Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....O'Keefe, William February 8, 1854
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Democrat and sentinel: (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866: February 17, 1854
At his residence near Ebensburg, on Wednesday the 8th inst., William O'Keefe,
Esquire, in his eighty sixth year. The deceased was among the early settlers of
Cambria county, where he located in the year 1805. Since, he held many official
positions, the duties of which he discharged faithfully and well. He was born in the
County of Meath Ireland. He received an excellent Education and was ranked amongst
the clearest mathematicians of his time ; his acquirements fitted him peculiarly for
the office of county Surveyor, which he held for twenty-six consecutive years. The
duties and labors of this office, in the early history of the county was responsible
and vast, requiring for their proper discharge great amount of Physical and mental
labor...

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