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The Families of Adam Keith |
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The Founders and Pioneers
Keith, Jackson Township, Noble Co. OH |
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Peter Keith, Jr. [1790-1864]
Ancestry: Adam Keith1>Balthasar Keith2>Peter Keith3>Peter Keith4 |
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Note: From the biography of Lewis B. Keith, Adam Keith1>Balthasar Keith2>Peter Keith 3>Peter Keith4>Pardon Cook Keith5>Lewis B. Keith6
1909 Biographies
It is not every man who succeeds in giving his name to a town [Keith, Noble Co. OH], but this distinction fell to Peter Keith, who emigrated from Pennsylvania during the first half of the last century and found his way to Noble county, Ohio. He there entered a section of land from the government and by hard work eventually whipped it into the condition of a fairly productive farm. Gradual increase of population in the neighborhood led to the demand for a town, which was eventually established on Peter Keith's land and named in his honor. He continued to reside there until his death in 1865. [1864] |