Ohio Marriage
Name John W. Keesberry
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 04 Jan 1917
Event Place Highland, Ohio, United States
Age 69
Birth Year (Estimated) 1848
Birthplace Rainsboro, Ohio
Father's Name David Keesberry
Mother's Name Sarah Willburn
Spouse's Name Tabitha Stethem
Spouse's Age 53
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1864
Spouse's Birthplace Hillsboro, Ohio
Spouse's Father's Name Moses Stethem
Spouse's Mother's Name Isabel Allen
Reference ID 86 no 11856
GS Film Number 2129844
Digital Folder Number 004254779
Image Number 00470

United States Census, 1920
Name Tobitha Keesberry
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Fairfield, Highland, Ohio, United States
Gender Female
Age 55
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife
Birth Year (Estimated) 1865
Birthplace Ohio
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace Ohio
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 2
John Keesberry Head M 72 Ohio

United States Census, 1940
Name Tabitha Keesburry
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Fairfield Township, Highland, Ohio, United States
Gender Female
Age 77
Marital Status Widowed
Race (Original) White
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birthplace Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated) 1863
Last Place of Residence Same House

Ohio Deaths
Name Tobitha Keesberry
Event Type Death
Event Date 26 Dec 1947
Place of Death McClellan Hospital, Xenia, Ohio
Gender Female
Age 84
Race White
Birth Date 20 Nov 1863
Birthplace Highland Co., Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated) 1863
Father's Name Mose Stethem
Mother's Name Martha Allen
Spouse's Name John W. Keesberry
File Number Certificate #76646
GS Film number 2246451
Digital Folder Number 004071609
Image Number 02332

“The Press Gazette” Hillsboro, Ohio
December 30, 1947
East Monroe Woman Dies During Movie
Tobitha Keesberry
Mrs. Tobitha Keesberry, 84, of East Monroe, had never attended the theater since talking motion pictures were introduced to the screen but had often expressed a desire to do so.
Friday, with her sister, Mrs. Catherine Pigeon, also of East Monroe and Mrs. Pigeon’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Linton, near Bowersville, she went to Xenia to see and hear her first “talkie.”
A few minutes after the four entered the Orpheum Theater, Mrs. Keesberry became ill and was rushed to McClellan Hospital where she died at 8:20 P.M. Friday.
H. C. Schick, coroner of Greene County, said death was caused by heart disease.
Services were held Monday at 2:30 P.M. at the Walker Funeral Home in Greenfield with burial in the Hillsboro Cemetery.
Rev. C. A. Arthur of Leesburg officiated.
In addition to her sister, Mrs. Pigeon, she is survived by one brother, formerly of the Marshall community.