Joseph KELLER
SOURCES: History of the Keller Family; Co. records of Bedford, TN, Burke, NC ; Cemetery,, Bedford Co.; 1830 Census, Bedford Co., TN; buried Keller Cemetery
SOURCES: History of the Keller Family; Co. Records of Bedford, TN., Cemetery, Bedford Co.; Family records of William Lyle Smith-Levanti
BURIAL PLACE: Keller Cemetery
Was a minister of the Baptist church. He moved from Bedford Co. enroute to Missouri, stopping off in Perry Co., IL. He died there in Nov., 1855, at the home of his brother. BURIAL PLACE: White Church, 3 mi. NE DuQuoin, IL. SOURCES: Jane Keller Forbes' family bible; Marriage Records & Cemetery Records; 1850 Census, Bedford Co., TN. "History of Webster Co., MO."
SOURCES: Family records of 2GGrandson William Lyle Smith-Levanti; Civil Ward Records; Co. Records of Bedford (TN), Burke (NC), Anson (NC), Perry (IL), Union (IL); cemeteries of Bedford (TN), Union (IL), Jefferson, & Franklin (IL). BURIAL PLACE: Bald Hill Cemetery
He married Ann Kelley Abt 1814 at Bedford, Tennessee . Ann Kelley was born at Laurens Dist., South Carolina Abt 1795 daughter of Reuben Kelley and Lovisa Jones .
They were the parents of 12
children:
John M. Keller
born 15 Nov 1813.
Nathan J. Calvin Keller
born 1818.
Francis Alexander Keller, Rev.
born 25 Mar 1820.
Joseph William Carroll Keller
born 1822.
Mary Malinda Keller
born 16 Oct 1822.
Elizabeth Caroline Keller
born 1823.
Robert Charles Thompson Keller
born 22 Nov 1825.
Benjamin Henry Keller, Rev.
born 21 Oct 1829.
Sarah Lovicy Keller
born 1 May 1831.
Eliza Jane Keller
born 5 Feb 1833.
James Mitchell Keller
born 3 May 1837.
Sophia Angeline Keller
born 11 Apr 1839.
Joseph Keller died Aug 1840 at Bedford, Tennessee .
Ann Kelley died Abt 1858 at Bedford, Tennessee .