Jacob Keefer and Anna Catharina [Unk]

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Husband Jacob Keefer ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Abt 1830 - ? Clarion Co, PA
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Anna Catharina [Unk] ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Abt 1845 - ? Clarion Co, PA
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Children

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1 F Sarah Keefer ^{2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1789 - ? Maryland 3
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         Spouse: John Highberger, Jr. (      -1860) 2 3

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2 M Jacob Keefer, Jr. ^{4 5}

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           Born: 5 Jan 1791 - Maryland 1
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           Died: 22 Jan 1869 - ? Clarion Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Maria Sarah Best (1797-1858) 1

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3 M George Keefer ⁷

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           Born: 1793 - ? Maryland 7
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           Died: 27 Apr 1819 7
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         Spouse: Mary Magdalena Fry (1794-1871) 7
           Marr: 30 Mar 1809 - Venango Co, PA 7

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4 F Anna Elizabeth Keefer ⁸

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           Born: 16 Sep 1794 - Maryland 8
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         Spouse: Levi Black (1795-      ) 8

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5 M Peter Keefer ³

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           Born: 1 Jul 1799 3
     Christened: 25 Aug 1799 - Harrold's Reformed Church, Westmoreland Co, PA
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6 F Eva Keefer ^{2 3}

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           Born: 25 Oct 1801 9
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           Died: 25 Jan 1884 9
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         Spouse: John Highberger, Jr. (      -1860) 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Keefer

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This Keefer family came from the state of Maryland into Pennsylvania and settled for a time in the Brush Creek Settlement, Sewickley Township, Westmore-land County, where most of their children were baptized. In the early 1800s they migrated to Beaver Township, Venango County, where the farm was purchased in 1808. Later this area became a part of Clarion County.
It is thought that Jacob Keefer, Sr., died about 1830, since he sold his farm to his son, Jacob, Jr., on Aug. 7, 1825, and then no longer appears on the church records in Beaver Twp., after May 10, 1829. His wife, Anna Catharine, survived him and was diligent in attendance at the Lutheran Church Communion, until May 5, 1839, when she attended communion on the Reform-ed side. She no longer appears on the church records after May 12, 1844. When she died is not known. They are both, most likely buried in the St. Paul Lutheran/Reformed Churches Cemetery, Beaver Twp., Clarion County.

1 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 1.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 594.

3 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 92.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 928.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 296.

6 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 2.

7 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 9.

8 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 90.

9 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 102.