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Personal data John Keller 

• He was born on October 11, 1855 in Collins, Clair County, Missouri.Sources 1, 2
• (At) in Osceola, Missouri.Sources 1, 2
• (Cemetery-) in Osceola.Sources 1, 2
• (Church-) in Christian.Sources 1, 2
• (Occupation-) in Farmer.Sources 1, 2
• He died on June 16, 1937 in Collins,St.Clair County, Missouri, he was 81 years old.Sources 1, 2
• A child of Casper Momery Keller and Mary Jane (?) Keller

Household of John Keller

(1) He is married to Cassie Smith.

They got married in the year 1881, he was 25 years old.Sources 1, 2

Child(ren):

1. Infant Keller  1884-1884

(2) He is married to Mary Charlotte Pace.

They got married on November 10, 1886 at St.Clair County, Missouri, he was 31 years old.Sources 1, 2

Child(ren):

1. Eulah Lee Keller  1887-1981 
2. Albin L. Keller  1889-1966 
3. Casper Micheal Keller  1892-1935
4. Bailey William Keller  1897-1983 
5. Minnie Elizabeth Keller  1910-1992 

Notes about John Keller

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #2432, Date of Import: Oct 20, 2000] JOHN KELLER John Keller, son of Casper Momery and Mary Jane Keller was born October 11, 1855, near Collins, Missouri, and died June 16, 1937, at his home where he had resided since childhood and near where he was born, at the age of eighty-one years, eight months and four days. He was the eldest of a family of seven children, his father died when he was twelve years of age leaving him to care for his mother and four younger children. His mother died when he was twenty-one, and for many years he was both father and mother to his younger brothers and sisters. He was married to Cassie Smith in 1881. To this union was born one child. Both mother and child passed away in 1884. He was again united in marriage to Mary Charlotte Pace on November 3, 1886. She and four of their five children survive. One son, Casper Michael Keller, died July 12, 1935. The surviving children are Eulah L. Clyde of Gardenia, California, Albin L. Keller, and Bailey William Keller and Minnie Elizabeth Elliott of Collins, Missouri. One sister, Lizzie Nauman of Paris, Texas, one brother, Samuel Keller of Fish Tail, Montana, also many other relatives and friends, will sadly miss his friendly handclasp, and the brotherly hospitality of his home. One sister Sallie Price died in June 1921. One brother, Robert Lee Keller died in July 1932. Twin brothers died in infancy. With the exception of three years he spent his entire life in the community where he passed away. He united with the Christian Church when services were being conducted at the old Pleasant Hill school house. When Pleasant Valley Church was organized he became a member and remained consistent in his faith. A fine example of Christian manhood. To have brother Keller for a neighbor was to realize just how much the word neighbor can mean in the truest sense. Our finite minds can not being to comprehend the worth of such a life, of more than four score years, nor the changes he experienced from the days of the Indians, and the terrors of the Civil War, to our fast moving modern times. Through it all, he was proven the greatness of his soul, ever working for the betterment of others. We know his was a life well spent, and thou we shall miss him, yet how fitting that he should pass from death unto life, at his home he loved, just as a new day was dawning on the acres he had won from the wilderness in his youth. Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Valley Church, June 17,1937, by the Rev. A. T. Mahanay. Taking his text from Revelation, 1st chapter. A trio from the Brethren Church, composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wolfrey, and Mrs. Harry Elliott sang the hymns selected by the family. Pallbearers were Alva Leroy Francis, Melvin Moss Francis,and Harry Calvin Francis, C.D. Heare, L.F. Heare and Owen L. Heare. Burial in the Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, Missouri. Realizing the end was near he made his funeral arrangements. Death held no terror for him as he had often said, and we feel that the river was indeed peaceful for him as expressed in the following poem. I sit and think as the sun sets gold, Is flushing river, and hill, and shore, I shall one day stand by the waters cold, And list for the sound of the boatman's oar. I shall hear the boat as it gains the strand I shall pass from sight with the boatmans pale. To the better shore of the spirit land. I shall know the loved who have gone before And joyfully sweet will the meeting be. When over the river, The peaceful river The Angel death shall carry me.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #2432, Date of Import: Oct 20, 2000]

JOHN KELLER
John Keller, son of Casper Momery and Mary Jane Keller was born October 11, 1855, near Collins, Missouri, and died June 16, 1937, at his home where he had resided since childhood and near where he was born, at the age of eighty-one years, eight months and four days. He was the eldest of a family of seven children, his father died when he was twelve years of age leaving him to care for his mother and four younger children. His mother died when he was twenty-one, and for many years he was both father and mother to his younger brothers and sisters. He was married to Cassie Smith in 1881. To this union was born one child. Both mother and child passed away in 1884. He was again united in marriage to Mary Charlotte Pace on November 3, 1886. She and four of their five children survive. One son, Casper Michael Keller, died July 12, 1935. The surviving children are Eulah L. Clyde of Gardenia, California, Albin L. Keller, and Bailey William Keller and Minnie Elizabeth Elliott of Collins, Missouri. One sister, Lizzie Nauman of Paris, Texas, one brother, Samuel Keller of Fish Tail, Montana, also many other relatives and friends, will sadly miss his friendly handclasp, and the brotherly hospitality of his home. One sister Sallie Price died in June 1921. One brother, Robert Lee Keller died in July 1932. Twin brothers died in infancy.
With the exception of three years he spent his entire life in the community where he passed away.
He united with the Christian Church when services were being conducted at the old Pleasant Hill school house. When Pleasant Valley Church was organized he became a member and remained consistent in his faith. A fine example of Christian manhood.
To have brother Keller for a neighbor was to realize just how much the word neighbor can mean in the truest sense. Our finite minds can not being to comprehend the worth of such a life, of more than four score years, nor the changes he experienced from the days of the Indians, and the terrors of the Civil War, to our fast moving modern times. Through it all, he was proven the greatness of his soul, ever working for the betterment of others. We know his was a life well spent, and thou we shall miss him, yet how fitting that he should pass from death unto life, at his home he loved, just as a new day was dawning on the acres he had won from the wilderness in his youth.
Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Valley Church, June 17,1937, by the Rev. A. T. Mahanay. Taking his text from Revelation, 1st chapter.
A trio from the Brethren Church, composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wolfrey, and Mrs. Harry Elliott sang the hymns selected by the family.
Pallbearers were Alva Leroy Francis, Melvin Moss Francis,and Harry Calvin Francis, C.D. Heare, L.F. Heare and Owen L. Heare.
Burial in the Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, Missouri.
Realizing the end was near he made his funeral arrangements. Death held no terror for him as he had often said, and we feel that the river was indeed peaceful for him as expressed in the following poem.
I sit and think as the sun sets gold,
Is flushing river, and hill, and shore,
I shall one day stand by the waters cold,
And list for the sound of the boatman's oar.
I shall hear the boat as it gains the strand
I shall pass from sight with the boatmans pale.
To the better shore of the spirit land.
I shall know the loved who have gone before
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be.
When over the river, The peaceful river
The Angel death shall carry me.

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