KEIM, Catherine Jane (PEEBLER) 100th Birthday - 1932

KEIM, PEEBLER, NEWLAND, FOLGER, BOWMAN, WOODS, GRAY, SHANNON

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 4/4/2006 at 21:43:55

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Saturday, October 15, 1932
Page 2

FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT NOW 100 YEARS OLD.

Catherine Jane PEEBLER, daughter of Michael and Fannie, born Oct 3 1832 in Howard Co., Mo. Their home was at Carthage, Ill., but her mother’s parents lived in Howard Co., Mo. Catherine Jane had a sister two years older. When Catherine Jane was six, the family moved to Jefferson County, Iowa.....she married Louis P. KEIM and four children were born to them while living in this county. Government land had all been taken up in this part of Iowa, so in 1863 they moved 150 miles west into Union County. Members of Brethren Church. Four more children were born to them. Seven lived. One died in infancy. In 1894 she with her family moved to Ray Co., Mo. Her husband died in 1915. Two daughters, Mrs Fannie NEWLAND, Drakesville, and Mrs Emma FOLGER, Osceola, have died in recent years. The remaining children are: Charles H. of Leon; Frank M. of Ludlowville, N.Y.; Mrs Kittie BOWMAN, Norborne, Mo.; Ellis W. of Ottawa, Kan., and Mrs Jennie WOODS, Lucerne, Mo. She has 20 grandchildren, 32 greatgrandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Of her father’s family one sister remains, Mrs. Caroline GRAY, 84, Afton, the next to the youngest of the family. She has been living with her daughter, Mrs J. S. BOWMAN since 1904.
(Caroline Peebler GRAY has a daughter, Mrs. Geo. SHANNON.....)

This data transcribed for genealogical purposes; I am not related to the subject.