The Keever Families of Warren County, Ohio

THOMAS KEEVER, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 2, 1892; his parents were Abraham Keever, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and Margaret (Irons) Keever, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent; they were among the early settlers of Warren County, whither they emigrated in the year 1802 and settled in what is now Clear Creek Township, and later, the husband served in the war of 1812. Our subject received such education as could be obtained in the pioneer schools of Warren and Clark Counties and early commenced working on a farm, at which employment he has since continued. In 1827, he was married to Mary Ann Perrine, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are now living, viz., John P., Mary E., James M., Margaret Ann, Alvira W. and Martha L. Mrs. Keever died in 1851, aod our subject afterward went to live with his daughter, Martha L., who married James A. Thompson, of Warren County, in 1860; the latter was born in Warren County and is a farmer. In the second year of the late war, he enlisted in Company B, 79th O. V. I.; he has had, by this marriage, two children — Clifford and Charley.

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JAMES M. KEEVER, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Cree Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1835; he is the son of Thomas and Mar

A. (Perrine) Keever, whose sketches appear elsewhere in this work; he wa reared on a farm and has always followed farming as an occupation. He wa married, in 1857, to Rhoda Bunnell, a native of Warren County, where she wat born Aug. 29, 1838; they have seven children living, viz., Edward C., Carrik

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WILLIAM OSCAR KEEVER, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Ohk Aug. 20, 1847; he is the son of Milton and Lydia (Murphy) Keever, natives of lines:

Ohio, she of Irish and he children, of German descent; they were the parents of

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ALBERT KEEVER, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creekt Township Warren Co., Ohio, Dec. 28, 1849; his father, Milton Keever, was an early settler of Warren, where he followed farming very successfully until his death, m 1869, at that time owning 408 acres of land, which he had acquired by his own industry, aided by the frugality of his wife, Lvdia (Murphy) Keever; his son, our subject, has chosen farming for his life occupation and promises to soon reach the degree of excellence in it that his father occupied before him; he now owns 96 acres of good arable land, worth fully $100 per acre. He was married, Oct. 8, 1872, to Ella Snook, daughter of E. K. Snook-

L UmZWT bom foUr Children’ Yiz” George Raymond, Lesley, Flora i TvMr\KeT.1S a Republican in politics, and, for four years, served as School Director of his district.

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NATHAN KEEVER (deceased) was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 6, 1818; he was a son of John and Elizabeth (Rogers) Keever, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent; he received a limited education and spent his life on the farm, where he died Oct. 30, 1880; having been injured in the left arm when quite young, he was unable to do but little of the labor of the farm, but, by his counsel and foresight, the work was prosecuted with considerable success. He was a stanch Republican and held several offices of trust in the county, among which were County Commissioner six years, and Justice of the Peace several years. In the year of his death, he was appointed Receiver of the Miami Valley Narrow-Gauge Railway. He was a man of intelligence and good business qualifications. He was married, Nov. 2, 1858, to Mary J. Monfort, a native of Warren County, and daughter of Arthur Monfort, of New Jersey; they had five children, viz., Elbert M. (deceased), Merrilla (deceased), Hattie L., Clarence W. and Nellie E.

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ABE KEEVER, grocer, Lebanon, was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1830; he is the son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Swanger) Keever, he a native of Clark Co., Ohio, where he was born in February. 1805, and she a native of Warren County, born Oct. 20, 1807. Our subject received his education in Warren County; his life was spent on the farm mostly, until 1864, when he embarked in the grocery and bakery business, in Lebanon, where he is still engaged in the grocery occupation, having discontinued his bakery. He was married, Feb. 15, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Lamb, a native of Turtle Creek Township, and a daughter of Thompson and Ann (Benham) Lamb, the former an early settler of Warren County. By this union, six children were born, of whom three — Solon, Leonidas and Ruth — are the only survivors. Mr. Keever was a Democrat in politics until the formation of the Greenback party, since which he has been identified with the latter party. Mr. Keever’s father, Anthony, died in Turtle Creek Township May 14, 1856; he was married in Turtle Creek Township and had nine children, of whom the following three are the only survivors: Abe, our subject; Isaac, a carpenter, of Union City, Ind., and Samuel W., a prominent farmer of Union Township, Warren Co. Our subject’s wife’s father, Thompson Lamb, was born in New Jersey Sept. 21, 1794, and emigrated to Turtle Creek Township in 1801; he was the son of Joseph Lamb, born in New Jersey Oct. 20, 1756, and died in Turtle Creek Township Aug. 8, 1828. Thompson was twice married, first, on April 18, 1816, to Caroline Stevenson, who was born July 18, 1798, and died Nov. 19, 1826, and the second time, Jan, 22, 1828, to Ann Benham, who was born in Washington Co., Penn., June 12, 1793, moved to Newport,

Ky„ in 1794, and to Warren County in 1799, where she still lives. Her husband first settled on a farm on Muddy Creek, where he lived until his death, July 22, 1849; he was an Old-Line Whig and a Deacon in the Old-School Baptist Church.

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JAMES KEEVER, farmer; P. O. Mason. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 25, 1844; he is a son of James and Hester (Lamb) Keever, who settled in Ohio in an early day. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and in the district school he received an ordinary education. As his father died before his birth he was deprived of that parental care and training so necessary and essential to every child, yet withal, James has succeeded and owns a farm of 106 acres, which is in the northwest quarter of Sec. 20; his land he is fixing up and improving and now bids fair to become a pleasant home. In 1867, he was married to Mary E. Braden, by whom he has had three children — Minnie M., Clara L. and John C. He located where he now lives (the old homestead) in 1872. His brother, Leonidas, enlisted in 1862, in Co. A, 79th O. V. I.; he died three months after, in December, at Gallatin, Tenn.

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first, on April 18, 1816, to Caroline Stevenson, /“nn Benham, and died Nov. 19, 1826, and the second time, 1828,to Ann Ben, who was born in Washington Co., Penn., June, r >

Ky„ in 1794, and to Warren County in 1799, where she still lives. Her husband first settled on a farm on Muddy Creek, where he lived until his death

July 22, 1849; he was an Old-Line Whig and a Deacon in the Old-Schoc Baptist Church.

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