Theodore John Keep (abt. 1809 - 1889)

Born about 1809 in Blandford, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 20 Jul 1889 at about age 80 in Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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THEODORE JOHN KEEP, the only child of the Rev. John Keep (Yale 1802) and Lydia (Hale) Keep, was born in Blandford, Mass., where his father was then pastor, on July 31, 1809. In 1821 his father was called to the Congregational Church in Homer, N. Y., from which place he entered College. His College course was cut short in 1830 ; but he received the degree of Master of Arts and was enrolled with his class in 1879. After leaving Yale he studied in the Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Seminary from 1832 to 1834 His father was one of the original board of Trustees who founded Oberlm College about that time, and the son completed his theological studies in the first class in the Theological Department there, graduating in 1836. He served as tutor in Oberlin College from 1837 to 1839, and as Principal of the Preparatory Department connected therewith from 1839 to 1841. He was ordained at Oberlin, October 10,1836, and for the next seven months was the pastor of a Congregational Church recently organized in Mansfield, Ohio. Until 1861 he continued to be similarly occupied among the Congregational Churches in that State. After that date ill health obliged him to relinquish pastoral work, and his later years were spent in Oberlin. He died there, July 20, 1889, at the age of 80. He was married, January 28, 1841, to Mary Ann, daughter of Philip K Thompson, of Sparta, N. Y. Their children were one son and five daughters, of whom three daughters died in infancy.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1889-90.pdf.

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