Capt. Paul Bentalo and Katherine Keeports

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Husband Capt. Paul Bentalo ¹

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Wife Katherine Keeports ¹

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           Born: 8 Apr 1759 1
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         Father: Capt. Jacob Keeports (1713-1789) 1
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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Paul Bentalo

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He accompanied General Lafayette to America and with him joined the American Army. When General Lafayette visited the United States in 1824, Captain Bentalo rode with him in a carriage in the Baltimore procession. Captain Bentalo was also attached to the command of the noble Pole, Count Pulaski, who died in his arms. Captain Bentalo and his wife visited France, and because of his connection with the Jerome Bonaparte-Elizabeth Patterson marriage, he was thrown into prison by the Emperor Napoleon and treated with much rigor for a time.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 228.