August Keil (1845 - 1913)

Born 3 Jul 1845 in McCandless Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

August Keil, son of John Adam and Margaret (Hoffman) Keil, was born in McCandless township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1845, died June 26, 1913. He was educated in public schools, learned the carpenter's trade, and from the age of seventeen to thirty-four years, followed that occupation, becoming a fine workman and a well known and reliable contractor, erecting some of the largest and best buildings in the surrounding community. In 1879 he purchased a farm of ninety-four acres in the township and thereafter devoted himself to its cultivation. He wonderfully improved his purchase by the erection of good substantial farm house and buildings, doing this work in the intervals between crops. He was as good a farmer as he was a builder, prospered, bore his full share of public responsibility and won for himself honorable standing in the community. He was a Republican in politics, served as assessor, school director, road supervisor and township auditor, and was an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church.

Mr. Keil married Elizabeth Sarver, born October 31, 1858, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (McCullough) Sarver, deceased, her father a farmer of McCandless township. Children of August and Elizabeth ( Sarver) Keil: 1. Philip, born 1880, died 1881. 2. Elizabeth. 3. William. 4. Bessie, born and died in 1885. 5. John, born 1887, died 1891. 6. Bertha. 7. Frank, attended Pittsburgh Academy, graduated in 1912. 8. Edna, attended Pittsburgh Academy, graduated in 1913. 9. Winifred. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Elizabeth Keil has managed the home farm with the aid of her sons and daughters, none of whom are married.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3, p. 1089-1090)