Maj. John Brua Keefer and Caroline R. Boyer

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Husband Maj. John Brua Keefer ¹

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           Born: 10 Apr 1832 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Andrew Keefer (1803-1876) 2
         Mother: Catharine Brua (1810-1836) 2

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       Marriage: 27 Nov 1854 1

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Wife Caroline R. Boyer ¹

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1 M Horace A. Keefer ¹

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2 F Catharine A. Keefer ¹

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         Spouse: Lt. J. W. Duncan, U.S.A. (      -      ) 1

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3 F Edith M. Keefer ¹

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         Spouse: M. H. Paxton (      -      ) 1

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4 F Mary F. Keefer ¹

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5 M Frank R. Keefer ¹

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6 F Caroline R. Keefer ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. John Brua Keefer

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He received his education at the public schools of the borough and at the Harrisburg Military Institute, established by Capt. Alden Partridge in 1845. Subsequently he learned the trade of a machinist in the shops of the Philadelphia andReading Railroad at Reading, Pennsylvania. From 1853 to 1864 he carried on a foundry and machine-shop at Cressona, Schuylkill County; then engaged in the oil trade in Venango County; afterwards carrying on the rolling-mill business at Allentown; and from 1870 to 1877 in the manufacture of fire-brick at Harrisburg. On the 13th of February, 1877, he was commissioned by President Grant major and pay master in the United States army.

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General Notes: Wife - Caroline R. Boyer

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from Reading, Berks Co, PA

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 581.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 470, 581.