EMANUEL W. KELLER. This well~known citizen is a member of one of the oldest families of Monongahela. His father, George A. Keller, was a native of Bedford county, Penn., and there grew to manhood and was married to Margaret Waltman, daughter of a neighboring farmer. In 1836 George A. Keller and his family came to Monongahela, where the following children grew to maturity: William I., George A., Andrew J., Emanuel W., Samuel P., Leman Mc., A. Jane (wife of Isaac Yohe) and Margaret (married to John W. Teiters). The mother was a member of the Lutheran Church, and later of the M. E. Church. Emanuel W. Keller was born November 14, 1832, in Bedford county, Penn., and received his early education in the schools of Monongahela. He began life for himself at an early age, working for some time as cabin boy and steward on the river boats running to New Orleans. In 1852 he opened a grocery store at Monongahela, and conducted that business for eleven years; then sold out and worked in a foundry several years, finally purchasing his present dry-goods store in company with his brothers, George A. and Samuel P.; George A. retired from the business several years ago. On June 7, 1855, Emanuel W. Keller was united in marriage with Eunice J., daughter of Noble Woodard, and she bore him one son, W. Clyde E., now deceased. Mr. Keller is a public-spirited citizen, and takes an active interest in the success of the Republican party. He has been for many years a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Text taken from page 1004 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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