Generation Three
64. Polly Ann D. KEISTER (3054); born circa 1812;[1]
married Jesse Cowger (2622) November 23, 1837 in
Pendleton Co., VA.[2]
Jesse COWGER (2622) was born circa 1812.[3]
Children of Polly Ann D. Keister
(3054) and Jesse Cowger (2622) were as follows:
120. i. William John (2361); born January 19, 1839 in WV.[4]
121. ii. Susan Elizabeth (2362); born February 9, 1841 in WV;[5]
died July 13, 1917 at age 76.[6]
122. iii. Dorothy
Frances (2363); born December 24, 1842 in WV;[7]
died February 13, 1899 at age 56.[8]
123. iv. Martha Rebecca (2373); born October 20, 1844 in WV.[9]
124. v. Mary Jayne (2364); born October 13, 1846 in WV;[10]
died December 1, 1846 in WV.[11]
125. vi. Sarah Ann (2365); born October 16, 1847 in WV.[12]
126. vii. Louisa
Catherine (2366); born October 27, 1849 in WV;[13]
died January 7, 1884 at age 34.[14]
127. viii. Hannah
Margaret (2367); born September 15, 1851 in Va;[15]
died 1939 in Fort Seybert WV.[16]
128. ix. George Whitfield (2369); born October 28, 1853 in
WV.[17]
129. x. Asenath Delia (2616), born 1855 in Fort Seybert, WV; married Pleasant S. Cowger (2615).
130. xi. Elizabeth Ann (2370), born August 27, 1857 in WV; married George H. Adamson (3055).
131. xii. Amale
(2371); born February 26, 1858 in WV;[18]
died February 26, 1858 in WV.[19]
132. xiii. John
Pendleton (2608), born October 13, 1860 in Fort Seybert, WV; married Dora Warner (2637); married Mary Elvira Hevener (2375).
133. xiv. Henry
Jacobson (2626), born October 13, 1860 in West Virginia; married Susannah C. Harper (2632).
65. John Davis KEISTER Sr. (3050); born May 3, 1815 in Pendleton Co., WV;[20]
married Elizabeth A. Bodkin (3051) May 24, 1839 in Pendleton Co., WV;[21]
died January 16, 1896 at age 80, and was buried in Keister Cemetery #30,
Brandywine, WV.[22]
He was a farmer in 1850 in Pendleton Co., VA[23]
and inherited the family homestead circa 1854.[24]
Elizabeth A. BODKIN
(3051) was born on December 11, 1816 in VA.[25]
She died on November 22, 1903 at age 86, and was buried in Keister Cemetery
#30, Brandywine, WV.[26]
Children of John Davis Keister
Sr. (3050) and Elizabeth A. Bodkin
(3051) were as follows:
+ 134. i. Andrew
Jackson (3074), born February 16, 1840 in Pendleton Co., VA (WV); married Sarah A. Hively (3075); married Huldah Armstrong (3076).
135. ii. Susannah D. (3077); born 1841 in VA; [27]
died young.;[28]
136. iii. Sarah
A. E. (2984); born 1842 in VA;[29]
died young.[30]
+ 137. iv. John
Davis Jr. (3079), born June 4, 1844 in WV; married Mary Sabina Trumbo (3080).
138. v. William G. (2986); born January 15, 1846;[31]
married ? Smith (2991);[32]
married Katherine Smith (3083);[33]
married Elizabeth Jane Simmons (3082);[34]
died October 1, 1915 in Rockingham Co., VA, at age 69, and was buried in Pendleton Co., WV.[35]
He began military service on March 4, 1864 in Pendleton Co.,
VA. In the Civil War he enlisted in the 62nd VA INF, 2nd Co. K. His service record follows.
WILLIAM KEISTER-Frederick Keister II Line
2nd
Co. K. Enlisted 3/4/64 in Pendleton Co. WV as Private. Present on all rolls
through 12/31/64. Died on 10/1/1915 in Rockingham, Co. VA and buried in
Pendleton Co. WV.[36]
139. vi. Virginia (3085);[37]
born circa 1850;[38]
married James Trumbo (3086) circa 1875.[39]
140. vii. Mary
Ann (3087); born May 10, 1851 in VA;[40]
married Eli Wagner (3088) circa 1870;[41]
died August 30, 1873 at age 22.[42]
She was also known as Mary "Polly" Ann KEISTER.
141. viii. Louisa
V. (2988);[43] born 1856 in
VA.[44]
142. ix. Hannah (3084); born 1858 in VA;[45]
married Arthur A. Hahn (2992) circa 1883.[46]
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[1]Ibid.
[2]Harter, Marriages of Pendleton County, p. 12.
[3]World Family Tree Research.
[4]Ibid.
[5]Ibid.
[6]Ibid.
[7]Ibid.
[8]Ibid.
[9]Ibid.
[10]Ibid.
[11]Ibid.
[12]Ibid.
[13]Ibid.
[14]Ibid.
[15]Ibid.
[16]Ibid.
[17]Ibid.
[18]Ibid.
[19]Ibid.
[20]1850 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 3 # 34.
[21]Harter, Pendleton County, Virginia Marriage, (1979), p. 17. Lists date 5/18/1839.
[22]World Family Tree Research.
[23]1850 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 3, #34.
[24]World Family Tree Research.
[25]1850 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 3 # 34.
[26]World Family Tree Research.
[27]1850 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 3 # 34.
[28]World Family Tree Research.
[29]1850 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 3 # 34.
[30]World Family Tree Research.
[31]1850 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 3 # 34.
[32]World Family Tree Research.
[33]Ibid.
[34]Ibid.
[35]R. U. Delauter, 62nd VA INF, p. 84.
[36]Ibid.
[37]Virginia Keister may be the Louisa V. Keister in the 1860 Census.
[38]1850 VA, Pendleton County Census, p. 3 # 34. Not listed on 1850 Census.
[39]World Family Tree Research.
[40]1860 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 12, #101/83.
[41]Ibid.
[42]World Family Tree Research.
[43]Louisa V. Keister may be the Virginia Keister listed earlier.
[44]1860 VA, Pendleton Co. Census, p. 12, #101/83.
[45]Ibid.
[46]World Family Tree Research.