BIO: John E. KETTERMAN, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 246-247.
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  JOHN E. KETTERMAN, Entriken, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in York 
county, Pa., December 26, 1828, son of George and Mary (Bush) 
Ketterman. His grandfather, George Ketterman, was also a native of York 
county, and was of German and French descent. He was a farmer, and 
lived and died in York county. George Ketterman, Jr., father of John 
E., was also a farmer of York county, in his younger days, but later in 
life became a silversmith. His wife was a native of York county. Their 
children are: John E.,; Elizabeth, widow of Mr. King; Randolph, of York 
county; Jacob, of York county; Annie (Mrs. Hamm); George, deceased; 
Henry, pastor of a Lutheran church in York county; Louisa, deceased; 
Albert, of Indiana; Margaret (Mrs. Gentzler); Rebecca (Mrs. David 
Hoke); and Catherine (Mrs. Klinefelter). Mr. Ketterman was a Democrat, 
and a member of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Ketterman died in 1887, and 
her husband in 1895, in York county.
  John E. Ketterman was educated in York county. He became a carpenter, 
builder and contractor, and bride builder. He removed to Huntingdon 
county in 1847, and in 1848 took up the business of surveying, in 
addition to his other occupations. He was elected county surveyor in 
1887, and filled the office very creditably and with satisfaction to 
all for six years. In 1868, Mr. Ketterman purchased a small farm in 
Lincoln township, on which he erected a dwelling and a barn, and where 
he still resides. Though farming his land, he has not relinquished the 
business of surveying. Mr. Ketterman was postmaster in Tod and Lincoln 
townships for twenty-eight years; for fourteen years he was bookkeeper 
and assistant manager of Paradise Furnace. He is a justice of the peace 
of Lincoln township, having been elected in 1885. He is recognized as 
an impartial and clear-headed dispenser of justice. He is a Republican: 
he was formerly identified with the I. O. O. F.
  In 1848, John E. Ketterman was married in Penn township, to Elizabeth 
Snare, a native of that township. She died in 1876. In 1879, Mr. 
Ketterman was again married to Margaret Shontz, widow of E. P. 
Brumbaugh. Their only child is John H., at home. Mr. Ketterman is a 
member of the Reformed church, has been deacon and is an elder. He has 
been both teacher and superintendent in the Sunday-school. Mr. 
Ketterman is a useful and respected citizen.
  Mrs. John E. Ketterman was born in Penn township, in 1837. She is a 
daughter of Christian and Mary (Buckwalter) Shontz. Both parents are of 
German descent; Mr. Shontz is a farmer. A brother of Mrs. Ketterman's 
is Rev. Jonas B. Shontz, a Reformed pastor of Chambersburg, Pa. The 
family is one of the useful and influential ones of the county. Mrs. 
Ketterman's first husband was Eli P. Brumbaugh, of Lincoln township. 
They had five children: Franklin, of Phillipsburg, Pa.; Annie, widow of 
Dr. R. L. Dartt, of Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa.; Charles, of Jersey 
Shore, Pa; Lettie (Mrs. Erwin Watson), of McConnellstown, Pa.; and 
Elizabeth (Mrs. Lewis Shultz), of Lincoln township. Mr. Brumbaugh died 
in 1875; four years later, Mrs. Brumbaugh was married to Mr. Ketterman. 
She is a good wife and mother, and has many friends in her church and 
in the community.