Dewey Ward Keller (1899 - 1982)

Born 28 May 1899 in Kentucky, USA

Died 28 Sep 1982 at age 83 in Trigg, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Birth

Birth: 28 MAY 1899 in USA ^[1]

Residence

12 Sep 1918 in Caldwell County, Kentucky (age 19, WWI Draft Registration) ^[1]

1930 US Census; 8 Apr 1930; rented farm on Cerulean and Buffalo Road in Magisterial District 4, Trigg County, Kentucky, United States

Dewey Keller Head M 30 Kentucky; 21 at 1st marriage; Farmer-General Farm

Daisy Keller Wife F 28 Kentucky; 19 at 1st marriage; no occupation

Dorothy Keller Daughter F 8 Kentucky

J E Keller Son M 7 Kentucky

Peursie Keller Son F 11/12 Kentucky ^[2]

1940 US Census; 12 Apr1940; Trigg County, Kentucky, United States

Residence 1 Apr 1935: Rural Trigg County, Kentucky

Dewey W Keller Head M 40 Kentucky; Share Cropper-Farm

Daisy B Keller Wife F 38 Kentucky

Dorothy R Keller Daughter F 19 Kentucky

John E Keller Son M 17 Kentucky; Laborer-Farm

Percy H Keller Son M 10 Kentucky ^[3]

Military

US World War I Draft Card:

Dewey Ward Keller, 19

Residence: Cobb #1, Kentucky

Birth: 28 May 1899 in the United States

Occupation: Farmer for father, J. W. Keller, Cobb #1, Kentucky

Nearest Relative: father, J. W. Keller and wife, Cobb #1, Kentucky

White; Tall; Medium Build; Gray Eyes; Light Hair

Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918 in Caldwell County, Kentucky ^[1]

Death

From FindAGrave memorial:

Shared stone with Daisy B. Keller. Gravestone inscription:

Other data, excluding burial location, is unsourced and information only.

Dewey Ward Keller was born 28 May 1899 in Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA and died 28 Sep 1982 (aged 83) in Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA.

Burial: Cerulean Cemetery, Cerulean, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA.

Kentucky New Era obit posted 9/29/1982 reads as follows:

Cadiz, Ky - Dewey Ward Keller, 83, Cerulean, died at 11:20pm Tuesday at Trigg County Hospital after a long illness.

Services will begin at 2pm Thursday at Goodwin Funeral Home with burial in Cerulean Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 6 pm today at the funeral home.

A native of Caldwell County, he was born May 28, 1899, the son of the late John William and Matilda Jane Ward Keller. He was the oldest member of Cerulean Baptist Church and was a retired farmer.

His wife, Daisy McKinney Keller, died in 1951 and two sons, Percy and J.E. Keller, died in 1978.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Louis E. (Dorothy) Sanders, Cerulean; one brother, Merl Keller, Caldwell County; nine grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren.

Parents:

John W. Keller 1872-1954

Matilda J. Ward Keller 1867-1946

Spouse:

Daisy B. McKinney Keller 1901-1951

Children:

Dorothy Keller Sanders 1921-2010

John Edward Keller 1923-1978

Percy H. Keller 1930-1978 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K35J-45T : 23 August 2019), Dewey Ward Keller, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF1-X57 : accessed 24 February 2020), Pewsie Keller in household of Dewey Keller, District 4, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, line 84, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 778; FHL microfilm 2,340,513.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7B9-3P9 : 15 February 2020), Percy H Keller in household of Dewey W Keller, Magisterial District 4, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111-9, sheet 7A, line 29, family 125, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1358.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 24 February 2020), memorial page for Dewey Ward Keller (28 May 1899–28 Sep 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #100117676, citing Cerulean Cemetery, Cerulean, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Brandy Wells Murray (contributor 47722656).

• Source: S25 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address:

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Graham Oliver for creating WikiTree profile Keller-1844 through the import of WikiTree.ged on Aug 16, 2013.