Ezra KEELER

Birth:
Jan 1845
Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States
Death:
Jun 1917
Burial:
Albright Cemetery Kokomo, Indiana, United States
Marriage:
8 Jun 1868
Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  1900 Census age 53 and living in Johnson twp. Ripley Co., Ind. He was a farmer and daughhter Nellie age 25 born Apr 1875 is with them.  1880 Census wife is Mariah H

MARRIAGE:  Marriage records of Brookville, Indiana

DEATH:

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Regiment 4, Indiana cavalry Co. B pvt
Mariah KEELER
Birth:
1849
Franklin, Indiana, United States
Notes:
                   BIRTH:

MARRIAGE:  Last name is same as husbands on marriage entry

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Some of it is erroneous- newspaper article:
Mrs. Maria Keeler of 614 North Market street was pleasantly surprised last Sunday in honor of her eighty-second birthday which was on August 22. Those present included her three children, Ed Keeler, who resides with her, Mrs. Dora Kiger and husband of Kokomo and Mrs. Allie McClain and husband of South Bend; grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Scott McClain of South Bend, Nellie Mullen and family and June Barnard and family of this city. Mrs. Keeler is the widow of Ezra Keeler, who was a soldier of the Fourth Indiana Volunteers and was the mother of Miss Nellie Keeler, known as the Indiana midget with the P. T. Barnum circus from 1879 to 1887, her parents accompanying her. She weighed eleven ounces at birth and thirty-one pounds was her greatest weight. At her death she was seventeen years old.
Children
Marriage
1
Edward KEELER
Birth:
5 Feb 1868
Death:
1945
 
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2
Dora Ella KEELER
Birth:
4 Mar 1871
Ripley, Indiana, United States
Death:
27 Nov 1950
3
Allpharetta KEELER
Birth:
4 Apr 1873
Death:
22 Nov 1956
 
Marr:
 
4
Nellie KEELER
Birth:
6 Apr 1875
Kokomo, Indiana, United States
Death:
11 Jun 1903
 
Marr:
 
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she was a midget and traveled with the circus go to the following web site for information

http://www.brightbytes.com/collection/special_people.html
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Ezra Keeler - Mariah Keeler

Ezra Keeler was born at Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States Jan 1845. His parents were Charles Keeler and Hannah Lines.

He married Mariah Keeler 8 Jun 1868 at Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States . Mariah Keeler was born at Franklin, Indiana, United States 1849 daughter of Thomas Keeler and Abigail Snellings .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Edward Keeler born 5 Feb 1868.
Dora Ella Keeler born 4 Mar 1871.
Allpharetta Keeler born 4 Apr 1873.
Nellie Keeler born 6 Apr 1875.

Ezra Keeler died Jun 1917 .