Keefer Bible Record

Keefer Bible Record Contributed by RICHARD A. OLSON S OME years ago Mr. Olson purchased a Bible in which the following record was inscribed. As one interested in genealogy, he sent . photocopies of the record to the Genealogical Society for possible publication, since this was a Pennsylvania family. The Bible is now in the library of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, Glendale. Persons desiring further information may contact Mr. Olson at 6731 Pageantry Street, Long Beach, California, 90808. The persons named in this record appear to have lived in Franklin and Cumberland Counties. It is possible their forebears moved into the Franklin County area toward the end of the eighteenth century: there is a record in the Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, XXV, 25, of four surveys, all dated 24 March 1794, to men surnamed Keefer. One of these was Peter Keefer, whose survey was for 200 acres. Was he the "Great Grand Father" men tioned in the Bible record? Two surveys of 400 acres each were made for Dewald and Abraham Keefer, and one of 300 acres for Christian Keefer. All of these men were residents and heads of families in the western portion of Franklin County by 1790, when the census taker listed them as Kievers. Prior to that time, men bearing these names are listed from 1767 on as rateables in Richmond and Rockland Townships, Berks County tax lists, as published in the Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, XVIII, passim. From The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, together with the Apocrypha, Concordance, and Psalms. . . . (Philadelphia, William W. Harding, 1863.) [1st page] MARRIAGES Daniel B. Keefer Fr Susan Shade were Married in Chambersburg Franklin Co. Pa. by the Rev. B. F. Beck on the 17th day of February 1861. Children of Wm. Bay Howard M. Bay Born April 30 1889 Bessie G. Bay Born Sept 4 1890 Children of Bessie G Bay Lyons Howard Wm. Lyons Born April 29 1 917 Ralph James " " June 4 1920 John Wm Bay Born April 3 1917 son of Howard M. Bay 170 Keefer Bible Record [2nd page] 171 BIRTHS Daniel B. Keefer was born February 23° 1837 in Franklin Co Pa Near Shippensburg Susan Shade was born March 16. 1841 Clearspring Md. Newton Osborne Keefer was born July 28. 1862 Shippensburg Cumberland Co Pa Annr Strickler Keefer was born May 12. 1868 Green Castle Franklin Co Pa Nellie Rowe Keefer was born Sept 13. 1875 Green Castle Franklin Co Pa Frank Ernest Keefer was born May 28. 1879 Green Castle Franklin Co Pa [3rd page] BIRTHS Jacob Keefer Grand Father Died in 1825 Peter Keefer Great Grand Father Jonathan Keefer was born March 19. 1795 Anna M. Keefer was born May 25. 1804 Susan Shade was born Aug 12 0 1801 died Mch 8. 1867 George W. Shade was born Oct 29. 1801 died Apt 25 1874 Boned in Cemetery at Shippensburg, Pa [4th page] DEATHS Newton Osborne Keefer died Aug 8. 1862 in Shippensburg Cumberland Co Pa Nellie Rowe Keefer Died January 23 1876 in Green Castle Franklin Co Pa Frank Ernest Keefer Died June 23 1879 in Green Castle Franklin Co Pa Parents of D. 13• Keefer Anna Maria Keefer died Nov 1 0 1879 in Shippensburg Pa 5 o clock Saturday Evening Jonathan Keefer died Feby 18. 1882 in Shippensburg Pa 4o clock P M Both Buried in Cemetery at Shippensburg Pa Susan Keefer Wife of D. B. Keefer Died in Green Castle Pa Apt 9 0 1899 at 5 o clock P.M. buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery Green Castle Pa D. B. Keefer died May 20 1919 at 9 P.M. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery Greencastle, Pa. 15th page —no heading] Jonathan Keefer Born Nov 19 1795 Dead Anna M. Keefer " May 25 1804 Dead Sarah Keefer " Apt 15 1828 Dead Jacob C. Keefer " May 3 1821 Dead David J. Keefer " June 4 1830 Dead Levi D. Keefer " Feby 16 1832 Dead Lydia Keefer " Mar 16 1834 Dead Dan! B. Keefer " Feby 23 1837 Dead " Nov 29 1840 Dead Anna E. Keefer it Mar 16 1842 Dead Margaret F. Keefer Emma J. Keefer " May 31 1845 Dead Mother Keefer died Nov 1" 1879 Father Keefer died Feby 18 1882 Jacob 0 Keefer died Oct 8 1900 Sarah Keefer Bay died Jan 15 1904 Levi D. Keefer died June 15 1893 David J. Keefer died Jan 3 180 172 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Lydia Keefer Mowers died Dec 5 1911 Margaret Keefer Winters died Feby 3 1912 Daniel B. Keefer died May 20 1919 Children of Sarah Keefer Bay Born Oct 31 1861 J. Allen Bay Anna E. Bay Snow " Nov 22 1866 Wm mr. Bay " Feb 18 1864 Dead Carrie M. Bay Pogue " Feb 19 1870 Maryland Historical Society Announces Two Genealogical Contests Readers may be interested in the following contests: Parker Genealogical Contest for the best genealogical work concerning families of or originating in Maryland. Cash prizes. Rules 1. Entries must be typewritten or in printed form and include an index. 2. References to sources from which information was obtained must be cited. 3. Entries will be judged on quality of content, scope and organization of material and clarity of presentation. 4. Decision of the judges will be final. 5. Entries for contest for any given year most be mailed prior to December 31st of that year to Parker Genealogical Contest, Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. 6. All entries will become the property of the Maryland Historical Society. 7. All rights to publication remain with the entrant. Norris Harris Genealogical Source Record Contest for the best compilation of genea- logical source records of Maryland. Monetary award. Rules 1. All entries must be submitted in typewritten or published form and include an index if not arranged in alphabetical order. 2. Entries will be judged on scope, originality of the project, volume, and value to the genealogical researcher. 3. Entries must be original work, i.e., never before abstracted for public use, or published in any other work, serially or otherwise. 4- Entries should be submitted to the Norris Harris Genealogical Source Record Contest, c/o Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, attention: Mrs. Mary K. Meyer and must be received by March 31 of the contest year. 5. All entries will become the property of the Maryland Historical Society- Publication rights and/or copyright remain with the entrant.