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Keep, Abner Newton (b. 3 OCT 1824, d. 22 AUG 1917)

Note: ABNER N. KEEP, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was born October 3, 1824, in Conneaut, Erie Co., Penn., on a farm located within half a mile of the one on which he now lives. He is a son of Marsena Keep, Jr., a native of New York, who came to this county with his father in 1803. Abner N. Keep's father lived in Conneaut all his life. The township was then all woods, infested with a great number of wolves, bears and deer; he caught many wolves for which a bounty was offered. He was married in 1823, to Polly Hewitt, and they raised a family of eleven children, our subject being the eldest. He married, October 1, 1848, Miss Maranda, daughter of Elijah Amidon, of Crawford County, Penn. This union has resulted in the birth of nine children, all surviving, viz., Zachary T., born October 10, 1849; Ellen L., born August 9, 1851; Emma, born February 28, 1853; Frank E., born September 8, 1855; Polly E., born October 28, 1857; Sallie L., born August 18, 1860; George A., born January 29, 1863; Marsena L., born December 14, 1864, and Hiram A., born February 2, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Keep are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; the former's father was one of the founders of the church at Keepville, where he is now buried. Mr. Keep owns 105 acres of well-improved land. He is a stanch Republican, was at one time a Whig; he and wife are members of the E. A. U.

Source:
Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Conneaut Township, p. 21.

Death: 22 AUG 1917 Keepville, Erie, PA

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Keep, Oliver Dwight (b. 4 SEP 1826, d. 4 MAY 1837)

Death: 4 MAY 1837 Keepville, Erie Co, PA

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Keep, Prosper Marsena (b. 21 FEB 1829, d. 6 MAR 1895)

Death: 6 MAR 1895 Keepville, Erie Co, PA

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Keep, Amos King (b. 29 DEC 1831, d. 3 OCT 1898)

Death: 3 OCT 1898 Keepville, Erie Co, PA

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Keep, Asa Hugh (b. 26 DEC 1833, d. 1 FEB 1904)

Death: 1 FEB 1904 What Cheer, IA

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Keep, Reuben Farley (b. 16 AUG 1835, d. 13 JAN 1913)

Death: 13 JAN 1913

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Keep, Sally Luana (b. 23 FEB 1837, d. 8 AUG 1913)

Death: 8 AUG 1913

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Keep, Alsinus (b. 22 JUL 1838, d. 17 SEP 1862)

Death: 17 SEP 1862 Battle of Antitum, MD

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Keep, John Oliver (b. 9 AUG 1840, d. ?)

Death: --Not Shown--

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Keep, Olive Rebecca (b. 31 OCT 1843, d. ABT 1915)

Death: ABT 1915 Conneaut, PA

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Keep, Edmund Ethelbert (b. 9 JUN 1850, d. 17 FEB 1918)

Death: 17 FEB 1918

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Lesure, Orpha (b. 15 FEB 1800, d. 5 JAN 1886)

Note: In 1880, Orpha was living with her son, Elmer [Elmore] in Byron, IL

Died--At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. (Calvin) Sylvanus Strang, January 5, 1886, of old age, Mrs. Orpha Hewitt.

The deceased was born in Cambridge, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1800. Was married Nov. 25, 1817, emigrated to Pennsylvania in an early day. Come to Illinois, Sept. 24, 1849, where she has since resided. She has seven children now living, twenty-five grand children, twenty-six great-grand children. Her husband Asa Hewitt, has been dead seventeen years. Her funeral was held in the M. E. Church yesterday, Rev. Cartwright preaching the sermon. Her remains were interred in Byron Cemetery. She received a pension, her husband being in the War of 1812.

Byron Express, Jan. 8, 1886, p. 1