David Keller (1812 - 1900)

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A Tale of Two David Kellers

There were two men named David Keller of about the same age. One lived in Tyler Co VA/WV and the other in Tucker Co VA/WV. Both had wives named Mary Ann and both had daughters named Permelia of about the same age. Here the similarity stops. The wife of David of Tyler was Mary Ann Haddox while the wife of David of Tucker was Mary Ann Valentine. Daughter Permelia of Tyler died unmarried at the age of 19 while daughter Permelia of Tucker married four times and had a family.

The Preston County Journal.
KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1900.
VOL. XXXIII. NO. 39. WHOLE NO. 1765.
Page 4, Column 5
Died.
David Keller died at the home of his son-in-law, William Burns, of old age and complications of diseases. He was 88 years and two months old. He passed a way very quietly after a week’s suffering to join the blood-washed throng, to sing the songs of the redeemed and bask in the sunlight of heaven, where there will be no more suffering, no more heartaches, no more farewells, but where all is joy and peace; where the tree of life casts its dewy shadow by the crystal streams that flow over golden souls, we expect to clasp glad hands and ever be at rest.
Rev. A. W. Holden will dedicate a serrman [sic] to his memory the third Sunday in August at Etam at 10:30 a. m.

THE WEST VIRGINIA ARGUS.
KINGWOOD, PRESTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA,
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1900.
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 32.
Page 3, Column 5
Death’s Doings.
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Died, May 19, 1900, David Keller at his son-in-laws, William Burns, of old age and a complication of diseases, aged 88 years, 2 months. The deceased passed away very quietly after a week’s suffering, to join the blood-washed throng to sing the songs of the redeemed and bask in the sunlight of heaven, where there will be no more suffering, so more heartaches, no more farewells, but where all is joy and peace; where the tree of life casts its dewy shadows by the crystal stream that flows over golden sands, we expect to clasp glad hands and ever be at rest.
The writer will dedicate a sermon to his memory the 3rd Sunday in August,
H. W. HOLDEN, Pastor.

1840 residence Randolph County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 5, Barbour County, VA (now WV); 1860 residence District 2, Tucker County, VA (now WV); 1870 residence Reno Twp., Preston County, WV; 1880 residence unable to locate

He is buried in the Pisgah-Mount Union Cemetery, on the line between Tucker and Preston Counties, WV.

He had a son David McClellen Keller (Keller-3295) by Almeda Bohon (Bohon-100).

Sources

• “Myers, Plum, Burns and Allied Families” Jeanette L. Shahan 1980, personal examination of his tombstone 1987, U.S. census returns.
• West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-BYGJ : 12 September 2020), David Keller in entry for Greenburg Everetts and Pamelia Kellar, 18 Dec 1859; citing Marriage, Tucker, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .