Lake County Biographies

SETH T. KEITHLY

Transcribed by: Betty Wilson

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            SETH T. KEITHLY, a Lake County farmer, is a native of Harrison 
County, Indiana, born April 29, 1836.  When he was quite young, his parents 
moved to McDonough County, Illinois, where his father engaged in farming.  In 
1860 S.T. came to California and settled in Yolo County, where he remained till 
1865.  He then went to Sonoma County, where he bought a small farm, on which he 
lived for ten years.  In the fall of 1875 he sold his farm and came to Lake 
County, and bought the farm on which he now resides.  He has 1444 acres of land 
in Big Valley, lying between the Kelseyville road and Clear Lake, which he 
devotes to the raising of wheat.  He was married February 23, 1865, to Miss 
Sarah Ann Peugh,.  They have six children:  Jacob A., David E,., Georgia, Adda, 
Lem and Lillian A.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891