William Franklin Keller, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 99-100 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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			WILLIAM FRANKLIN KELLER, M. D.  

	Dr. William Franklin Keller, a leading and successful 
representative of the medical fraternity of South Dakota, has practiced 
continuously for many years in Sioux Falls, and has also acted in the 
capacity of city health officer since 1908. His birth occurred in 
Reimersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1866, his parents being William and 
Catharine Keller. In the acquirement of an education, he attended the 
public schools of his native town and also Reimersburg College.  

	After completing his education in Pennsylvania, he came west, 
locating in Nebraska, where he followed the drug business until 1891 
when he came to South Dakota, making his home in Sioux Falls. In 1893 
he entered the University of Illinois and received the degree of M. D. 
from the University of Nashville, Tennessee, in 1897. Since that time 
he has followed the practice of general medicine in Minnehaha county, 
South Dakota, his practice having become extensive and highly 
successful. He has served two years, 1912-1914, as physician of 
Minnehaha county and for a similar period has been physician of the 
state penal and deaf mute institutions. In 1908 he was made city health 
officer of Sioux Falls which position he still holds, and in which 
connection his labors have been of far-reaching benefit and recognized 
value. Dr. Keller is a member of the Missouri Valley Medical 
Association, also the South Dakota Medical Association and the Seventh 
District, represents several of the old line insurance companies, and 
is also United States pension examiner at Sioux Falls.  

	In 1906, at Sioux Falls, Dr. Keller was united in marriage to 
Miss Bertha Stringham, a daughter of N. C. Stringham. His political 
allegiance has always been given to the democratic party, and his 
religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. Fraternally he is 
identified with the Masons, having attained the thirty-second degree of 
the Scottish Rite and also belonging to the Mystic Shrine. He is 
popular in fraternal, social and professional circles of his adopted 
city and has gained recognition as one of its leading and 
representative residents.