John R. Keel and Sarah J. Chambers

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Husband John R. Keel ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Kiel 3
           Born: 20 Feb 1839 - Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jacob Keel (1803-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth DeWalt (1802-      ) 1 2

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Wife Sarah J. Chambers ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Apr 1843 2
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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Vandivender (      -      ) 1

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1 M Jacob C. Keel ²

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         Spouse: Annie Delarm (      -      ) 2

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2 F Clara Keel ²

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            AKA: Clara Kiel 3
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         Spouse: William Henry Lyons (1860-      ) 2 3
           Marr: Apr 1885 3

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3 F Angenetta Keel ²

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         Spouse: F. M. Shaffer (      -      ) 2

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4 F Elizabeth Jane Keel ²

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         Spouse: Edwin Liddle (      -      ) 2

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5 F Verda May Keel ⁴

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         Spouse: James R. Zartman (1868-      ) 4

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6 M Harry C. Keel ⁵

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7 M J. Clarence Keel ⁵

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8 M Garfield Keel ⁵

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9 M Irvin Keel ⁵

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10 F Gertrude Keel ⁵

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11 M Charles P. Keel ⁵

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12 F Ina Belle Keel ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - John R. Keel

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He was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and grew to manhood there, engaging in lumbering and farming for some time previous to his military service. At the close of the Civil War he returned to his early home and continued the same business until 1872, when he moved to Jefferson County to engage in contracting and building, and he followed that line of work successfully. In 1876 he settled at Jefferson Line, Clearfield County.
Civil War: he enlisted on August 21, 1862, in Company A, 61st P. V. and took part in many of the most important engagements of the war, including the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, North Anna, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, in front of Richmond, Petersburg, Weldon R. R., and the final decisive conflict at Richmond. In these fierce struggles he served gallantly, as did he in many minor engagements, but in the last he received a wound in the leg which made him a cripple for life.
During the 1880s he was justice of the peace in his township. In his political affiliations he was a stanch Republican. He was for some time postmaster at Jefferson Line.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 476.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 556.

3 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 689.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 557, 629.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 557.