MRS. DELILA KEYS, widow of Parker Keys, was born January 8, 1838, on a farm in Greene county, Penn. She is a daughter of John Goodwin, a native of York, Penn., who came to Greene county when a young man. He followed farming and weaving, and was married to Sarah Gordon, who bore him the following children: Jackson, Daniel, William, Seth, John, Elizabeth (widow of Sylvester Rush), Mrs. Jane Webster, Mrs. Mary Richey, Mrs. Sarar Shuver, Lucinda (deceased) and Delila. Of this family all except our subject are residents of Greene county, Penn. Delila Goodwin was united in marriage, in 1855, to Parker Keys, son of Enoch Keys. Parker Keys was born in 1826, on the farm in East Bethlehem township, Washington Co., Penn., which is now owned by his heirs. He received a common-school education, and learned agricultural pursuits, which he followed, farming all his life. He and his wife were the parents of six children. He was a Democrat in his political preferences, but voted independently when the occasion in his opinion required it. He died February 4, 1891 at the age of sixty-five years, since which time his widow and children have resided on the home farm, consisting of ninety-four acres of valuable land. She and all her children are devout members of the Baptist Church.

Text taken from page 743 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed June 1997 by Dale E. Enlow of Lake Havasu City, AZ as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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