Sullivan-Columbia-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....Keller, H. J. 1866 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
       H. J. KELLER, engaged in the general blacksmithing business in Bernice, was
  born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, on the 9th of May, 1866, and is a son of
  E. H. and Mary (Richart) Keller, both of whom were natives of the Keystone state
  and of German descent. The father was born in Bloomsburg, and during the Civil
  war he loyally served his country as a defender of the Union. In his family were
  eleven children - nine sons and two daughters.
  
      When fourteen years of age H. J. Keller started out in life on his own
  account, and the success achieved is due entirely to his well directed efforts
  and his enterprise. He began learning his trade in Lycoming county,
  Pennsylvania, and afterward followed that pursuit for three years in Unionville,
  this state. He then came to Sullivan county, locating at Laporte, where he was
  employed for a year, after which he went to Towanda, where he followed
  blacksmithing for a time. He next came to Bernice where he has now been located
  for over twelve years. He does the general blacksmith and mechanical work for
  the Sullivan County Railroad and the Anthracite Coal Company, and has given
  excellent satisfaction, being an expert in his line. He repairs boilers and
  engines and does all kinds of work on iron and steel, and his capability in that
  direction is most marked. He thoroughly understands everything in this line of
  industrial interests, and as the result of his capability and honorable dealing
  has won a very liberal patronage.
  
      Mr. Keller was united in marriage, on June 19, 1888, to Miss Cora Wilmot, of
  Bernice, daughter of Albert Wilmot, and they now have two sons - Ray W. and Carl
  A. In his political affiliations Mr. Keller is a Republican and keeps well
  informed on the issues of the day. He has served on the school board and has
  held other local offices. Socially he is connected with the Independent Order of
  Odd Fellows at Bernice, has filled all the chairs and is now Past Grand. He also
  belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He is a man of fine physique, weighing over
  two hundred pounds, and well proportioned, is frank and jovial in manner,
  honorable and trustworthy in his dealings, and by his fellow-townsmen is
  regarded as one of the valued residents of the community.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
      Extracted from: 
        
      History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
      by Thomas J. Ingham
        
      Compendium of Biography
        
      The Lewis Publishing Company
      Chicago: 1899
  
  
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