BIO: H. D. McKEEHEN, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 620 & 623.
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  H. D. McKEEHEN, postmaster and general merchant, at Berwinsdale, Clearfield 
county, Pa., was born in Jordan township, Clearfield county, July 3, 1869, and 
is a son of James and Mary Jane (Glasgow) McKeehen.
  James McKeehen was a son of David and Mary Ann McKeehen, of Scotch and Irish 
descent.  He engaged in farming and lumbering in Clearfield county and in 1873 
embarked in the mercantile business.  He married Mary Jane Glasgow, a daughter 
of John and Sarah Glasgow, and they had the following children born to them:  
Mary Lavinia, wife of C. D. McMurray; and H. D., John and Joel.
  H. D. McKeehen was educated in the public schools and the Lock Haven State 
Normal School, in which institution he was a student for two years.  Following 
this he spent two years on the road representing a medical supply house and 
afterward passed four years on a farm.  Then he turned his attention to 
merchandising, buying the stock of L. L. Hile, at Berwinsdale, and since then 
has conducted a first class general store, supplying a large surrounding 
territory.  On January 24, 1900, he was appointed postmaster at Berwinsdale and 
has proved a satisfactory public official.  In politics he is an independent 
thinker and voter.
  On May 23, 1901, Mr. McKeehen was married to Miss Josephine Bell, a daughter 
of Warren and Marian (Snyder) Bell, farming people of Ferguson township.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Bell had four children:  May, Josephine, Wayne and Lillian, the last 
named being the wife of R. L. Williams.  Mr. and Mrs. McKeehen are members of 
the Presbyterian church.  He is an active and interested citizen of Jordan 
township and has served for nine years on the school board.