52 Ancestors - Week 42- Full House

52 Ancestors – WEEK 42 – Full House

By Cynthia Keefer Patton 

Many of my paternal families had large families. There were LOTS of children. There MUST have been full houses where people congregated, ate, and slept. One of the families was Abram S. Keefer married to Susanna I. Miller. I am not certain but think his middle name may have been Stabutz or Stouffer which was his mother's maiden name.

    Abram S. Keefer, born 7 Mar 1847, Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania. Married Susanna I. Miller, born 14 Feb 1854 in Pennsylvania in 1871. She died on 2 Oct 1925 in Bullskin Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania. Abram lived 17 more years and finally passed at the age of 95 on 17 Nov 1942 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:

1. George Washington Keefer, 1872-1931
2. Benjamin Franklin Keefer, 1874-1950
3. Elizabeth Keefer, 1876-1952
4. Minerva Keefer, 1878-1948
5. Daniel M. Keefer, 1880-1942
6. Cyrus M. Keefer, 1882-1910
7. Jacob Miller Keefer, 1884-1962
8. Grant Edward Keefer, 1886-1962
9. Sarah Jane (Sadie) Keefer, 1889-1957
10. Nevada Mae Keefer, 1892-1980
11. Harry Abraham Keefer, 1894-1976
12. Ethel Blanche Keefer, 1896-1976
13. Anna Manilla Keefer, 1898-1984
14. Lloyd Austin Keefer, 1901-1963

When he died, his obituary named off his large family. A full house.

The Daily American, Somerset, PA, 20 Nov 1942, p. 2; newspapers.com