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Personal data Adam Keith 

• He was born on November 15, 1795 in Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
• He died in the year 1883 in Nebraska, Verenigde Staten, he was 87 years old.Source 2
• A child of Peter Keith and Maria Ilges? Heade
• This information was last updated on July 21, 2012.

Household of Adam Keith

He is married to Elizabeth.

They got married

Notes about Adam Keith

History of La Porte County, Indiana
Chas. C. Chapman
Pg 486

Adam Keith, born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., November 15,1795; a farmer, and settled July 6, 1829.

History of La Porte County, Indiana
Chas. C. Chapman
Pg 837

SCIPIO TOWNSHIP.
Scipio township, like Kankakee, was one ot the three original townships of which the county of La Porte consisted at its organization; and its limits were range 3 the entire length of the county from north to south. Its present limits are, Congressional township 36 north, range 3 west. The rest of its original territory is embraced in Centre and Michigan on the north, Noble and Hanna, and a small part of Union, on the south.

The first settlers in the township were Adam Keith and family, and Lewis Shirley and his mother, who arrived July 6, 1829. The Keith family were originally from Pennsylvania, but this little colony came from Ohio to this county. In the following October the first white child was born in the township, namely, Keith Shirley. He was the third child born in the county. In the year 1830 a man named Welsh, and his son, a youth of 18 or 19 years, settled where Door Village now stands. They erected a cabin, purchased some liquors, and opened a trade with the Indians, doing a paying business. At first the liquor was of such quality to please Mr. Indian. It made "Big Injun heap drunk quick." By and by the elder Welsh became dissatisfied with his profits, and desiring to amass a fortune in the shortest possible length of time, began to dilute the "fire-water" from a spring. Though as a general thing not very fastidious about their edibles, this action upon the part of Mr. Welsh in relation to their favorite beverage excited their indignation. At last a party of young braves visited the cabin, rolled out the barrels, knocked the heads out with their tomahawks, and spilled the precious fluid on the ground. The old gentleman Welsh and his son then left and went to Chicago.

May 13, 1830, the first death in the township occurred, which was that of Elizabeth Keith, wife of Adam Keith. Among the settlers who located in this township in 1830 were Joseph Osburn, Daniel Jessup, and John Broadhead. Arba Heald, John Garwood, Hugh McGivins and Stephen Adams came in 1831. Elijah Brown and Deacon Brayton also made a settlement about the same time. In 1832 came Lewis Keith, Peter White, Thomas Sale, Joseph Orr and a Mr. Melville. In 1833 Levi and Elmore Pattee made settlement; and in 1834 N. W. Closser, Isaac S. Evans, Alva Mason, Mr. Irwin and Mr. McCrary.

History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois
Charles A Church
pg 38

Adam Keith came from Indiana. He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1795. From there he went to Ohio, thence to Indiana. His name was given to Keith's creek. Mr. Keith removed from Illinois to Wisconsin in 1846. He died at Beaver City, Nebraska, in 1883, at the age of eighty-seven years.

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