Husband: Herbert Ison Keister
Born: May- 7-1872 at Conings, Gilmer Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Jun-21-1937 at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 5,1
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Occupation: 1910 mail carrier 6
Occupation: 1900 farmer 2
Father: William Harrison Keister (1836 - 1917)
Mother: Mary Jane Moneypenny (1839 - 1928)
Wife: Minnie Jane Adams
Married: May- 6-1894 in Gilmer Co, WV 3
Born: Aug- 1-1876 in Gilmer Co, WV 1,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Oct-15-1949 at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 5,1
Resided: 1937 at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV 7
Census: 1880, 1900 10 20 30 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Father: John I. Adams (1853 - )
Mother: Mary Ellen Spurgeon (1852 - )
Notes
M Child 1: Romeo Freer Keister 8 Also known as: Freer F. Keister 9,10,11 Born: Aug- 7-1895 at Lick Run (Conings), Gilmer Co, WV 12,13,14,3 Died: Nov-20-1979 near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15,14 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 16,12,17 Resided: near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Resided: 1942 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 19 Census: 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: 1942 mail carrier 13 Occupation: 1940 farmer 19 Occupation: 1930 clerk in tire shop 20 Occupation: 1920 railroad fireman 21 Occupation: 1917 Hope Natural Gas Co, Churchville WV 9 Military: Pvt, U.S. Army, World War I (honorable discharge, 10/2/1917) 16,17,12 Wife: Anna Lora Burton b. Feb- 5-1891 d. Apr- -1976 Also known as: Annie Burton 22,2,23 Married: Nov-21-1917 in Gilmer Co, WV 24
M Child 2: Dewey Fleet Keister Born: Jul-11-1898 in Gilmer Co, WV 9,25,4,26 (see note 2) Died: May- -1983 25,4 Buried: in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 27 Resided: in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 14,28 Census: 1940 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1919 in Lewis Co, WV 26 Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: automobile mechanic 29,30 Wife: Verda Irene Moffett b. Feb- -1899 d. 1972 Married: Nov- -1919 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 26
F Child 3: Eula Dail Keister Also known as: Dail Keister 28 Born: Nov-19-1902 at Conings, Gilmer Co, WV 31,32,3 Died: Jan-31-1996 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 32 Resided: in Stow, Summit Co, OH 33 Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 28,33 Census: 1910, 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Glade Spurgeon b. 1901 d. 1958 Married: Dec-24-1922 in Gilmer Co, WV 3
M Child 4: Russell Sage Keister Born: 1906 6,34 (see note 3) Died: 1961 Buried: in Resthaven Park Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ 35 Resided: 1935 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co, OH 34 Census: 1910, 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Wife: Thelma Jarvis b. ca 1908 Married: Sep-25-1926 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 36 Wife: Edna Merle Norris b. 1901 d. Nov- 4-1966 Married: Mar-30-1935 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 34
F Child 5: Mary Pauline Keister Also known as: Pauline Keister 6,37,28 Born: Jul-11-1909 25,6 Died: Jan- -1982 25 Buried: in Resthaven Park Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ 35 Resided: in Glendale, Maricopa Co, AZ 14 Resided: 1979 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 28 Census: 1910, 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: ___ Britton
M Child 6: Noel Page "Mutt" Keister Born: Jun-13-1914 in Gilmer Co, WV 25,26 Died: Sep- 5-1992 25 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 35 Resided: in Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, WV 14 Resided: 1979 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 28 Census: 1920, 1930 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1936 in Lewis Co, WV 26 Wife: Eileen Estelle Turner Cosner b. ca 1919 Married: Apr-29-1936 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 38
F Child 7: Fonda Marie Keister Born: Sep- 6-1915 14 Died: Dec- 2-1990 14 Resided: in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 28 Resided: formerly in Beaver, Beaver Co, PA Census: 1920, 1930 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Lester Lowe b. Jul-22-1912 d. May- -1983 Husband: ___ McKee
F Child 8: Irene Gay Keister Born: Jul-16-1919 25 Died: Jan- 5-1994 25 Resided: in Camden, Lewis Co, WV 14,28 Census: 1920, 1930 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Jack Smith
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (3) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Headstone. (6) 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (7) Death record of husband. (8) Marriage record of son. (9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (10) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database). Although the typed entry of his name is "Freer F. Keister," he signed the form "R. F. Keister." (11) Cemetery marker. (12) Obituary. (13) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) Obituary - At home. (16) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. (17) Military Grave Marker. (18) Obituary, Residence given in SSDI as Pullman, with last benefit at West Union. But obituary states that he died at his residence at Rt 2, Harrisville. Identified obituary as R. Freer Keister, but in SSDI as Freer Keister. West Union Herald Record, 11/27/1979. (19) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (20) 1930 Census. (21) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (22) Obituary of father. (23) Obituary of son. (24) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Freer T. Keister, 22, b. & res. in Gilmer Co; and Anna Burton, 26, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. Married Nov 21 1917 in Gilmer County. MR p. 103 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=7811&Type=Marriage. (25) Social Security Death Index. (26) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (27) Findagrave.com. (28) Obituary of brother. (29) 1930 Census, Lewis County, WV. (30) 1940 Census, Cabell County, WV. (31) Gilmer County Birth Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Yula Dale Keister, white female, born Nov 19 1902 at Conings, dau of H. J. & M. Keister. Informant: H. J. Keister, father. (Note: Headstone at Spurgeon Cemetery at Bear Fork has birth date 1903.), BR p. 96 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3776&Type=Birth. (32) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (33) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. (34) Ohio County Marriage Records, Wheeling, WV. (35) Immediate family. (36) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV. (37) 1920 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (38) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Noel Page Keister, single, 21, b. Gilmer Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Herbert & Minnie (Adams) Keister; and Eileen Estelle Turner Cosner, single, 17, b. Ashtabula Co Ohio, res. Lewis Co, dau of Wright & Grace (Forrest) Cosner. Married Apr 29 1936 in Weston. Informants for marriage license: "Noel Page Keister and Guy Turner, Foster father of Eileen Estelle Turner Cosner, giving consent of marriage.", MR p. 420. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Aug 1875 in 1900 Census, but death record states Aug 1 1876. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jul 1897, but World War One draft registration shows it as Jul 11 1898. Age was 21 at time of Nov 1919 marriage. Note (3) Birthplace given as Gilmer County in 1926 marriage record, but Weston (Lewis County) in 1935 marriage record.