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Personal data Peter Keith 

• He was born on October 29, 1790 in York Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
• He died on February 13, 1861 in Noble Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 70 years old.Source 2
• A child of Peter Keith and Maria Ilges? Heade
• This information was last updated on July 30, 2013.

Household of Peter Keith

(1) He is married to Mary Dickey.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Benjamin Keith  
2. Robert Keith  
3. Elizabeth Keith  
4. John Keith  

(2) He is married to Mary Taylor.

They got married

Notes about Peter Keith

History of Noble County, Ohio
L.H. Watkins
pg 544, 548, 550

JACKSON.
OLIVE GREEN TOWNSHIP, named after its principal stream, was one of the original townships of Morgan County, organized in 1819, and then embraced as at present, a full congressional township. A few years later, on account of the political complexion of the township, its name was changed to Jackson. It is the only township in the county whose boundaries were not changed after the erection of Noble County in 1851.
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The Keiths.Peter and Benjamin, were among the most prominent early settlers. They came about 1817, and took up farms. They were Pennsylvanians, and had lived on Tick Hill for a short time before removing here. Both were blacksmiths and bell-makers. Benjamin was the grandfather of W. B. Keith, Esq.
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Among the early settlers of the township were Peter and Benjamin Keith, from Pennsylvania, the former a soldier of 1812. They took up a quarter section of land, which is still in possession of their descendants. They were blacksmiths and bellmakers. They made many bells, which were sold to the early settlers for miles around. Peter was twice marriedfirst to Miss Dickey, by whom he had four children: Benjamin, Robert, Elizabeth and John; and, second, to Miss Mary Taylor, who bore eight sons and two daughters. Mr. Keith was a very devout man, and through his efforts an early church was erected at Keith's.

Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois
pg 285-286

L. B. KEITH.
It is not every man who succeeds in giving his name to a town, but this distinction fell to Peter Keith, who emigrated from Pennsylvania during the first half of the last century and found his way to Noble county, Ohio. He there entered a section of land from the government and by hard work eventually whipped it into the condition of a fairly productive farm. Gradual increase of population in the neighborhood led to the demand for a town, which was eventually established on Peter Keiths land and named in his honor. He continued to reside there until his death in 1865. He left a son, P. C. Keith, who was born on the Noble county homestead, became a merchant later in life and still resides in the town which bears his family name. He married Susan Coffey, whose parents emigrated from Scotland to America in 1826 and settled near Caldwell, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their days, the father dying in 1872, and his wife in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Keith had ten children, whose births are thus recorded: Clara Frances, deceased; L. W., deceased; L. B. subject of this sketch-; Mary Eliza Groves,.
of Caldwell, Ohio; Charles, of Keith, Ohio; Asa, of Waterford, Ohio;Edward, of Greeley, Iowa; O. W., a merchant at Waterford, Ohio; W. O., of Detroit, Michigan; Raymond C., of Phoenix, Arizona.

L. B. Keith, who is number three in the above list, was born in Noble county, Ohio, October I2, 1862. He attended school at Keith,and in 1888 he removed to Illinois, locating at Reinard in the county of Wayne. He engaged at once in the mercantile business, which he prosecuted diligently until his removal to Flora in 1900. At this point he resumed in the same line and so continued for two years. Being appointed City Marshal, he devoted two years of his time to the duties of this office and then accepted the position of lieutenant of police in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This he held for one year and in 1904 engaged in the seed and implement business under the firm name of Borders & Keith. In politics he is a red hot Democrat and always at the front when a campaign is in progress. His fraternal relations are with the Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, Red Men, Modern Woodmen and Maccabees.

In 1892 Mr. Keith married Miss Julia A. Neff, a native of Reinard, and they have three children; Harry, born in 1893, Marie born in 1896, and Eddie Fay, born in 1898. Mrs. Keith departed .this life January 9, 1907, and was mourned as a good wife and mother.

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