Allen H Keller
Marion Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Allen H. Keller was born in Scioto Township, Jackson County, July 21, 1835, and is a son of Zeons and Mary (McDowell) Keller, the former born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 17, 1803, and the latter March 22, 1802 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They were married in Jackson County, Ohio, August 18, 1825, and purchased a farm in that county, where they resided till Mr. Keller's death, which occurred June 22, 1878. His widow now resides with our subject, who was married March 13, 1858, to Lucretia Dixon, who was born in Jackson County, March 07, 1834, and is a daughter of Abraham and Phoebe (Graham) Dixon, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day. This union was blessed with six children, of whom three are living - Milton M., Nora O. and Cora E. Sarah M., Empson D. and Wallace C. are deceased. After his marriage, Mr. Keller removed to his farm in Scioto Township, Jackson County, where he farmed till 1875, after which he was engaged as a teamster in Portsmouth for three years. He then returned to his farm in Jackson County, where he resided till 1883, when he came to his present farm in Marion Township, Pike County. Mr. Keller and his family are members of the Free Will Baptist Church.
was born in Scioto Township, Jackson County, July 21, 1835, and is a son of Zeons and Mary (McDowell) Keller, the former born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 17, 1803, and the latter March 22, 1802 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They were married in Jackson County, Ohio, August 18, 1825, and purchased a farm in that county, where they resided till Mr. Keller's death, which occurred June 22, 1878. His widow now resides with our subject, who was married March 13, 1858, to Lucretia Dixon, who was born in Jackson County, March 07, 1834, and is a daughter of Abraham and Phoebe (Graham) Dixon, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day. This union was blessed with six children, of whom three are living - Milton M., Nora O. and Cora E. Sarah M., Empson D. and Wallace C. are deceased. After his marriage, Mr. Keller removed to his farm in Scioto Township, Jackson County, where he farmed till 1875, after which he was engaged as a teamster in Portsmouth for three years. He then returned to his farm in Jackson County, where he resided till 1883, when he came to his present farm in Marion Township, Pike County. Mr. Keller and his family are members of the Free Will Baptist Church. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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