BIO:  KEITH, Jarit, s/o George H. & Abbariller (Perkins) Keith

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

KEITH   PERKINS   LESTER   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886

Daviess County, Washington Twp., page 783

JARIT KEITH, a very prominent farmer and native of Daviess County, Ind., was
born January 22, 1821.  He is the fourth of eleven children born to the 
marriage of George H. Keith and Abbariller Perkins.  The father was born in
Georgia in 1790, and died in 1858, and the mother born in Kentucky in 1795,
and died in 1879.  The father was a farmer, and came to this county as early
as 1819, and was one of the first men of the county.  Jarit was reared on 
the home farm, but only secured such education as could be obtained in the
schoolhouses of pioneer times.  At the age of twenty-three he began farming
for himself, and two years later located near Edwardsport, where he remained
one year, and then purchased land in Knox County, where he remained until the
spring of 1860, and then moved to his present place--the old homestead farm.
He has been very prosperous in his enterprises, and now owns over 1,600 acres,
nearly all of which is very fine land.  He has large barns and a commodious
two-story frame residence with convenient surroundings.  December 25, 1844
he was united in marriage to Rhoda Jane Lester, a native of the county.  To
them were born ten children, seven now living:  William H., George, Isaac H.,
Julia A., Louis, Martha and Mary J.  His wife is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Keith is and always has been a zealous Republican,
but has never aspired to office.  He is a good example of the self-made man,
as he started in life a poor boy, and now is one of the wealthiest land
holders in the county.  Besides this he has the good will and respect of all
who know him.
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