This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
A Prominent Citizen of Liberty Township Passes Away.
Word was received here Tuesday of the death of John H. Keller at his home in Liberty township, about midnight Monday night. Mr. Keller was forty-three years old, and leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely death. The deceased was one of the best known citizens of the county. He was born in Pennsylvania, but came to Crawford county in childhood with his parents and has resided here ever since. He was a man of unusual intelligence, a practical man of affairs, energetic, earnest and successful in all his undertakings. His probity, business capacity and genial disposition commanded the confidence and regard of his neighbors, and he occupied among them many positions of trust.
At the time of his death he was president of the Crawford County Agricultural Society and was a candidate on the republican ticket for trustee of Liberty township. He was in comfortable financial circumstances and leaves his family well provided for.
A few days ago Mr. Keller contracted a severe cold, which soon developed into pneumonia. Monday Dr. Fitzsimmons was called in consultation with Dr. Virtue, but though he was very sick they thought a safe recovery assured. In the evening however his disease took a turn for the worse, and as above stated death relieved his sufferings at midnight. The funeral occurred at the Salem church, one mile east of Sulphur Springs, on Thursday morning at ten o’clock, Rev. Richards conducting the services. Interment in the Salem graveyard. In his death the county loses one of its best citizens–a loving husband, a kind father, a good neighbor, and a thoroughly upright and useful man. May he rest in peace.
