NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: KELLER, Levi (d. 1889) *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Susan Kellar Ratcliffe Delaware, Ohio skrat@midohio.net December 30, 1998 *************************************************************************** Susan Kellar Ratcliffe Delaware, Ohio skrat@midohio.net Obituary: THE CALDWELL PRESS, April 18, 1889: Died, Monday morning, at 4 o'clock, Levi Keller of Mt. Ephraim, aged 93 years and 7 months. Deceased was born on Wheeling Creek, W. Va. At 5 years of age, was taken into Belmont Co. where his father located and where he grew to manhood. Came to this Co., about 1820. In 1821 he erected a house on Smoky Fork of Buffalo Creek in now Center Tp. In 1827 moved to the vicinity of Mt. Ephraim. At the age of 20 he married Elizabeth Shafer, a native of London (Loudoun) County, Va. He reared a family of 11 children, 5 of whom are dead. Deceased was the first clerk of Seneca Tp., acted as Justice of the Peace 6 years. Was a member of the Presbyterian Church in former years." HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO, 1887, p. 470: "At the age of five years Levi came to Ohio, his father, George Keller, settling in Belmont County. He learned the blacksmith's trade in that county, and in 1820 came to what is now Noble County and engaged in teaching school in Buffalo Township. In 1821 he erected a house on the Smoky Fork of Buffalo Creek, in Center Township. In 1827 he removed to the vicinity of Mount Ephraim, where he still lives. He has followed farming and blacksmithing. Mr. Keller was the first clerk of Seneca Township, and has held other offices, including that of justice of the peace for six years." ==== OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ====