Solomon Keister and Sarah Stauffer

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Husband Solomon Keister ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1816 1
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           Died: 1901 1
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         Father: Conrad Keister (      -      ) 3
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       Marriage: 1843 2

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Wife Sarah Stauffer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1820 2
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           Died: 1858 2
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         Father: John W. Stauffer (      -Abt 1852) 1 2 4
         Mother: Catharine Loucks (Abt 1793-1871) 1 2 5

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Children

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1 M John Keister ⁶

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2 M George Keister ^{1 2}

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           Died: 1880 2
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3 M Albert Keister ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Agnes Fraser (      -      ) 2

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4 M Benjamin Franklin Keister ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1850 2
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5 M Hon. Abraham Lincoln Keister ^{2 3 7}

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           Born: 10 Sep 1852 - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 2 7
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           Died: 26 May 1917 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Mary Keister ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1853 2
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           Died: Bef 1918
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         Spouse: Rev. J. S. Mills (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1876 2

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7 M Fenton Keister ²

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            AKA: Frank O. Keister 1
           Born: 1855 2
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         Spouse: Eliza Campbell (      -      ) 2

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8 M Rev. Lawrence Keister ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1856 2
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         Spouse: Cora Cormany (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Solomon Keister

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Scottdale, Westmoreland Co, PA - a merchant, miller and farmer

In 1860 he began the manufacture of coke in a small way, being one of the early pioneers in this industry in the soon-to-be world-famous Connellsville region, and may be looked upon as one of the founders of the great coke industry. He was associated with James Cochran, under the firm name of Cochran & Keister, one of the earliest concerns to produce coke on an extensive scale.
For many years he was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of Western Pennsylvania.

The Keister and Stauffer families lived on adjoining farms in East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland County, and Upper Tyrone township, Fayette County, both owning large tracts of land.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 123.

2 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 74.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 122.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 443.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

6 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 73.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 251.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 124.