Thomas Edward Black Jack Ketchum
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KETCHUM, Thomas Edward 'Black Jack' [1863-1901] -- American bandit
Thomas, Edward 'Black Jack' Ketchum was born on month day 1863, at birth place, Texas, to Green, Berry Ketchum and Temperance, Katherine Widick. Thomas had one brother: Samuel Ketchum. Thomas passed away on month day 1901, at age 37 at death place, New Mexico.
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- Black Jack Ketchum Thomas Edward Ketchum was born on October 31,1863 in San Saba County, Texas, son of Green Berry Sr.Ketchum and Temperance Katherine Wydick Ketchum. Thomas Edward Ketchum had four siblings two brothers and two sisters His father died when he was only five years old and his mother was blind several years before she died in 1873.
- Thomas Edward Ketchum (known as Black Jack; October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901) was an American cowboy who later became an outlaw. He was executed in 1901 for attempted train robbery.
One of the last outlaws of the Old West, he was captured and convicted for 'felonious assault upon a railway train', and sentenced to hang. The local sheriff botched the job and poor Tom was beheaded. He expired nevertheless. 
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- Historical background
- Ketchum Boys From the Handbook of Texas Online
- The Spanish Peaks, in the Southern Colorado Rocky Mountains area Background. Explorers, lawmen, gunslingers, and mountain men with names like Kit Carson, Black Jack Ketchum, Wild Bill Hickok, John Freemont, Zane Grey, William Bent, and Bat Masterson traveled the area frequently.
- In-law to Outlaw: The Story of Matt Warner Background, by David f. Norman
- Biographical
- O'Neill's Ghostories Rafters Library - True Chilling Ghost Stories 'Black Jack Ketchum' by Gilbert Hervatin
- Black Jack Ketchum by Justine Ritter (different photos)
- The hanging
- Clayton New Mexico - Thomas 'Black Jack' Ketchum an annual festival at Clayton, NM.
- Northeast New Mexico - Legends and Lores - Black Jack Lost His Head from Clayton/Union County Chamber of Commerce
- On the Road to Clayton, New Mexico '...he had put on so much weight that his head LITERALLY POPPED RIGHT OFF...'
- Images of the American West - New Mexico including the famous 'Black Jack Ketchum getting fitted with a new necktie.' (high quality image)
- Bison Bill's Weird West The head in the jar is a hoax
- Memorials
- The annual festival at Clayton, NM
- Personal Web Pages
- Bibliographical, link farms
- Miscellaney
- IMDb character search Films in which he is portrayed
- Stories of the Century Episode Guide - Stories of the Century Season Episodes - TV.com an episode on the 'Stories of the Century' TV show, shown 24 June 1954, starring Jack Elam as Ketchum.