Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Keilman, Charles 1846 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

CHARLES KEILMANN.

    Charles Keilmann of St. John township is one of the oldest living members of
a family which has been prominently identified with the agricultural and
business affairs of Lake county since pioneer times. He has himself always
followed farming, and is still residing on and operating a farm which he located
upon after his marriage, over a half century ago. He has been a man of industry
and good business habits, has now, at the age of seventy-five, a successful
career behind him and much to show for his past efforts, and at all times and in
all circumstances has enjoyed the respect and high esteem of his friends and
neighbors.

    Mr. Keilmann was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, August 29, 1829, being
the fourth child of Henry and Elizabeth Keilmann, who in 1845 left their native
fatherland and came to Lake county, Indiana, becoming early settlers in this
portion of northern Indiana. Charles was about sixteen years, old when he came
to this county. He was reared to farm work, and remained at home and assisted
his father until several years after he was grown. He was married in 1852, and
in the same year located on his present farm. He now owns one hundred and twenty
acres, and has had a long and continued record of success in his operations at
farming. He is well known throughout the county, and is a truly representative
citizen. He is a Democrat in politics, and served as road commissioner for three
terms. He and his family are members of the Catholic church in St. John.

    In 1852 Mr. Keilmann married Miss Anna Mary Orr, who was born in Germany and
was a young girl when she came to Lake county. She died in 1884, having been the
mother of twelve children, ten of whom are living: George, deceased; Susanna,
wife of Adam Bohling; Frank, of Chicago Heights, Illinois; Phillip, of Nebraska;
Henry, of Lowell, Indiana; Leonard, of Hammond.: Michael, who lives at home and
married May Dahlkamp; Charles, of Dyer, Lake county; John, who died aged five
years; Mary, wife of Jacob Spanier, of St. John; Peter, of Hammond; and Jacob,
of Chicago Heights. All these children were born and reared in St. John township.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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