Elijah Newon Keister and Catharine Walp

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Husband Elijah Newon Keister ¹

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           Born: 23 Aug 1822 - near Murrysville, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Daniel Keister (1784-1862) 1 3
         Mother: Jane Aber (      -1828) 4

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       Marriage: 18 Nov 1870 2

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   Other Spouse: Jane King (      -1869) 2 - 20 Dec 1846 2

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Wife Catharine Walp ²

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Children

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1 M Newton Homer Keister ²

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           Born: 7 Dec 1873 2
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General Notes: Husband - Elijah Newon Keister

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The early life of this man was spent on his father's farm, and after leaving the common schools in which his education was received, he was continuously engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning a valuable farm consisting of more than one-half of the old family homestead.
He served as tax collector and as school director and assessor several years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Murrysville, of which for a long time he was treasurer and one of the trustees. In politics Mr. Keister was a sterling democrat and a willing worker in the interests of his party.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 366, 676.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 676.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 202.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 366.