James KEELER

Birth:
4 Jan 1817
Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont
Death:
18 Apr 1907
Monroe, Sevier, Utah
Burial:
21 Apr 1907
Richfield, Sevier, Utah
Marriage:
22 Apr 1857
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   James Keeler Journals published by grandson, David B. Gottfredson
Early History of Immigrant Ancestors, "The Rockwell-Keeler Genealogy" p. 4. Also "The Whitney Genealogy"
Life Sketch by his daughter, Alice A. K. Hatch.
Death: Obituary published in the Deseret News April 1909. 
"Our Gallery of Pioneers"
Journal and Biography of daughter, Eliza Shelton Keeler, in possession of family representative
Virkus, Frederick Adams, "The Compendium of American Genealogy," Vol. VII, 1942, pg 185-86

James was a joiner and carpenter
Emily SHELTON
Birth:
21 Jul 1842
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
22 Apr 1888
Pima, Graham, Arizona
Burial:
24 Apr 1888
Pima, Graham, Arizona
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.
Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: S.
Children
Marriage
1
Lucretia KEELER
Birth:
3 Nov 1859
Santaquin, Utah, Utah
Death:
26 May 1932
Pima, Graham, Arizona
Niels Joseph ROSEBERRY 
Marr:
23 Nov 1876
Richfield, Sevier, Utah 
2
George Albert KEELER
Birth:
17 Nov 1862
Goshen, Utah, Utah
Death:
5 Apr 1863
 
Marr:
 
3
Charles Obid KEELER
Birth:
3 Jan 1865
Goshen Creek, Utah, Utah
Death:
19 May 1946
Lehi, Utah, Utah
Nora Ellender JOHNSON 
Marr:
27 Jan 1904
Manti, Sanpete, Utah 
4
Grace Arletta KEELER
Birth:
25 Oct 1866
Santaquin, Utah, Utah
Burial:
May 1943
Ingelwood, Los Angeles, California
Henry David NORTON 
Marr:
10 Feb 1892
Pima, Graham, Arizona 
5
David Arthur KEELER
Birth:
18 Feb 1869
Santaquin, Utah, Utah
Death:
6 Nov 1936
Jerome, Jerome, Idaho
Josephine Ingebor CHRISTIANSON 
Marr:
22 May 1894
Richfield, Utah 
6
Hyrum Alfred KEELER
Birth:
19 Mar 1871
Santaquin, Utah, Utah
Death:
25 Jan 1945
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Josephine Johanna BULOW 
Marr:
21 Dec 1904
Manti, Sanpete, Utah 
7
Jonathan KEELER
Birth:
24 Apr 1874
Richfield, Sevier, Utah
Death:
24 Apr 1874
Richfield, Sevier, Utah
 
Marr:
 
8
Ruth Ada KEELER
Birth:
5 Jan 1877
Richfield, Sevier, Utah
Death:
19 Sep 1877
 
Marr:
 
FCID:6081:14
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James Keeler - Emily Shelton

James Keeler was born at Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont 4 Jan 1817. His parents were George Keeler and Laura Thompson.

He married Emily Shelton 22 Apr 1857 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Emily Shelton was born at Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada 21 Jul 1842 daughter of David Booth Shelton and Bethia Slason .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Lucretia Keeler born 3 Nov 1859.
George Albert Keeler born 17 Nov 1862.
Charles Obid Keeler born 3 Jan 1865.
Grace Arletta Keeler born 25 Oct 1866.
David Arthur Keeler born 18 Feb 1869.
Hyrum Alfred Keeler born 19 Mar 1871.
Jonathan Keeler born 24 Apr 1874.
Ruth Ada Keeler born 5 Jan 1877.

James Keeler died 18 Apr 1907 at Monroe, Sevier, Utah .

Emily Shelton died 22 Apr 1888 at Pima, Graham, Arizona .