William Delbert Keefer and Melissa Olive Harringer

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Husband William Delbert Keefer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 29 Jun 1841 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob G. Keefer (1815-1882) 2
         Mother: Harriet Gordon (1822-1917) 3

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       Marriage: 17 Nov 1861 - Armstrong Co, PA 4

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   Other Spouse: Nettie Foust Craft (      -      ) 4

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Wife Melissa Olive Harringer ⁵

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            AKA: Melissa Olive Harriger 4
           Born:  - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1914 4
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: David Harringer (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Polly Steele (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Elsie Annetta "Nettie" Keefer ⁴

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           Born: 14 Jan 1866 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Oct 1946 4
         Buried:  - Dutch Hill Cemetery, Perry Twp, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: James I. Barger (      -1931) 4

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2 F Minnie Mae Keefer ⁶

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           Born: 30 Oct 1867 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1963 6
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Plummer Daubenspeck (1856-1919) 6

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3 F Harriette Ella Keefer ^{5 7}

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           Born: 30 Jan 1870 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1916 7
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: William Judson (1866-1938) 7

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4 M Leslie O. Keefer ⁸

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           Born: 15 Jan 1874 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1939 8
         Buried:  - Dutch Hill Cemetery, Perry Twp, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elder (      -1907) 8

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5 M Jacob George Keefer ⁹

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           Born: 12 Feb 1872 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Aug 1926 9
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Nancy Ellen Barger (1871-1942) 9
           Marr: 9 Nov 1892 9

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6 M Justus Alvin "Jesse" Keefer ¹⁰

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           Born: 19 Feb 1876 - Clarion Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Sep 1921 10
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Myrtle Iscie Hughes (1884-1962) 10
           Marr: 25 Apr 1904 - Aleppo, Greene Co, PA 10

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7 M Gordon C. Keefer ¹¹

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           Born: 1879 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Nov 1951 - Clarion Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M James A. Garfield Keefer ¹¹

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           Born: 4 Nov 1880 - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1917 11
         Buried:  - West Monterey Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Adda L. Hagan (1880-1917) 11

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General Notes: Husband - William Delbert Keefer

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Until he was 13 years of age, he attended the schools of his native city, and then came to Clarion County, PA, but later removed to Armstrong County, where he was living at the outbreak of the Civil War. At Kittanning, he enlisted on Sept. 24, 1861, in Co. B, 103rd Reg., for 3 years. He was sworn into the service at Kittanning. With the Army of the Potomac he participated in numerous battles, including the seven-days fight on the Peninsula, the Peninsula Campaign and Goldboro, NC. Re-enlisting as a musician in Co. F. same Regiment he served until the close of the War. On Apr. 4, 1864, at Plymouth, NC, he was taken prisoner and after being confined at Andersonville through the summer, he was transferred in the fall to Florence, NC. After 11 months spent in the Rebel prisons, he was finally paroled at Goldsboro, NC, on Apr. 24, 1865. At this time he weighed only 95 pounds, the effect of the privations and suffering. The follow­ing June he was honorably discharged at Washington, D.C., and returned to his home in Armstrong County. Later he moved to Clarion County.
He was quite religious, and gave most of the money from his Army Pension and some oil productions, to build a small Church of God in West Monterey, near the Railroad Station.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1491.

2 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 14.

3 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 14.

4 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 15.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1492.

6 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 17.

7 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 18.

8 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 19.

9 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 23.

10 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 27.

11 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 28.