Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Keller, John July 31, 1839 

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JOHN KELLER is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Bair) Keller, and was born July 31,
1839, in South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county, Pa. His grandfather was
a native of Pennsylvania, probably of Lancaster county, and Philip Bair,
maternal grandfather, was formerly a resident of the Shenandoah Valley, Va., but
later moved to Westmoreland county, this State, purchasing a large tract of land
in South Huntingdon township, where he resided until his death. Samuel Keller
(father) was born in Somerset county, Pa., and was killed on the railroad about
1878, being seventy-six years of age. By occupation he was a farmer, in politics
an old line whig and in religious belief a Dunkard. He had five children:
Philip, who lives in Sewickley township, John, David, Samuel and Jacob. David
enlisted in 1862 in the fifteenth reg., Pa. cavalry, and served as one of Gen.
Buell’s body-guard until the close of the Buell reign. He was in the Western
army with Sherman and participated in some sharply-contested battles. He now
resides in Iowa where he carries on farming on a large scale.

   Samuel Keller in 1862 enlisted in the sixty-first reg. Pa. Vols. and served
throughout the war, taking part in all the battles in which the Army of the
Potomac was engaged. In the service he contracted inflammatory rheumatism, which
so crippled him that he must use crutches.

   John Keller in August, 1862, enlisted in Co. E, one hundred and fifty-fifth
reg. Pa. Vols. and served until the beginning of 1863 until an attack of
inflammatory rheumatism caused the loss of the use of his feet and he was
therefore discharged. He took part in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg
and some minor engagements.

    John Keller on September 7, 1872, was married to Rebecca Weaver, a daughter
of William Weaver, of Mount Pleasant township, and to their marriage have been
born ten children: Bennett H., David L., Franklin C., Norman H.,  Mollie C.,
Maggie, William, Oscar (dead), Sadie and an infant.

    Mr. Keller received a common school education and learned the trade of a
miller, which he followed for some time but later turned his attention to
farming in which he has been engaged ever since. In politics he is a republican
and is a member of the Royal Arcanum at Greensburg.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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