BIO:  REV. GEORGE KEISER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 652
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    REV. GEORGE KEISER, a native of Perry county, Pa., and son of Jacob and
  Catherine (Ritter) Keiser, was born March 6, 1822. When he was eight years of
  age his parents came to Cumberland county, where they spent the remainder of
  their lives. The father died, however, in Perry county, in 1833. Jacob and
  Catherine Keiser had children as follows: Leah (deceased) was the wife of
  John Swartz. George is the subject proper of this sketch. Susan, (deceased)
  was the wife of Jacob Kochenderfer. David is a resident of Cumberland county;
  his deceased wife in maidenhood was Annie Bender. Rachel, widow of David
  Kochenderfer, resides in Carlisle. Jacob resides in Omaha, Neb.; his wife,
  now deceased, was Sophia Edgington. John C. is deceased; his wife, who was
  Sarah Humer, lives in Carlisle.
  
    George Keiser has been twice married, first, on Feb. 13, 1845, to Rachel
  Bear, who bore him five children, three of whom reached maturity; David B.,
  of Houston, Texas; Catharine, deceased wife of Jacob Brown; and Emma, wife of
  Frank Langheine. The mother of these children died in March, 1863. The present
  wife of George Keiser was before marriage Mary Steiner, and they were married
  April 21, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Keiser are the parents of three children: Edwin
  S. resides in Lancaster, Pa.; Ella M. is at home; George W. is living in
  Carlisle.
  
    George Keiser united with the Reformed Mennonite Church in the year 1857,
  and was ordained a minister in the year 1860. A reference to the year of his
  birth will remind the reader that Rev. George Keiser has rounded out his four
  score years, and during this time he has for more than half a century devoted
  himself to the cause of Him "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of
  turning."