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Asa W. KEISTER

Asa W. KEISTER

Male 1869 - 1954  (84 years)


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  • Name Asa W. KEISTER
    Census 1870 80, 1900 10 20  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 22 Sep 1869  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given as Sep 22 1868 in death record, and 1900 Census also states birth date as Sep 1868. But age 9 months in 1870 Census (enumerated in Jul 1870) would put birth in Sep 1869.
    Gender Male
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 12 Mar 1954  Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I67353  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2010

    Father William Harrison KEISTER,   b. 25 Feb 1836, Pendleton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1917 (Age 80 years)
    Mother Mary Jane MONEYPENNY,   b. 15 Dec 1839   d. 9 Jun 1928, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F25646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada STROTHER,   b. Mar 1877, Pendleton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Mar 1954 (Age ~ 76 years)  [4]
    Marriage 24 Dec 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Lessie Lee KEISTER,   b. 13 Nov 1896   d. 6 Jul 1994 (Age 97 years)
    +2. Carley D. KEISTER,   b. Sep 1898, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Opal G. KEISTER,   b. CA 1903
     4. Eula Leona KEISTER,   b. 23 Aug 1905, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     5. Willie ADAMS,   b. CA 1907
    +6. Mildred KEISTER,   b. CA 1911
     7. Wilma KEISTER,   b. CA 1911
     8. Virgie L. KEISTER,   b. CA 1914
     9. Argile KEISTER,   b. CA 1915
     10. Ronzel W. KEISTER,   b. CA 1917
    Family ID F28328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2275] 1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 139.
      Identified as A. W. Keister, 27, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Ada Strawder, 19, b. Pendleton Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Dec 24 1895 "at the residence of Jesse Sponaugle."