Casper Keller (abt. 1758)

Born about 1758 in Switzerland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in United States

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Biography

Caspar/Casper Keller, the great-grandfather of Helen Keller, immigrated to America from Switzerland, long before the Europeans began to arrive. He settled in MD.

It was his son, Helen's grandfather, who "entered" large tracts of land in AL, where Helen was born. After some years, Mr. Keller settled in Tuscumbia, AL and rode on horseback to Philadelphia for supplies for his plantation. While in the east he met Helen's grandmother, who was the daughter of one of Lafayette's aides and a second cousin to Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sources

• Northern Alabama Historical and Biographical [1], Birmingham, Alabama: Smith and De Land Publishers (1888), 433.

2 Keller, Helen and Annie Sullivan, The Story of My Life, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company (1921), 3, Google Books (Digital Library) [2].

• Famous Kin [3]