ZACHARIAH D. KEITH
Zachariah D. Keith came to Cass county in 1861, and settled on section 30, Edna township, where he made his home until the time of his death, which occurred in May, 1870. He was born in Huron county, Ohio, on the 1st of May, 1829, and when about nine years of age his parents moved to Allen county, and when seventeen years of age he learned the blacksmith trade. He was married in September, 1844, to Jerusha A. Enos, born in Ohio. In 1851 they moved to Indiana and there remained until 1856, when they started overland for Iowa. After a travel of five weeks, they landed in Page county, and built a small log cabin, in which they lived until 1861, when he came to Cass county. Mr. and Mrs. Keith had eleven children, seven of whom are now living - Alexander, Mary J., Julia A., Harriet E., William E., Sarah E. and Andrew J. William E. was born in Page county, Iowa, in May, 1859. He was married in February, 1883, to Adeline Myers, and their union has been blessed with one child--Celia. William and his brother, Andrew J., reside on the old homestead, and their mother now lives with them.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 755.
