Jacob Marion Keefer and Nancy Jane Wiant

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Husband Jacob Marion Keefer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Feb 1844 - Lineville, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Oct 1928 2
         Buried:  - Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: Benjamin Keefer (1810-1850) 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Keefer (1815-1881) 4 5

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       Marriage: 23 Nov 1882 3

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Hays (      -      ) 2 - Nov 1872 - Venango Co, PA (Divorced) 2

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Wife Nancy Jane Wiant ^{2 3}

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           Born: 17 Jun 1858 - Porter Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jun 1940 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: William Wiant (1832-1906) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Howe (      -      ) 2 3

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Children

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1 M Frank Leslie Keefer ^{2 3}

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           Born: 10 Mar 1879 - Porter Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1944 2
         Buried:  - Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Frances Katherine "Kate" Hiwiller (1880-1974) 2 3
           Marr: 30 May 1899 3

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2 M William Evans Keefer ^{3 6}

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           Born: 12 Apr 1884 - Arthurs, Clarion Co, PA 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 May 1938 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Cora Mae Dean (1886-1966) 6 7

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3 F Rebecca Elizabeth "Bessie" Keefer ^{7 8}

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           Born: 27 Mar 1886 - Forest Co, PA 7 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Oct 1916 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Clinton Leroy Logue (1876-1945) 8

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4 M Jesse Earl Keefer ^{7 9}

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           Born: 22 Sep 1892 - Marienville, Jenks Twp, Forest Co, PA 7 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Aug 1973
         Buried:  - Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Mabel Margaret Wensel (1892-1963) 9
           Marr: 12 Jun 1911 9

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5 F Freda Margarette Keefer ^{7 10}

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           Born: 12 Feb 1895 - the area of Marienville, Forest Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Feb 1895 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Orvis Craig Keefer ¹⁰

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           Born: 17 Jul 1896 - Marienville, Jenks Twp, Forest Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Mar 1976 - ? Shippenville, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Shippenville, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Diana Decinto (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 11 Apr 1918 10. (Divorced)

         Spouse: Pearl Black (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 19 Jan 1949 10

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Marion Keefer

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When he was six years of age his father died, and afterwards he worked on farms among the neighbors for his board and clothes. When he was 18 years old he enlisted in August 1862 at Venus, Pennsylvania, as Private in Company F. 121st Regiment PA Volunteers. He was in the hard fought battles of Fredericksburg and soon afterwards was stricken with a serious illness, and on recovery was honorably discharged for disability. He remained at home until in 1864, when he again enlisted, joining Company G, 155th Regiment PA Volunteer Infantry, and fought with the Army of the Potomac during all its battles to Appomattox, and marched with that tattered but triumphant army in the Grand Review before President Johnson. He received his honorable discharge on June 5, 1865. He returned to Clarion County and worked in the lumber woods as a saw hand. He was in the lumber business until 1902 in both Clarion and Forest Counties. In 1902 he settled in Clarion, where he lived a retired life. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. In politics he was a Republican.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 296, 1112.

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

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

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 295, 1112.

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

6 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 5.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 297.

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

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

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