Bio of KEATLEY, John H. (b.1847 d.1922), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 212-215
JOHN H. KEATLEY
For many years John H. Keatley was prominently connected with the rye flour
industry in the Northwest and during the last eight years of his life was
president and manager of The N. A. Matson Baking Company. Enterprise and
progressiveness actuated him at every point in his career and he moved steadily
forward to the goal of success, his course being carved out along the lines of
integrity and honor. Mr. Keatley was a native of West Virginia, his birth having
occurred in Summers county, on the llth of October, 1847. His life record
covered the intervening years to the 3d of August, 1922, when he passed away in
Minneapolis. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keatley, the former a native of
England, whence he came to the new world, settling in West Virginia.
John H. Keatley obtained his education in the schools of his native state,
pursu­ing his studies to the age of eighteen years, when he left home and for a
time was in Kentucky and in Ohio. In the fall of 1871, however, when a young man
of twenty-four years, he arrived in Minneapolis. His first years in Minnesota
were spent in the logging camps, in the sawmills and in the Pillsbury Flour
Mills. Then he became city salesman for the Lovejoy-Heinrich Flour Company, with
which com­pany he was identified for many years. In every business connection he
steadily worked his way upward as the result of his ability and high character.
For more than a quarter of a century prior to his death he was engaged in the
rye flour busi­ness. Steadily he developed his interests along that line until
his business was of an extensive and profitable character and at all times he
maintained an unassailable reputation, by reason of the thorough reliability of
his methods. He also became identified with the N. A. Matson Baking Company, of
which for eight years he was president and manager. The steady growth and
development of the business was attributable to his sound judgment and careful
direction.
In 1875 Mr. Keatley was united in marriage to Miss Kate V. Ludwig, a daughter of
Harrison S. and Margaret J. (Greiner) Ludwig, who were natives of Pennsyl­vania
and who came to Minnesota in 1864, taking up their abode on a farm in Fillmore
county, where they spent their remaining days. Mr. and Mrs. Keatley had a family
of two children: Clarence E. who is with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad in Minneapolis; and Sadie L., who has been a teacher of mathe­matics in
the South high school for a number of years.
Mr. Keatley was a member of the Christian Science church and politically was a
lifelong democrat, giving stalwart allegiance to the party at all times. He was
one of the first members of the local organization No. 63 of the United
Commercial Travelers, and for almost a half century he was identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, becoming a charter member of Flour City Lodge,
No. 118, I. O. O. F. He likewise had membership in Union Temple Encampment, No.
14, and In Canton Minnesota, No. 1. He was a faithful follower of the teachings
and high purposes of these organizations and at all times his life measured up
to the highest standard. Recognizing the opportunities and the possibilities of
the North­west when still a young man he became identified with this region and
grew with its steady growth and development, becoming one of the strong and
forceful factors in connection with the grain interests of the Northwest.