1894 - 1982 Person Name: Albert A. Ketchum Author of "¿Sabes Por Qué Canto a Cristo?" in Himnario Bautista Little is known about Albert Allen Ketchum, except that he was once a student at Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, and lived at one time in Long Beach, California. While attending Moody in the early 1920′s, he wrote the words and music for a gospel song called, "Why Do I Sing About Jesus?" It was one of 12 or 15 songs he submitted to Harry Dixon Clarke for publication.
--wordwisehymns.com/2010/02/12/
==============
In the 1940′s, Ketchum was associated with Delco Products Co. in Los Angeles, CA, and lived in nearby Long Beach, but little else is known about him, including the time and place of his death, other than that he flourished in the early twentieth century.
--hymnstudiesblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/13
Albert Allen Ketchum