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Personal data Lewis Keith 

• He was born on March 22, 1801 in Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Sources 1, 2
• Profession: Farmer.Source 2
• Religion: Protestant - M.E. Church.Source 2
• Resident:
• in the year 1814: Morgan Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
• on July 6, 1832: LaPorte Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
• Census in the year 1820, Olive, Morgan, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
• Census in the year 1830, Deerfield, Morgan Co, OH.Source 4
• Census in the year 1840, LaPorte Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 5
• Census in the year 1850, Scipio, LaPorte, Indiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 6

  Age 50, b. PA

• Census in the year 1860, Scipio, LaPorte, Indiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 7

  Age 59, b. PA

• Census in the year 1870, Scipio, LaPorte, Indiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 8

  Age 68, b. PA

• He died on May 28, 1879 in LaPorte Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten, he was 78 years old.Sources 2, 9
• He is buried in Door Village Cemetery, Door Village, La Porte Co, IN.Source 9
• A child of Peter Keith and Maria Ilges? Heade
• This information was last updated on January 14, 2015.

Household of Lewis Keith

(1) He is married to Mary Spencer.

They got married on August 10, 1819 at Morgan Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 18 years old.Source 10

Child(ren):

1. Joseph S. Keith  1820-????
2. Elisha Spencer Keith  1821-± 1896 
3. Peter G. Keith  1824-1911 
4. Lewis L. Keith  1826-1909 

(2) He is married to Nancy A. OHarra.

Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958
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bride's name:Nancy O'Harra
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marriage date:28 Dec 1826
marriage place:Morgan,Ohio
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indexing project (batch) number:M51408-1
system origin:Ohio-ODM
source film number:0910657 V. A-C
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They got married on December 28, 1826 at Morgan Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 25 years old.Source 11

Child(ren):

1. Bolsar Keith  1827-????
2. Mary A. Keith  1828-????
3. Julia A. Keith  1830-???? 
4. Maria Keith  1831-????
5. Wesley E. Keith  1833-???? 
6. Dennis T. Keith  1835-????
7. Francis M. Keith  1837-????
8. Margaret Keith  1839-????
9. Winchester Riley Keith  1841-????
10. Ariadna Keith  1843-????

(3) He is married to Nancy H. Jessup.

They got married

Notes about Lewis Keith

Lots of pics and info on Keiths and Shirleys:

Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois
By Charles A. Church

The History of Winnebago County, Ill.
H. F. Kett & co.
pg 669

KEITH LEWIS, Whose portrait appears in this work, was born May 2, 1826, in Morgan Co., Ohio. His great-grandfather came from Holland to America about fifteen years before the Revolution, and settled in New Lancashire, Pa. Here he engaged in the smithing business for many years, when he moved to Huntingdon Co., where he died in 1810. He had served as blacksmith in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Keith's grandfather, Peter, was a blacksmith and farmer, and moved to Morgan Co., Ohio, in 1814, and had a family of twelve children. He came to Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1836, at that time containing only two or three houses, and located on the east side of the river, just below the present site of the water power. He died, aged 81 years, 4 months. His father was born in 1801, in Huntington Co., Pa. Came to Morgan Co., Ohio, with father, in 1814. July 6, 1842, came to Laporte, Ind., and built a cabin on the same lot on which his residence now stands.

His family consists of nine sons and five daughters, all of whom are married and still living. He married first, Mary Spencer, by whom he had four sons, the youngest of whom is the subject of this sketch, being only twelve days old at the time of his mother's death. His second wife was Nancy O'Hara, and by her he had ten sons and daughters. His third was Mrs. Nancy H. Jessup. His children are as follows: Joseph married Jane Bunker; Elisha married Amanda Thomberg; Peter married Sarah J. Thornton; Lewis married Catherine Brown; Bolsar married Catherine Banks; Mary married Henry Crane; Julia A. married Lewis Parker; Maria married Edward Cox; E. Wesley married Sarah Prian; Dennis T. married Catherine Earnest; Francis M. married Martha McLane; Margaret married Geo. Huckens; W. Riley married Sarah Crane; Ariadna married Amos Taylor. On the first day of March, 1837, Mr. K. landed in Winnebago Co., after a fourteen days' journey from Laporte, Ind., a distance of 150 miles, during which time snow fell to the depth of one foot. He was at that time ten years of age, and came with friends to live with his grandfather, who died the following year, since which time he has been emphatically the architect of his own fortune. With no one to depend upon, he has by the native energy of his character, wrought out a handsome fortuue, owning 1,400 acres of land in this vicinity, and 1,000 in Iowa, with the necessary additional means for managing such a property. He also conducts a mercantile business in Cherry Valley. His first wife was Catherine Brown, from Ohio; she died in 1862, leaving three children: Lewis W., Luther L. and Roswell C. Married Miss Louisa M. Farley, from Ohio, in 1864; have two children; Julia Florence, born July 14, 1869; Estella, March 31, 1871.

History of La Porte County, Indiana
Chas. C. Chapman
Pg 797-798

Wesley E. Keith was born in this county July 7, 1833, and is a son of Lewis and Nancy A. Keith; was reared on a farm; Feb. 10, 1859, he married Miss Sarah E. Perrine, daughter of Peter W. and Elizabeth Perrine. She is a native of Belmont county, Ohio. They have 2 children: Elizabeth F. and Schuyler C. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising on sec. 14, and owns 147 acres of valuable land.

Lewis Keith, deceased, the father of the above, was born March 22, 1801, in Huntington county, Pa. His grandfather came from Holland to America about 15 years before the Revolution, and settled in New Lancaster, Pa. Here he engaged in the smithing business for many years, until his father and grandfather moved to Huntington county, where his grandfather died. The latter had served as a blacksmith in the Revolutionary war. His father was a blacksmith and farmer, and married Maria Heade, by whom he had a family of 12 children. In 1811 Mr. Keith removed with his father to Ohio, and July 6, 1832, landed in La Porte county, and built a cabin on the same land he owned up to his demise, May 28, 1879. He was married three times, and was the father of 13 children, 9 sons and 4 daughters, all living and married. When the Keiths first settled in this county the Indians were numerous, and at times they would gather around Mr. Keith's cabin window and watch the family eat, and express great wonder at the style in which white people ate. Mr. Keith labored hard in clearing up the underbrush on his land, and in otherwise preparing the way for the prosperity of future generations. He was a consistent Christian, and a worthy member of the M. E. Church for 60 years. He was an indulgent husband and an affectionate parent. His storehouse of love was always full, and he endeared himself to all who knew him. He gave freely to the support of the missionary cause and other benevolent enterprises. He first sought the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things were added. He was eminently successful in business, and gave his children about $-20,000.

Keith:-collected genealogies of Keith, Keath & Keeth families in North America
Laurence Albert Keith
Pg 181

Lewis (b. 22 Mar 1801, Huntingdon Co., PA) m. 1st 10 Aug 1819 to Mary SPENCER; m. 2nd 28 Dec 1826 to Nancy A. OHARA, Morgan Co., OH. m. 3rd to Nancy H. (Callison) JESSUP; moved in Jul 1832 to La Porte Co., IN; d. 28 May 1879.

http://www.illinoisancestors.org/winnebago/lewiskeithbio.html
History of Boone County

KEITH, Lewis, who is now living retired, at Rockford, Ill., was for many years well known throughout this part of the State as a dealer in stock, and also as the owner of large tracts of land. Born May 2, 1826, in Morgan County, Ohio, the son of Lewis and Mary (Spencer) Keith. Mr. Keith was taken, when six years old, to Licking County, Ohio, by his grandparents, Elisha and Elizabeth (Wagoner) Spencer, of Huntingdon County, Pa., his mother having died when he was twenty-three days old. After three years spent in Licking County, the family r?emoved to LaPorte County,, Ind., and March 1, 1837, They came to Flora Township, Boone County, Ill., where the mother died. Young Keith was thus reared by his grandfather, Elisha Spencer, who died in 1838, being buried in Flora Cemetery, as were also the paternal grandparents of Lewis, who died at the age of eighty-one years. Lewis Keith then went to live with his maternal grandmother until he was twenty-three years old, at which time she went to Iowa, where her death occurred. Joseph Keith, a brother of Lewis, eight years his senior, went to Washington as a young man, and his death occurred there about ten years ago, while another brother, Peter Keith, who is two years older, now re?sides in San Jose, Cal. Lewis Keith as a young man purchased forty acres of land for the sum of $50 and this he later sold for $80, considering that he had made a good bargain. After his grandmother's death, he secured her old place, and started stock-raising and dealing, becoming one of the best-known traders In the county, and often paying as high as 3 per cent per month for the use of money with which to buy stock. Early in life he began buying land, paying all the way from $1.25 to $45 an acre for it, and at one time owned 1,500 acres, nearly all of which was in Flora Township. His old home place, where he resided until 1896, is now the site of the Flora church. Mr. Keith was also engaged in mercantile enterprises for some time, for fifteen years being the owner of a store at Cherry Valley, which his son managed for him. He also owned a store at Fairdale for some years, and owned valuable land in Kansas, Dakota, Minnesota, and other sections. In all his enterprises he proved himself a shrewd, capable business man, but he still found time to serve his community in numerous ways, and as a public spirited and upright citizen, had the respect and esteem of all who knew him.
On May 2, 1849, Lewis Keith was married to Catherine Brown, who died in 1863, leaving three children: Wesley, on the old home farm; Luther, a contractor of California; and Roswell, who operates a part of the old home farm. Mr. Keith's second marriage was to Louisa Farley, who survives and makes her home with him at Rockford. There were three children born of this union, namely: Florence, the wife of E. D. Reynolds, an attorney of Rockford, and a Republican member of the State Legislature; Estella, at home; and Mabel, who married LeRoy Burt, an electrician of Bedford, Iowa.

History of La Porte County, Indiana
Chas. C. Chapman
Pg 483

Lewis Keith, born in Huntingdon Co. Penn., March 22, 1801; a farmer, and settled July 6, 1832.

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