George Keller

As printed in 1881

GEORGE KELLER, physician and surgeon, Bucyrus. This gentleman is an eminent physician of Bucyrus, and of Crawford Co., where he is well known as a man of varied knowledge and skill in the practice of his profession; he was born Nov. 24, 1826, in Franklin Co., Penn.; his father removed to Ohio when George was 3 years old; his youth was spent in Dalton; in the meantime he attended subscription schools, and at the age of 15 entered an academy at Dalton, and soon became interested in the study of medicine; a portion of his time was spent in teaching; he commenced his medical studies under Dr. Harley, then of Dalton, but now a physician of Lima, Ohio; DeKalb, in the northeastern part of this county, was the scene of his debut as a practitioner; some time being spent here with good success, he went to Cleveland and entered the medical college there, attending during the sessions of 1846 and 1847; he then returned to Dalton and practiced there until March, 1850, when he became physician for a party consisting of 240 persons, who were traveling overland to California; this journey lasted 108 days, and was fraught with some accidents and fatal occurrences, nine men being killed by Indians on Pitt River; on July 4, 1850, they reached their journey's end, arriving at a point on the Sacramento River; for six months Dr. Keller practiced in Yuba City and Marysville; in May, 1851, he returned to Ohio and stationed himself at West Liberty, this county, where he remained three years and had a good practice; in the winter of 1852-53, he graduated at the Cincinnati Medical College; soon after, he located in Bluffton, Ind., practicing there for eighteen months; he returned to Bucyrus in 1861, where he has since resided, excepting two years spent at Churubusco, Whitley Co., Ind.; he was, in 1877 and 1878, a member of the Faculty of the Ft. Wayne College. He was married, Oct. 3, 1848, to Mary J. English, of Canton, Ohio; of this marriage four children are living — Maud, Annie, Kittie and Frank. Dr. Keller has ever sustained a widespread reputation for skill in the practice of his profession, and is noted as well for his literary ability and his extensive knowledge of various topics.

As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.