Elizabeth KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: 15 December 1831, Indiana
• DEATH: 20 January 1920, [Iowa]
• Residence: 1880, 1900 Ohio Twp, Madison County, Iowa

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

Family : Thomas Marion HUFFMAN (28 August 1829-20 April 1912) married 16 January 1859, Mills County, Iowa

1. Ellen KEFFER (poss. same as Allie below)
2. George C. HUFFMAN (1862 - )
3. Hattie HUFFMAN (1867 - )
4. Allie HUFFMAN (1869 - 1960)
5. Ida HUFFMAN (1872 - )
6. Samuel G. HUFFMAN
7. Elmer Washington HUFFMAN

                  George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER |
|               | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--Elizabeth KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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Nancy KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: April 1834, Indiana
• DEATH: 4 August 1915, appears to be buried as Keefer at Graceland, Knoxville, Iowa

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

                  George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER |
|               | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--Nancy KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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George KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: 1836, Indiana
• DEATH: 1 December 1865, Iowa
• Burial: New Virginia Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa, see www.findagrave.com

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

                 George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER|
|              | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--George KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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John KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: 26 January 1842, Indiana
• DEATH: July 24, 1934, Harrison County, Iowa

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

Family: Caroline Randolph HENDERSON - married: 27 Dec 1866, Clarke Co, Iowa

Burial and Notes

One of the Last Surviving Members of Local G.A.R. Post Dies: Funeral Thursday

John Keffer, 93, one of the last surviving Civil War Veterans died early this morning at the Bert Perkins home in the country. He had been making his home with them for the last seven years. Mr. Keffer was taken ill four days ago and was the last survivor of a family of thirteen children. A military funeral will be conducted 2:30 o'clock Thursday at Rose Hill cemetery. Julius F. Muller American Legion post will conduct the service. The body will remain at the Hennessey and VanCleave funeral parlors until time of the services. Two G.A.R. members are now left of the local post. They are Capt. J. D. Brown and A. R. Seigfred. Mr. Keefer was the only one of the organization able to attend the Decoration day services this last year. He was a Civil War vet, Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 July 1861 at the age of 20 Enlisted in Company F, 4th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 15 August 1861. Reenlisted in Company F, 4th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 25 January 1864. Promoted to Full Corporal on 04 July 1864. Mustered out Company F, 4th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 July 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Contributed by Craig & Nancy Poole, Omaha, Nebraska

                  George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER |
|               | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--John  KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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Jacob KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: 4 March 1845, Indiana
• DEATH: 28 August 1927, Clarke County, Iowa
• Burial: New Virginia Cemetery, see www.findagrave.com

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

Family 2:Ann CHANDLER married 6 April 1876, Clarke County, Iowa
1860 census Knox County, Illinois, spelled Kiffer

1900 census: Warren County, Iowa ed 145 p4
1920 census, Clark County, Iowa ed 45 p5

1. Edwin R. KEFFER
2. Mary Jane KEFFER

                  George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER |
|               | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--Jacob  KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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Harrison Blair KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: 1847, Indiana
• DEATH: after 1920

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

Family Jennie, OLSEN, born January 1858, Norway married
1900 census: Cass County, Iowa, ed 39 p7
1920 census, Cass County, Iowa, ed 51 p4

1. William H. KEFFER
2. George W. KEFFER
3. Alice M. KEFFER
4. Bernard W. KEFFER

                  George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER |
|               | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--Harrison Blair KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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Washington KEFFER4th generation

• BIRTH: 1850, Indiana
• DEATH:

Father: Samuel KEFFER
Mother: Elizabeth LENNEN

Family Flora Ellen HUNT married: 12 September 1878, Clarke County, Iowa
1880 census: Clarke County, Iowa
1900 census: Cass County, Iowa
1910 census: Cass, Cass County, Iowa

1. Albertha KEFFER
2. John P. KEFFER
3. Elmer Earl KEFFER
4. Laura M. KEFFER
5. Albert M. KEFFER

                  George KEFFER + Jeremias +
  Samuel KEFFER |
|               | Eve SHORT    +
|
|--Washington  KEFFER
|
| Elizabeth LENNEN 

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Ann CHANDLER

• BIRTH: 1 October 1845, Rockingham County, Virginia
• DEATH: 15 October 1933, Clarke County, Iowa

Father: Charles CHANDLER
Mother: Minerva ROGERS

Family Jacob KEFFER - married 6 April 1876, Clarke County, Iowa

1. Edwin R. KEFFER
2. Mary Jane KEFFER

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Edwin R. KEFFER5th generation

• BIRTH: about 1872, Warren County, Iowa
• DEATH:

Father: Jacob KEFFER
Mother: Ann CHANDLER

                      Samuel KEFFER    + George +
 Jacob KEFFER       |
|                   | Elizabeth LENNEN 
|
|--Edwin R. KEFFER
|                     Charles CHANDLER 
| Ann CHANDLER      |
                    | Minerva ROGERS   

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Mary Jane KEFFER5th generation

• BIRTH: 4 March 1877, Warren County, Iowa
• DEATH: 18 February 1902 in Iowa

Father: Jacob KEFFER
Mother: Ann CHANDLER

                      Samuel KEFFER    + George +
 Jacob KEFFER       |
|                   | Elizabeth LENNEN 
|
|--Mary Jane KEFFER
|                     Charles CHANDLER 
| Ann CHANDLER      |
                    | Minerva ROGERS   

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