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- After their marriage, John and Jane lived on the parental Keller family farm in Harrison County, Indiana whith his mother Rebecca until her death on June 9, 1881. They then moved westward in a covered wagon to Valpariaso, Nebraska. IN 1892 they moved to Mason city Nebraska. They had seven children.
Obituary:
John M. Keller, Dead
On Sunday morning, January 28, 1912, John M. Keller died at the
home of his son Henry Keller, north of town.
Two weeks ago, Uncle John as the deceased was generally and
familiarly known, slipped on the icy ground, striking on the back of his
head with such force as to cause concusion of the brain and which
finally terminated in his death.
Uncle John Keller was a kindly old man, who was a friend to
everybody and every- body was his friend. He was an industrious
hardworking man all his life, and while it was not his fortune to
accumulate much of this world's goods, he leaves a heritage for his
children of having been an upright, industrious, honest man, and a good
citizen.
John M. Keller was born Jan. 21, 1836, died Jan. 28, 1912, aged 76
years, 7 days. He leaves to mourn his death his widow, six children,
one brother and one sister, who are Mrs. Jane Keller, Mrs. A. L. Duncan,
H. S. Keller, Henry P. Keller, and Mrs. J. D. Amsberry, of Mason City,
and Mrs. C. E. Wills, of Ashland, Willard Keller of Grand Island, and
his brother Geo. W. Keller of Taylorville, Ill., 82 years old and the
sister Eliza Bottles, of New Amsterdam, Ind., 79 years old. The
deceased spent the greater part of his life on his mother's farm near
New Amsterdam, Ind., where he was born, his father and his youngest
brother having died in his early boyhood leaving him the main care of
the farm, his older brothers having taken up the work of the ministry
which necessarily took them away from home. He was married to Jane
Weaver Nov. 24, 1864. He moved with his family
to Eastern Nebraska in 1881 soon after his mother's death, where he
engaged in farming until 1892, when he removed to Custer county, taking
up farming again, which he followed until a few years ago, retiring on
account of advancing years. He will be remembered as a loving husband,
kind and affectionate father and close friend to all.
Funeral services were held at the Christian church Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. W. Patterson, pastor of the Baptist church,
conducting the services.
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Our Family History
1836 - 1912 (76 years)
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