KELTNER, David 1814 - 1873

KELTNER, TRAVIS

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:22:47

"Muscatine Evening Journal"
Friday, January 24, 1873
Page 2, Column 1

IOWA NEWS.

… --David KELTNER, an old citizen of Fairfield, died recently, and before his death stated that he had buried some gold in the smoke house. It was found in a pot, and amounted to $4,170. It had been buried 13 years.

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"The Washington Gazette"
Friday, February 7, 1873
Page 2, Column 4

IOWA ITEMS.

… Just before David KELTNER of Fairfield, died, he told his weeping friends where he had buried $4,170 in gold.

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Note: Buried in Union Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IA. According to dates on his gravestone, he was 58 years, 4 months, 19 days old when he died on February 16, 1873; this has to be in error, given the dates of the above articles. This errant date also appears in his wife's obituary (Martha Ann TRAVIS KELTNER) in 1891.