → cowboy, outlaw

Country of citizenship → United States

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