Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Keyworth, Thomas B. 1846 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 16, 2007, 4:23 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) THOMAS B. KEYWORTH, the engineer of the Imlay City Water Works, of Imlay City, was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in October, 1846. He is the son of John and Sarah (Buxton) Keyworth. His parents removed to Canada, Bruce County, when he was about five years of age. The father was a merchant, and the son received but a limited education, as the family were resident in a new portion of the country, and the advantages offered were small. At eighteen years of age our subject went to Onondaga County, N. Y., and in 1864 enlisted from Syracuse, in the month of January, in Company D, Eleventh New York Cavalry. He was assigned to duty in the Army of the Potomac under Gen, Grant and also served in the Army of the Tennesseee under Gen. Thomas. He was in many skirmishes, but was fortunate enough to escape all wounds and accidents. He was honorably discharged in November, 1865, and was mustered out at Memphis, Tenn. While in the army he was stricken with typhoid fever, and lay in the hospital two months, forty miles north of New Orleans. After the war our subject worked on the Erie Canal, and was thus employed for two years. He had been engaged upon it previous to entering the war. He returned to Canada in 1867, and remained there for some five years engaged in various pursuits. He came to Lapeer County, Mich., in 1872. While living in Canada, our subject was married, March 20, 1867, to Miss Eliza McWaters, of Kincardine, Canada. She was born in Canada, March 17, 1847. They have one son, William S., who was born in Kincardine. December 30, 1867. He is a baker by trade and works in Imlay City. Our subject located in Lapeer, where he followed railroading on the Michigan Central and the Detroit & Bay City Road for five years. He then went to Five Lakes, Lapeer County, where he took charge of a couple of stationary engines. After remaining there a little over two years, he came to Imlay City and embarked in the bakery and grocery business, following that until August, 1890. When the water-works were established in the city he was appointed to his present position. Politically our subject is a Republican. He is a member of the Village Board of Trustees, and has served in this capacity for six years. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/lapeer/bios/keyworth658gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb