William Sells Keefer and Elizabeth Eberly

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Husband William Sells Keefer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Dec 1825 - Letterkenny Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: Jul 1899 3
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         Father: Dewald Keefer (1796-1866) 4
         Mother: Rebecca Bard (1803-1862) 5

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       Marriage: 25 May 1852 3

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Huber (      -      ) 3 6 - 20 Mar 1866 3

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Wife Elizabeth Eberly ^{6 7}

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           Born: 20 Nov 1830 3
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           Died: 1865 3
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         Father: Jacob Eberly (1810-Aft 1887) 8 9
         Mother: Hannah Reed (      -1855) 8 9

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Children

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1 M Horace Dewald Keefer ³

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           Born: 19 Apr 1853 3
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           Died: 18 Mar 1856 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Jacob Reed Keefer ³

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           Born: 2 Mar 1856 3
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         Spouse: Emma L. Immell (      -      ) 3

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3 F Annie Elizabeth Keefer ¹⁰

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           Born: 31 Aug 1858 10
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           Died: 14 Jun 1899 10
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         Spouse: Clayton Weist Keefer (1857-1891) 10

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General Notes: Husband - William Sells Keefer

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He was a prominent farmer in Letterkenny township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he owned two farms, aggregating, with 150 acres of timberland, 500 acres. He owned, besides 10,000 acres of timberland in Hardy County, West Virginia. He was a noted importer of heavy draft horses. During the Civil war he was enrolling officer for three and a half years.

In 1877 Mr. Keefer and his brother-in-law, H. S. Huber, began importing heavy draft horses. Their first was a Scotch Clydesdale, and soon after an English cart horse. In 1879 he imported a Suffolk Punch horse, which took the premium at the State fair held at Philadelphia and every other fair at which he was entered. The agricultural report of the State fair of 1884 said: "To the stallion 'Tip Top,' owned by W. S. Keefer, of Chambersburg, Penn., was awarded the first prize as well as the highest award for the best three colts on exhibition, under four years, the get of 'Tip Top.' This magnificent horse, brought over by Charles Board, of England, in 1879, and shown at the first exhibition of the society in the main Centennial Building in that year, now returns, after having received his development, to claim the first honors of his class."

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married May 14, 1852. [HFC 1887, 814]

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 813.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 470, 474, 477, 517, 581.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 477.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 466.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 470.

6 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 814.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 474, 477, 581.

8 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 797, 904.

9 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 581.

10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 474.