Union County, SD Biographies.....Keller, Allen D. 1853 - 
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Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897)

ALLEN D. KELLER. Among the prominent gentlemen engaged in the practice of law in
Elk Point is Allen D. Keller, state's attorney. He is a native of Stark county,
Ohio, and was born in 1853, a son of John H. and Mary (McCavit) Keller, also
natives of Ohio. The father of our subject was an attorney-at-law and practiced
the profession since he was a young man in Ohio, then in Illinois, and is at
present located in Jackson county, Kans. He was at one time district judge
there, has also been a state senator, and is a very prominent man of his
locality where he is highly respected by all who know him. Allen D. Keller was
educated at Massillon, Ohio, and graduated in 1872. He then entered his father's
law office in Kansas and was admitted to the bar there in 1874. He remained in
partnership with his father for nine years under the firm name of Keller &
Keller until 1882, when he left Kansas and came to Elk Point, Dak. Ter., where
he has been actively engaged in practice of his profession since. He came to
Dakota for his health which has been much better since his residence here. Mr.
Keller has set an example for his fellow townsmen and shown his confidence in
the future of the city by building a nice family residence, which he occupies
with his family. He has been closely identified with the development of Elk
Point and the vicinity, and always supports any worthy enterprises that tend to
promote the public good. He is highly esteemed as a citizen and a man of
undoubted integrity. Socially he is a member of the K. of P. and is now grand
chancellor of that order for South Dakota, and also uniform commander of the
same organization. Politically he uses his right of suffrage in supporting the
Republican party. He was sent as a delegate to the state convention in 1892,
and, at Madison, S. Dak., was elected chairman of the delegation from Union
county. He is also lieutenant colonel of the state military organization-Dakota
national guards.

    Mr. Keller was married in 1874 to Miss Alice J. Proctor, a native of Ohio,
and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Pollock) Proctor, who were also
natives of the "Buckeye state." Mr. Proctor was a soldier in the Civil war, and
is now a resident of Linn county, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Keller have been born
four children, viz.: Eldon C., Hazel M., Goldwin G. and Claire P. The family are
all attendants at the Episcopal church.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF 
Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties,
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and
Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with
the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History
and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be
Preserved in History.

ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO.
GEO. A. OGLE & CO.
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers.
1897.


Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON.

A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
generations.—MACAULAY.

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