Mr. George Keating, brother of Mr. C. Keating, and a member of the firm of the Keating Implement co., of this city, died yesterday evening at San Diego, Calif.
- June 29, 1888, Dallas Daily Herald, p. 5, col. 3.
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George James Keating was born to William H Keating and Eliza Walford Forbes.
William was a lawyer and a Judge in Kings County and Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia.
His mother, Eliza W. Forbes, was daughter of Captain Forbes, of the 64th
Regiment British Regulars. William and Eliza married in 1838 and had eighteen
children, of which George James was the second eldest. George attended
Dalhousie College where he completed his studies. In August 1857, he sailed for
the West Indies where he was a guest of the great Spanish house of De Castro and
Lindregen. He sailed from the Indies in late 1857 and arrived in New York in
November 1857. He wanted to see the West and headed toward Springfield,
Illinois and ended up in Peoria, Illinois without any money. He found work as a
farm laborer at ten dollars a month during the summer and taught school during
the winter at a country schoolhouse. In November, 1862, he married Elizabeth
Hill Smith, only daughter of James Perry Smith, of Rockland County, New York.
They had one child, Edith Frances Keating, born June 7, 1875. He then worked
for two years for Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois as
general traveling agent. In 1866, he became one of the founders of a great
agricultural implement firm, Smith & Keating, in Kansas City, Missouri, one of
the largest concerns of its kind west of the Mississippi. Their trade grew all
over Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, the Indian Territory, and Texas.
They made contracts for as many as fifteen hundred farm wagons at one time, and
offered cash in advance, with interest earned during the fulfillment of the
pending contract, making the manufacturers borrowers of the customer instead of
creditors of the house. Through this they were able to negotiate the most
advantageous contracts. Mr. Keating was considered the wheel-horse of the
business; strong, always ready, lifting at the right time, making things move
with magnificent success. Mr. Keating was of medium height, compactly and
strongly built, and dark complexioned. His business manner was always brief
and to the point, however, socially he was very genial with a warm sense of
humor. (Source: United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait
Gallery of Emminent and Self-Made Men Missouri)
- June 29, 1888, Dallas Daily Herald, p. 5, col. 3.
-------------------------
George James Keating was born to William H Keating and Eliza Walford Forbes.
William was a lawyer and a Judge in Kings County and Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia.
His mother, Eliza W. Forbes, was daughter of Captain Forbes, of the 64th
Regiment British Regulars. William and Eliza married in 1838 and had eighteen
children, of which George James was the second eldest. George attended
Dalhousie College where he completed his studies. In August 1857, he sailed for
the West Indies where he was a guest of the great Spanish house of De Castro and
Lindregen. He sailed from the Indies in late 1857 and arrived in New York in
November 1857. He wanted to see the West and headed toward Springfield,
Illinois and ended up in Peoria, Illinois without any money. He found work as a
farm laborer at ten dollars a month during the summer and taught school during
the winter at a country schoolhouse. In November, 1862, he married Elizabeth
Hill Smith, only daughter of James Perry Smith, of Rockland County, New York.
They had one child, Edith Frances Keating, born June 7, 1875. He then worked
for two years for Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois as
general traveling agent. In 1866, he became one of the founders of a great
agricultural implement firm, Smith & Keating, in Kansas City, Missouri, one of
the largest concerns of its kind west of the Mississippi. Their trade grew all
over Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, the Indian Territory, and Texas.
They made contracts for as many as fifteen hundred farm wagons at one time, and
offered cash in advance, with interest earned during the fulfillment of the
pending contract, making the manufacturers borrowers of the customer instead of
creditors of the house. Through this they were able to negotiate the most
advantageous contracts. Mr. Keating was considered the wheel-horse of the
business; strong, always ready, lifting at the right time, making things move
with magnificent success. Mr. Keating was of medium height, compactly and
strongly built, and dark complexioned. His business manner was always brief
and to the point, however, socially he was very genial with a warm sense of
humor. (Source: United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait
Gallery of Emminent and Self-Made Men Missouri)
Mr. George Keating, brother of Mr. C. Keating, and a member of the firm of the Keating Implement co., of this city, died yesterday evening at San Diego, Calif.
- June 29, 1888, Dallas Daily Herald, p. 5, col. 3.
-------------------------
George James Keating was born to William H Keating and Eliza Walford Forbes.
William was a lawyer and a Judge in Kings County and Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia.
His mother, Eliza W. Forbes, was daughter of Captain Forbes, of the 64th
Regiment British Regulars. William and Eliza married in 1838 and had eighteen
children, of which George James was the second eldest. George attended
Dalhousie College where he completed his studies. In August 1857, he sailed for
the West Indies where he was a guest of the great Spanish house of De Castro and
Lindregen. He sailed from the Indies in late 1857 and arrived in New York in
November 1857. He wanted to see the West and headed toward Springfield,
Illinois and ended up in Peoria, Illinois without any money. He found work as a
farm laborer at ten dollars a month during the summer and taught school during
the winter at a country schoolhouse. In November, 1862, he married Elizabeth
Hill Smith, only daughter of James Perry Smith, of Rockland County, New York.
They had one child, Edith Frances Keating, born June 7, 1875. He then worked
for two years for Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois as
general traveling agent. In 1866, he became one of the founders of a great
agricultural implement firm, Smith & Keating, in Kansas City, Missouri, one of
the largest concerns of its kind west of the Mississippi. Their trade grew all
over Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, the Indian Territory, and Texas.
They made contracts for as many as fifteen hundred farm wagons at one time, and
offered cash in advance, with interest earned during the fulfillment of the
pending contract, making the manufacturers borrowers of the customer instead of
creditors of the house. Through this they were able to negotiate the most
advantageous contracts. Mr. Keating was considered the wheel-horse of the
business; strong, always ready, lifting at the right time, making things move
with magnificent success. Mr. Keating was of medium height, compactly and
strongly built, and dark complexioned. His business manner was always brief
and to the point, however, socially he was very genial with a warm sense of
humor. (Source: United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait
Gallery of Emminent and Self-Made Men Missouri)
- June 29, 1888, Dallas Daily Herald, p. 5, col. 3.
-------------------------
George James Keating was born to William H Keating and Eliza Walford Forbes.
William was a lawyer and a Judge in Kings County and Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia.
His mother, Eliza W. Forbes, was daughter of Captain Forbes, of the 64th
Regiment British Regulars. William and Eliza married in 1838 and had eighteen
children, of which George James was the second eldest. George attended
Dalhousie College where he completed his studies. In August 1857, he sailed for
the West Indies where he was a guest of the great Spanish house of De Castro and
Lindregen. He sailed from the Indies in late 1857 and arrived in New York in
November 1857. He wanted to see the West and headed toward Springfield,
Illinois and ended up in Peoria, Illinois without any money. He found work as a
farm laborer at ten dollars a month during the summer and taught school during
the winter at a country schoolhouse. In November, 1862, he married Elizabeth
Hill Smith, only daughter of James Perry Smith, of Rockland County, New York.
They had one child, Edith Frances Keating, born June 7, 1875. He then worked
for two years for Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois as
general traveling agent. In 1866, he became one of the founders of a great
agricultural implement firm, Smith & Keating, in Kansas City, Missouri, one of
the largest concerns of its kind west of the Mississippi. Their trade grew all
over Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, the Indian Territory, and Texas.
They made contracts for as many as fifteen hundred farm wagons at one time, and
offered cash in advance, with interest earned during the fulfillment of the
pending contract, making the manufacturers borrowers of the customer instead of
creditors of the house. Through this they were able to negotiate the most
advantageous contracts. Mr. Keating was considered the wheel-horse of the
business; strong, always ready, lifting at the right time, making things move
with magnificent success. Mr. Keating was of medium height, compactly and
strongly built, and dark complexioned. His business manner was always brief
and to the point, however, socially he was very genial with a warm sense of
humor. (Source: United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait
Gallery of Emminent and Self-Made Men Missouri)
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