Keil, John L. (1857-1932)

KEIL

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/23/2008 at 13:16:12

John Levi Keil
Nov 16, 1857 - July 20, 1932

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.215, Pleasant Twp.)
J. L. Keil, farmer and inventor, P. O. Shelby, was born in Clayton County, this State, November 16, 1857, son of John and Felizidas (Santy) Keil. The father was bornon the Atlantic Ocean whilst his mother was on her way to the United States, March 8, 1834. He is a farmer, and is living in Pleasant Township. The mother of our subject was born April 3, 1839, near the Rhine, in Germany, and died in Polk County, this State, July 28, 1871. They were the parents of fourc hildren, three sons and one daughter. Our subject went to school in Polk County, this State, and began life as a farmer. He came to this county in March, 1878, and has lived in Knox, Valley and Pleasant Townships. His two brothers and sister are living - Solomon Abraham, born in Clayton County, this State, August 10, 1866; Edward L., born in Polk County, this State, October 29, 1869; and Mabel, born in Sauk County, Wis., September 25, 1860. Our subject is an evangelist, and will continue to engage in that work. He is also at present working on a 'self-feeding' threshing-machine, for which he has applied for a patent. Mr. Keil is a member of the M. E. Church, and also the Greenwood Lodge of Good Templars. In politics, he is a Republican.