OBIT: George Clayton KEIM, 1930, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE CLAYTON KEIM

  George C. Keim, widely known Johnstown attorney, died at his home in that city 
April 12th.  His death is attributed to malaria contracted in the swamps of Cuba 
during the Spanish-American War.
  He was at his desk as usual Friday, but in the evening became seriously ill 
and passed away shortly before noon Saturday.
  George Clayton Keim was 61 years of age, having been born March 14, 1869, a 
son of the late Mahlon W. and Elizabeth Dibert Keim.  His father, who was a 
native of Elk Lick Township, passed away in 1922, and his mother died two years 
later.
  George Clayton Keim attended the Johnstown schools and was graduated in the 
class of 1887, after which he went to Topeka, Kan., and worked in a bank there 
for his uncle, Rev. John D. Knox.  From Topeka he went to Chicago and studied 
law at the Northwestern University.
  While in Chicago he enlisted in the National Guard of Illinois and went to war 
with the United States forces against Spain.  He saw front line service at San 
Juan Hill and other historic battlefields before he was stricken by the dreaded 
malaria fever and lay seriously ill in the heart of the befouled swamps before 
relief came.
  Because of his impaired physical condition and with the assistance of 
President William McKinley, at whose home the mother of the soldier once resided 
when she was but a child, George Keim's discharge from the army was obtained.
  Soon after graduating from Northwestern University, he returned to Johnstown 
and read law in the office of Attorney W. P. Reese before being admitted to the 
Cambria County Bar in 1900.  A year later, when D. P. Weimer, now the District 
Attorney, was admitted to the bar, they formed a partnership and opened an 
office in Alma Hall.  Some time later Mr. Keim was appointed Assistant 
Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings at Harrisburg and spent several 
years there.  His health failed while there.  After his return to Johnstown from 
Harrisburg Mr. Keim opened offices in the Johnstown Trust building and later in 
the Otto building, Franklin and Lincoln Streets.
  G. C. Keim was a member of Oriental Commandery, No. 61, Knights of Templar, 
and a member of Corp. L. D. Woodruff, Jr., Camp, United Spanish American War 
Veterans.
  He and Miss Anna Coleman, of Somerset, were united in marriage December 5, 
1912, in Charleston, W.Va., where Attorney Keim was interested in the coal 
business at that time.  He is survived by his wife and one son, George Clayton, 
Jr.; one brother, M. W. Keim, Jr., Fort Hill, Somerset County, and two sisters, 
Annie, wife of Walter Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal., and Olive, wife of D. R. 
McLain, Larchmont, N.Y.

Meyersdale Republican, April 24, 1930