Elizabeth Alice (Keller) Veatch (1857 - 1949)

Born 19 Aug 1857 in Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry William Veatch — married 23 Feb 1888 in Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, USA

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1949 at age 92 in Ringwood, Major, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in Aug 1857 in Tonica, Illinois. to George Keller and Tirza McGrew. She passed away in 1949.

On 9 Jul 1860 in Eagle Township, LaSalle, Illinois, Alice Keller 3 b. IL, appeared in the household of her parents, George Keller, 30 farmer $1600 real estate $500 personal estate b. OH, and Thursa [Tirzah] Keller, 35 b. OH, with her brother Cyrus, 5 b. IL, and her uncle Johnson Keller, 20 farm laborer b. IL.^[1]

The 1870 census of Eden, LaSalle, Illinois reported Geo. W. Keller (coded Kelles) 41, carpenter, and Thurza Keller 41, keeping house, with Cyrus 15, Alice 12, and Euclid 8. George owned $1500 in real estate and $4,000 in personal estate.^[2]

Alice's mother, Tirzah McGrew Keller, died age 50 in 1875 in Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, and so did not appear in the 1880 census, which reported George Keller 51, with Alice 22 and Euclid 19. George was a carpenter and Alice was keeping house.^[3]

As a young man, Henry Veatch was "a splendid specimen.... He stood over six feet in height and could stand and jump over anything he could put his chin over. He was the first of the family to go west. [After 1880, he] went to Kansas and worked on the farm of Mr. Benjamin McGrew in Sedgwick County. There he met and fell in love with Elizabeth Alice Keller, niece of McGrew's," who was living with the family at that time.^[4]

Henry W Veatch 27 of Furley P.O., Kansas married Elizabeth A Keller 30 of Wichita, Kansas on 23 Feb 1888 at Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas.^[5]

Alice was a little tiny thing, according to a granddaughter. She played the organ in church, and taught school before her marriage.

The 1895 state census of Payne, Sedgwick, Kansas, P.O. Greenwich, reported Henry Veach (sic) 34 and E. A. Veach 37, with 3 children: Roy L. 6, Elmer A. 4 and Lily M. 1.^[6]

The family moved from Kansas to Oklahoma about 1898.

The 1900 census of Van, Woods, Oklahoma reported Henry W Veatch 42 (b. May 1860 MO to parents b. IL/IN, m. 12, farmer) and Elisabeth A Veatch 42 (b. Aug 1857 IL to parents b. OH, m. 12, 6 children/5 living), with Roy L 11, Elmer A 8, Lillie M 6, Bertha M 3, Ralph w 0.^[7]

Once the Presbyterian Church of Ringwood, Oklahoma was founded in 1908, Henry and Elizabeth Veatch had their 1888 marriage recorded in the Session's Register of Marriages. In fact, marriages one through ten occurred before the church began.^[8]

The 1910 census of Van, Major, Oklahoma reported Henry W Veatch 49 and Elisabeth A Veatch 52 with children: Elmer A 19, Lillie M 16, Bertha M 12 and Ralph W 9.^[9]

The 1920 census of Van, Major, Oklahoma reported Henry W Veatch 59 and Elizabeth A Veatch 63 with Lily M 26, Bertha W 22 and Ralph W 19.^[10]

The 1930 census of Van, Major, Oklahoma reported Henry W Veatch 69 and Elizabeth A Veatch 72 with daughter Lillie M 36.^[11]

The 1940 census of Van, Major, Oklahoma reported H W Veatch 79 and Elizabeth Veatch 82, with daughter Betha Doll (coded Dall) 42, widow.^[12]

Alice Veatch passed away on 14 Nov 1949. According to her obituary in The Enid Morning News, "Elizabeth Alice Veatch, 92, long-time resident of Ringwood, died Sunday night at her home in Ringwood. She came to that community in 1898 from Butler county, Kans., and was a member of the Ringwood Presbyterian church. "She leaves her husband, H. W. Veatch, of the home; three sons, Roy of Chicago, Elmer of Ringwood and Ralph of Tulsa; a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Doll, of Ringwood; 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and a half-brother, Charley Keller of California."^[13]

E. Alice Veatch was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Meno, Major, Oklahoma.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Eagle, LaSalle, Illinois; Roll: M653_197; Page: 1222; Family History Library Film: 803197
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #36882392 (accessed 3 May 2022)
2. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Eden, La Salle, Illinois; Roll: M593_243; Page: 154B
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #17302077 (accessed 17 March 2023)
3. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Tonica, La Salle, Illinois; Roll: 222; Page: 178C; Enumeration District: 061
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #46781313 (accessed 17 March 2023)
4. ↑ We Veitches, Veatches,Veaches, Veeches: An Historical Treasury of the Descendants of James Veitch, the Sheriffe, compiled by Laurence R. Guthrie, editing, additions and index by Wanda Veatch Clark, 1974, p. 456. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/386018-we-veitches-veatches-veaches-veeches-an-historical-treasury-of-the-descendants-of-james-veitch-the-sheriffe?offset=2
5. ↑ Marriage: "Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911"
   Marriage Records. Kansas Marriages. Various Kansas County District Courts and Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61371 #264190 (accessed 5 March 2023); Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-1JYB : 23 February 2021), Henry W Veatch and Elizabeth A Keller, 23 Feb 1888; citing Marriage, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,363,970.
6. ↑ 1895 Census: "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925"
   Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1895 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: v115_140; Line: 6
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1088 #5707124 (accessed 4 March 2023); "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8J-2DN4 : 12 March 2020), Henry Veach, 1895.
7. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Van, Woods, Oklahoma; Roll: 1344; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0241; FHL microfilm: 1241344
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #68351956 (accessed 5 March 2023)
8. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970"
   Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.s., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Accession Number: 12-0726 41f
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61048 #900638582 (accessed 3 May 2022)
9. ↑ 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Van, Major, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1262; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0179; FHL microfilm: 1375275
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #22994752 (accessed 5 March 2023)
10. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1920; Census Place: Van, Major, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1472; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 164
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #49288998 (accessed 5 March 2023)
11. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1930; Census Place: Van, Major, Oklahoma; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2341648
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #94184851 (accessed 5 March 2023)
12. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1940; Census Place: Van, Major, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03310; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 47-19
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #93290713 (accessed 5 March 2023)
13. ↑ Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
    The Enid Morning News; Publication Date: 15 Nov 1949; Publication Place: Enid, Oklahoma, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/898212427/?article=2038217e-aaac-4225-b3b7-50ff8a14f392&focus=0.39044636,0.19310327,0.5100459,0.31896785&xid=3355
    Ancestry Record 61843 #1800266453 (accessed 17 March 2023)
14. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image).
    Find A Grave: Memorial #43859922 (accessed 3 May 2022)
    Memorial page for E. Alice Veatch (19 Aug 1857-14 Nov 1949), citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Meno, Major County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Donna Barnes (contributor 47112976).

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See also:

• The House of Absalom: Genealogical Record of Absalom and Eliza Crawford Keller and Their Descendants, Cyrus M. Keller, June 1, 1915, 31 pp., privately printed Chicago IL; Newberry Library, Chicago IL.
• Veatch Stories Oklahoma