Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Benjamin Keefer and Magdalena Baker




Husband Benjamin Keefer 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Magdalena Baker 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Samuel Keefer 1 3 4 5

           Born: 22 Oct 1820 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Dec 1887 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lydia Fortney (1830-      ) 1 3 4 5
           Marr: 15 Nov 1849 1


2 F Mary Keefer 6

           Born: Abt 1822
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Dec 1903 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Gray Boyd (1821-1895) 7
           Marr: 12 Apr 1844 6


3 F Elizabeth Keefer 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jul 1903 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Cyrus F. Bilhimer (1837-      ) 9
           Marr: 24 Jan 1861 2



General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Keefer

near Madison, Westmoreland Co, PA

He was reared in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, but when a young man he removed to Sewickley township, Westmoreland County, where he was engaged in farming for many years.

He and his wife reared a family of ten children.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 604.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 23.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 11, 225.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 966.

5 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 115.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1309.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1308.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 24.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 22.


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