Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Keefer, George F. 1864 - 

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  GEORGE F. KEEFER, surveyor of the borough of Sunbury, and a citizen in high

standing, is a son of Peter and Amelia (Haas) Keefer, and was born in Upper

Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pa., August 10, 1864. He is a grandson

of George and Mary (Lantz) Keefer, and his ancestral history will be found in

the foregoing sketch of his uncle, George W. Keefer.



  Peter Keefer, the father of our subject, was born in Lower Augusta township

March 3, 1838, and has lived in that and Upper Augusta township all his life. He

is an extensive contractor, making a specialty of bridge building, but early in

life he was engaged in the mercantile business for a period of ten years,

beginning at the age of about eighteen years. He then began contracting, and for

more than thirty years has followed that line of business with good results. He

is a man of good business ability, and his career has been a most industrious

one. Politically he is a Democrat, and, although not active in the workings of

the party, has been school director at odd times. In religious attachments he is

a devout member of the Reformed Church. He was joined in marriage with Amelia

Haas, and they reared one child, George F., an account of whose life follows.



  George F. Keefer was reared in Upper Augusta township, and obtained his mental

training in the public schools of East Sunbury, completing the prescribed

course. He subsequently took up a course of study in Bucknell College at

Lewisburg, Pa., from which he was graduated in June, 1886. During a part of the

time in school, he was engaged in teaching, and after his graduation he

continued for some time,—a period of seven years in all. He then took up the

subject of civil engineering and surveying, and gained much practical experience

during the four years he spent as a member of a corps engaged in that line of

work. In 1890 he embarked in business on his own account, and established an

enviable reputation as a civil engineer and surveyor. Four years later he was

appointed to act in that capacity for the borough of Sunbury, and he is now

serving his fourth consecutive year as such. He is a business man of the first

class, shrewd, enterprising, and a hard worker, and aside from the duties of his

official position he has a good patronage. He has a large circle of

acquaintances throughout the county, with whom he is very popular.



  Mr. Keefer was united in marriage, in 1895, with Ella R. Kuebler of

Rockefeller township, and they have one son, Paul Frederick. Socially he is a

member of the B. P. O. E.





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    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

    Published by 

    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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