Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Scott County.
The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 603.

MRS. ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM
Was born in Scott co., Ky., near Georgetown, about 1830; her father, Benj.
S. Chambers, a lawyer of brilliant oratorical powers and lively wit; her
mother a daughter of one of the brothers Bradford, whose enterprise and
public spirit, when other efforts failed, established the first newspaper
west of the Alleghenies, the Kentucke Gazette, at Lexington, Ky., in
August, 1787.  Her educational advantages were of the very best.  She was
twice married; about 1844, to William Bradford, and about 1859, to Leo
Ketchum, of Tennessee, who gave his life to the "Lost Cause" on the fatal
field of Shiloh.
     Of her genius as a poet, the Lexington Press says:  "Mrs. Ketchum's
Christmas ballad "Benny" has become a household song in all lands, and
alone would immortalize her; but her later poems bear evidence that she
has been an earnest and enthusiastic student.  "Semper Fidelis," in the
October number (1873) of Harper's Magaine, is pronounced one of the most
finished productions of American literature; and "Dolores," "Waiting," and
"Amabere Me," are gems of the finest type."  A volume of her poems is
passing through the press at New York (April, 1874).  [Note: Poem shown:
"Semper Fidelis."]

Chambers Ketchum Bradford
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Lexington-Fayette-KY TN

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