History of WV, Old and New (1923, Vol. 3, p. 550:
[One of the sons of Silas C. and Annie Keim was the late Hon. Noah G. Keim, of Elkins, who was born at Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was primarily educated there in the public schools. Later he attended Ashland College, at Ashland, Ohio, and Juanita College in Pennsylvania, and after leaving the latter took up the work of a teacher in the public schools. He came to Elkins, West Virginia, as a tutor for the sons of the late United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, and later engaged in mercantile business with his brother, William H., with whom he subsequently embarked in the insurance business. He became a leader in the republican party, served with credit as state senator, and was known as a man of high principles and marked ability. In his death his community lost one of its able and public-spirited men.
William Hay Keim attended the public schools of his native place and a Dunkard school at Bridgewater, Virginia, and for two years in young manhood was employed by the Pittsburgh Street Car Company. Later he was identified with steel industrial companies at Elwood, Indiana, and Joliet, Illinois, and in 1897 located at Elkins, West Virginia, where he and his brother, Noah G., above noted, embarked in a mercantile business. This they continued for three years, following which they turned their attention to general insurance, under the firm name of Keim & Keim, and the business is still being conducted by William H. Keim and his brother's son, Howard H. Keim. This enterprise has grown to important proportions and is one of the leading concerns of its kind in Randolph County. In 1920 Mr. Keim became the republican nominee for sheriff, a position to which he was elected by a majority of 415 votes, being the first republican sheriff elected in Randolph County since the Civil war. In the same election James M. Cox, the democratic candidate for President, carried Randolph County by 618 votes. He has an excellent record in office and has proved his capability as a public official. Sheriff Keim is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist Church.
In 1894 Sheriff Keim was united in marriage with Miss Eva Rees, of Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, and to them there have been born three sons and six daughters.]
History of Randolph County, WV 91916), PP. 244, 424, and 425:
[The Inter-Mountain.
The Inter-Mountain, the first Republican paper in Randolph County, was established in 1892, in the town of Elkins. Professor N. G. Keim was its first editor under the management of a publishing company. Professor Keim remained in charge two years, when he was succeeded by M. S. Cornwell, of Hampshire County. Mr. Cornwell remained editor two years or until 1896, when he resigned on account of failing health. William S. Ryan edited the paper for a few months and was succeeded by Chas. E. Beans. Mr. Herman Johnson succeeded Mr. Beans in August, 1898. Mr. Johnson is still editor and owner of the paper. A daily edition has been published since October, 1907.]
[Hon. N. G. Keim.
Noah G. Keim was born in 1862, Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; son of Silas C. and Annie (Arnold) Keim. Mr. Keim was educated in the public schools and at Ashland College, Ohio and Juniatti College, Pennsylvania. He entered the profession of teaching and for a number of years was principal of the Sommerset, Pennsylvania schools. He came to Elkins as tutor for the sons of Senator Elkins. He has been a Republican in politics and was presidential elector on the McKinley ticket. lie represents the Thirteenth Senatorial District in the State Legislature. Senator Keim was the Progressive party's nominee for Congress in 1914.
Senator Keim married Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. (Rizer) Butler. Children, Howard H. and Elizabeth. Senator Keim's grandfather, James J. Keim, was an early settler in Western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State Legislature and was for many years one of the judges of the court.]
West Virginia and Its People (1913), pp. 1132 and 1133:
[KEIM
The Hon. Noah George Keim, of Elkins, West Virginia, who has been the originator of numerous measures which have had a beneficial effect upon the health and prosperity of the people whom he has represented, is a descendant of an old family which has been resident in the state of Pennsylvania for a number of generations.
(I) Judge Jonas J. Keim, grandfather of Hon. Noah G. Keim, was of Dutch ancestry, and was born in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania. For several years he served in the legislature of his native state, and was one of the judges of the court for many years. Judge Keim married Sarah Livengood, and had children : Christian and Noah, deceased; Mahlon, a resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Lewis, now living near Los Angeles, California; Silas C., see forward; Samuel, residing in Kansas City, Missouri; Albert, living in Jefferson City, Missouri; Elizabeth, resides in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; Esther, Anna, Sallie, resides at Los Angeles, California; Harriet, deceased.
(II) Silas C., son of Judge Jonas J. and Sarah (Livengood) Keim, was born in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, in 1836, died March 10, 1882. He was well known in financial and other business circles, being engaged in the banking business and also as a dealer in live stock. He married Anna, born in 1838, died in 1912, daughter of Joseph Arnold, of Burlington, West Virginia. They had children: Richard A., who died in 1876; Howard H.; Noah George, see forward; Sarah Elizabeth, died in 1883; Jonas J., lives in West Virginia; William H. : Lew S.; Peter S.,
who is a physician at Elk Garden, West Virginia; Cora.
(III) Noah George, third son and child of Silas C. and Anna (Arnold) Keim, was born at Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1862. His elementary education was acquired in the public schools in his vicinity, and this was supplemented by a comprehensive training in Juniata College, Huntington. Pennsylvania, and at Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio. This thorough preparation eminently fitted him for the occupation of teaching, with which he was identified for the next seventeen years. He held the position of principal of the schools at Somerset, Pennsylvania, for two years, then taught in the Allegany county high school in Cumberland, Maryland, for two years. He then came to Elkins, West Virginia, as tutor to the sons of Senator Elkins, and filled this position for a period of three years. The organization of the graded school system in his adopted town next occupied his attention, and in 1896 he established himself in the real estate and insurance business, and has amply demonstrated the fact that he · possesses no less ability as a business man than as an instructor. His business includes general insurance and dealing largely in coal and timber lands. He holds the position of secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Construction Company, which is a general contracting corporation concerned with the building of water works, railroads, etc., in that section of the country. In political matters Mr. Keim is an Independent Republican, and is held in high esteem by his party. He served as a presidential elector at the time of McKinley's election, has been secretary of the second congressional district committees, and has served as chairman of that body for four years, and is now serving a term as senator, representing the thirteenth district. Senator Keim has a strong personality and is pronounced in his views on public questions. He is in favor of simpler laws and fewer of them. holding that this would insure greater protection to commerce in all lines. and clear the dockets of an accumulation of cases that cannot be reached in a reasonable period of time. He has pledged his hearty support for the betterment of existing conditions, the rights of wage earners and producers to organize for the protection of wages and improvement of labor conditions and for more equitable laws. His constituents feel that they may rely upon him to do his whole duty as far as lies in his power. The religious affiliations of Senator Keim are with the Baptist church, while his wife is a member of the Lutheran church.
Senator Keim married, June 1, 1892, Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. Wright (Rizer) Butler, of Cumberland, Maryland, and has children: Howard H., born March 7, 1897, a student at the high school; Elizabeth Butler, born March 17, 1902.]
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[One of the sons of Silas C. and Annie Keim was the late Hon. Noah G. Keim, of Elkins, who was born at Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was primarily educated there in the public schools. Later he attended Ashland College, at Ashland, Ohio, and Juanita College in Pennsylvania, and after leaving the latter took up the work of a teacher in the public schools. He came to Elkins, West Virginia, as a tutor for the sons of the late United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, and later engaged in mercantile business with his brother, William H., with whom he subsequently embarked in the insurance business. He became a leader in the republican party, served with credit as state senator, and was known as a man of high principles and marked ability. In his death his community lost one of its able and public-spirited men.
William Hay Keim attended the public schools of his native place and a Dunkard school at Bridgewater, Virginia, and for two years in young manhood was employed by the Pittsburgh Street Car Company. Later he was identified with steel industrial companies at Elwood, Indiana, and Joliet, Illinois, and in 1897 located at Elkins, West Virginia, where he and his brother, Noah G., above noted, embarked in a mercantile business. This they continued for three years, following which they turned their attention to general insurance, under the firm name of Keim & Keim, and the business is still being conducted by William H. Keim and his brother's son, Howard H. Keim. This enterprise has grown to important proportions and is one of the leading concerns of its kind in Randolph County. In 1920 Mr. Keim became the republican nominee for sheriff, a position to which he was elected by a majority of 415 votes, being the first republican sheriff elected in Randolph County since the Civil war. In the same election James M. Cox, the democratic candidate for President, carried Randolph County by 618 votes. He has an excellent record in office and has proved his capability as a public official. Sheriff Keim is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist Church.
In 1894 Sheriff Keim was united in marriage with Miss Eva Rees, of Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, and to them there have been born three sons and six daughters.]
History of Randolph County, WV 91916), PP. 244, 424, and 425:
[The Inter-Mountain.
The Inter-Mountain, the first Republican paper in Randolph County, was established in 1892, in the town of Elkins. Professor N. G. Keim was its first editor under the management of a publishing company. Professor Keim remained in charge two years, when he was succeeded by M. S. Cornwell, of Hampshire County. Mr. Cornwell remained editor two years or until 1896, when he resigned on account of failing health. William S. Ryan edited the paper for a few months and was succeeded by Chas. E. Beans. Mr. Herman Johnson succeeded Mr. Beans in August, 1898. Mr. Johnson is still editor and owner of the paper. A daily edition has been published since October, 1907.]
[Hon. N. G. Keim.
Noah G. Keim was born in 1862, Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; son of Silas C. and Annie (Arnold) Keim. Mr. Keim was educated in the public schools and at Ashland College, Ohio and Juniatti College, Pennsylvania. He entered the profession of teaching and for a number of years was principal of the Sommerset, Pennsylvania schools. He came to Elkins as tutor for the sons of Senator Elkins. He has been a Republican in politics and was presidential elector on the McKinley ticket. lie represents the Thirteenth Senatorial District in the State Legislature. Senator Keim was the Progressive party's nominee for Congress in 1914.
Senator Keim married Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. (Rizer) Butler. Children, Howard H. and Elizabeth. Senator Keim's grandfather, James J. Keim, was an early settler in Western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State Legislature and was for many years one of the judges of the court.]
West Virginia and Its People (1913), pp. 1132 and 1133:
[KEIM
The Hon. Noah George Keim, of Elkins, West Virginia, who has been the originator of numerous measures which have had a beneficial effect upon the health and prosperity of the people whom he has represented, is a descendant of an old family which has been resident in the state of Pennsylvania for a number of generations.
(I) Judge Jonas J. Keim, grandfather of Hon. Noah G. Keim, was of Dutch ancestry, and was born in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania. For several years he served in the legislature of his native state, and was one of the judges of the court for many years. Judge Keim married Sarah Livengood, and had children : Christian and Noah, deceased; Mahlon, a resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Lewis, now living near Los Angeles, California; Silas C., see forward; Samuel, residing in Kansas City, Missouri; Albert, living in Jefferson City, Missouri; Elizabeth, resides in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; Esther, Anna, Sallie, resides at Los Angeles, California; Harriet, deceased.
(II) Silas C., son of Judge Jonas J. and Sarah (Livengood) Keim, was born in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, in 1836, died March 10, 1882. He was well known in financial and other business circles, being engaged in the banking business and also as a dealer in live stock. He married Anna, born in 1838, died in 1912, daughter of Joseph Arnold, of Burlington, West Virginia. They had children: Richard A., who died in 1876; Howard H.; Noah George, see forward; Sarah Elizabeth, died in 1883; Jonas J., lives in West Virginia; William H. : Lew S.; Peter S.,
who is a physician at Elk Garden, West Virginia; Cora.
(III) Noah George, third son and child of Silas C. and Anna (Arnold) Keim, was born at Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1862. His elementary education was acquired in the public schools in his vicinity, and this was supplemented by a comprehensive training in Juniata College, Huntington. Pennsylvania, and at Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio. This thorough preparation eminently fitted him for the occupation of teaching, with which he was identified for the next seventeen years. He held the position of principal of the schools at Somerset, Pennsylvania, for two years, then taught in the Allegany county high school in Cumberland, Maryland, for two years. He then came to Elkins, West Virginia, as tutor to the sons of Senator Elkins, and filled this position for a period of three years. The organization of the graded school system in his adopted town next occupied his attention, and in 1896 he established himself in the real estate and insurance business, and has amply demonstrated the fact that he · possesses no less ability as a business man than as an instructor. His business includes general insurance and dealing largely in coal and timber lands. He holds the position of secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Construction Company, which is a general contracting corporation concerned with the building of water works, railroads, etc., in that section of the country. In political matters Mr. Keim is an Independent Republican, and is held in high esteem by his party. He served as a presidential elector at the time of McKinley's election, has been secretary of the second congressional district committees, and has served as chairman of that body for four years, and is now serving a term as senator, representing the thirteenth district. Senator Keim has a strong personality and is pronounced in his views on public questions. He is in favor of simpler laws and fewer of them. holding that this would insure greater protection to commerce in all lines. and clear the dockets of an accumulation of cases that cannot be reached in a reasonable period of time. He has pledged his hearty support for the betterment of existing conditions, the rights of wage earners and producers to organize for the protection of wages and improvement of labor conditions and for more equitable laws. His constituents feel that they may rely upon him to do his whole duty as far as lies in his power. The religious affiliations of Senator Keim are with the Baptist church, while his wife is a member of the Lutheran church.
Senator Keim married, June 1, 1892, Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. Wright (Rizer) Butler, of Cumberland, Maryland, and has children: Howard H., born March 7, 1897, a student at the high school; Elizabeth Butler, born March 17, 1902.]
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History of WV, Old and New (1923, Vol. 3, p. 550:
[One of the sons of Silas C. and Annie Keim was the late Hon. Noah G. Keim, of Elkins, who was born at Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was primarily educated there in the public schools. Later he attended Ashland College, at Ashland, Ohio, and Juanita College in Pennsylvania, and after leaving the latter took up the work of a teacher in the public schools. He came to Elkins, West Virginia, as a tutor for the sons of the late United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, and later engaged in mercantile business with his brother, William H., with whom he subsequently embarked in the insurance business. He became a leader in the republican party, served with credit as state senator, and was known as a man of high principles and marked ability. In his death his community lost one of its able and public-spirited men.
William Hay Keim attended the public schools of his native place and a Dunkard school at Bridgewater, Virginia, and for two years in young manhood was employed by the Pittsburgh Street Car Company. Later he was identified with steel industrial companies at Elwood, Indiana, and Joliet, Illinois, and in 1897 located at Elkins, West Virginia, where he and his brother, Noah G., above noted, embarked in a mercantile business. This they continued for three years, following which they turned their attention to general insurance, under the firm name of Keim & Keim, and the business is still being conducted by William H. Keim and his brother's son, Howard H. Keim. This enterprise has grown to important proportions and is one of the leading concerns of its kind in Randolph County. In 1920 Mr. Keim became the republican nominee for sheriff, a position to which he was elected by a majority of 415 votes, being the first republican sheriff elected in Randolph County since the Civil war. In the same election James M. Cox, the democratic candidate for President, carried Randolph County by 618 votes. He has an excellent record in office and has proved his capability as a public official. Sheriff Keim is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist Church.
In 1894 Sheriff Keim was united in marriage with Miss Eva Rees, of Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, and to them there have been born three sons and six daughters.]
History of Randolph County, WV 91916), PP. 244, 424, and 425:
[The Inter-Mountain.
The Inter-Mountain, the first Republican paper in Randolph County, was established in 1892, in the town of Elkins. Professor N. G. Keim was its first editor under the management of a publishing company. Professor Keim remained in charge two years, when he was succeeded by M. S. Cornwell, of Hampshire County. Mr. Cornwell remained editor two years or until 1896, when he resigned on account of failing health. William S. Ryan edited the paper for a few months and was succeeded by Chas. E. Beans. Mr. Herman Johnson succeeded Mr. Beans in August, 1898. Mr. Johnson is still editor and owner of the paper. A daily edition has been published since October, 1907.]
[Hon. N. G. Keim.
Noah G. Keim was born in 1862, Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; son of Silas C. and Annie (Arnold) Keim. Mr. Keim was educated in the public schools and at Ashland College, Ohio and Juniatti College, Pennsylvania. He entered the profession of teaching and for a number of years was principal of the Sommerset, Pennsylvania schools. He came to Elkins as tutor for the sons of Senator Elkins. He has been a Republican in politics and was presidential elector on the McKinley ticket. lie represents the Thirteenth Senatorial District in the State Legislature. Senator Keim was the Progressive party's nominee for Congress in 1914.
Senator Keim married Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. (Rizer) Butler. Children, Howard H. and Elizabeth. Senator Keim's grandfather, James J. Keim, was an early settler in Western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State Legislature and was for many years one of the judges of the court.]
West Virginia and Its People (1913), pp. 1132 and 1133:
[KEIM
The Hon. Noah George Keim, of Elkins, West Virginia, who has been the originator of numerous measures which have had a beneficial effect upon the health and prosperity of the people whom he has represented, is a descendant of an old family which has been resident in the state of Pennsylvania for a number of generations.
(I) Judge Jonas J. Keim, grandfather of Hon. Noah G. Keim, was of Dutch ancestry, and was born in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania. For several years he served in the legislature of his native state, and was one of the judges of the court for many years. Judge Keim married Sarah Livengood, and had children : Christian and Noah, deceased; Mahlon, a resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Lewis, now living near Los Angeles, California; Silas C., see forward; Samuel, residing in Kansas City, Missouri; Albert, living in Jefferson City, Missouri; Elizabeth, resides in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; Esther, Anna, Sallie, resides at Los Angeles, California; Harriet, deceased.
(II) Silas C., son of Judge Jonas J. and Sarah (Livengood) Keim, was born in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, in 1836, died March 10, 1882. He was well known in financial and other business circles, being engaged in the banking business and also as a dealer in live stock. He married Anna, born in 1838, died in 1912, daughter of Joseph Arnold, of Burlington, West Virginia. They had children: Richard A., who died in 1876; Howard H.; Noah George, see forward; Sarah Elizabeth, died in 1883; Jonas J., lives in West Virginia; William H. : Lew S.; Peter S.,
who is a physician at Elk Garden, West Virginia; Cora.
(III) Noah George, third son and child of Silas C. and Anna (Arnold) Keim, was born at Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1862. His elementary education was acquired in the public schools in his vicinity, and this was supplemented by a comprehensive training in Juniata College, Huntington. Pennsylvania, and at Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio. This thorough preparation eminently fitted him for the occupation of teaching, with which he was identified for the next seventeen years. He held the position of principal of the schools at Somerset, Pennsylvania, for two years, then taught in the Allegany county high school in Cumberland, Maryland, for two years. He then came to Elkins, West Virginia, as tutor to the sons of Senator Elkins, and filled this position for a period of three years. The organization of the graded school system in his adopted town next occupied his attention, and in 1896 he established himself in the real estate and insurance business, and has amply demonstrated the fact that he · possesses no less ability as a business man than as an instructor. His business includes general insurance and dealing largely in coal and timber lands. He holds the position of secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Construction Company, which is a general contracting corporation concerned with the building of water works, railroads, etc., in that section of the country. In political matters Mr. Keim is an Independent Republican, and is held in high esteem by his party. He served as a presidential elector at the time of McKinley's election, has been secretary of the second congressional district committees, and has served as chairman of that body for four years, and is now serving a term as senator, representing the thirteenth district. Senator Keim has a strong personality and is pronounced in his views on public questions. He is in favor of simpler laws and fewer of them. holding that this would insure greater protection to commerce in all lines. and clear the dockets of an accumulation of cases that cannot be reached in a reasonable period of time. He has pledged his hearty support for the betterment of existing conditions, the rights of wage earners and producers to organize for the protection of wages and improvement of labor conditions and for more equitable laws. His constituents feel that they may rely upon him to do his whole duty as far as lies in his power. The religious affiliations of Senator Keim are with the Baptist church, while his wife is a member of the Lutheran church.
Senator Keim married, June 1, 1892, Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. Wright (Rizer) Butler, of Cumberland, Maryland, and has children: Howard H., born March 7, 1897, a student at the high school; Elizabeth Butler, born March 17, 1902.]
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[One of the sons of Silas C. and Annie Keim was the late Hon. Noah G. Keim, of Elkins, who was born at Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was primarily educated there in the public schools. Later he attended Ashland College, at Ashland, Ohio, and Juanita College in Pennsylvania, and after leaving the latter took up the work of a teacher in the public schools. He came to Elkins, West Virginia, as a tutor for the sons of the late United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, and later engaged in mercantile business with his brother, William H., with whom he subsequently embarked in the insurance business. He became a leader in the republican party, served with credit as state senator, and was known as a man of high principles and marked ability. In his death his community lost one of its able and public-spirited men.
William Hay Keim attended the public schools of his native place and a Dunkard school at Bridgewater, Virginia, and for two years in young manhood was employed by the Pittsburgh Street Car Company. Later he was identified with steel industrial companies at Elwood, Indiana, and Joliet, Illinois, and in 1897 located at Elkins, West Virginia, where he and his brother, Noah G., above noted, embarked in a mercantile business. This they continued for three years, following which they turned their attention to general insurance, under the firm name of Keim & Keim, and the business is still being conducted by William H. Keim and his brother's son, Howard H. Keim. This enterprise has grown to important proportions and is one of the leading concerns of its kind in Randolph County. In 1920 Mr. Keim became the republican nominee for sheriff, a position to which he was elected by a majority of 415 votes, being the first republican sheriff elected in Randolph County since the Civil war. In the same election James M. Cox, the democratic candidate for President, carried Randolph County by 618 votes. He has an excellent record in office and has proved his capability as a public official. Sheriff Keim is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist Church.
In 1894 Sheriff Keim was united in marriage with Miss Eva Rees, of Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, and to them there have been born three sons and six daughters.]
History of Randolph County, WV 91916), PP. 244, 424, and 425:
[The Inter-Mountain.
The Inter-Mountain, the first Republican paper in Randolph County, was established in 1892, in the town of Elkins. Professor N. G. Keim was its first editor under the management of a publishing company. Professor Keim remained in charge two years, when he was succeeded by M. S. Cornwell, of Hampshire County. Mr. Cornwell remained editor two years or until 1896, when he resigned on account of failing health. William S. Ryan edited the paper for a few months and was succeeded by Chas. E. Beans. Mr. Herman Johnson succeeded Mr. Beans in August, 1898. Mr. Johnson is still editor and owner of the paper. A daily edition has been published since October, 1907.]
[Hon. N. G. Keim.
Noah G. Keim was born in 1862, Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; son of Silas C. and Annie (Arnold) Keim. Mr. Keim was educated in the public schools and at Ashland College, Ohio and Juniatti College, Pennsylvania. He entered the profession of teaching and for a number of years was principal of the Sommerset, Pennsylvania schools. He came to Elkins as tutor for the sons of Senator Elkins. He has been a Republican in politics and was presidential elector on the McKinley ticket. lie represents the Thirteenth Senatorial District in the State Legislature. Senator Keim was the Progressive party's nominee for Congress in 1914.
Senator Keim married Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. (Rizer) Butler. Children, Howard H. and Elizabeth. Senator Keim's grandfather, James J. Keim, was an early settler in Western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State Legislature and was for many years one of the judges of the court.]
West Virginia and Its People (1913), pp. 1132 and 1133:
[KEIM
The Hon. Noah George Keim, of Elkins, West Virginia, who has been the originator of numerous measures which have had a beneficial effect upon the health and prosperity of the people whom he has represented, is a descendant of an old family which has been resident in the state of Pennsylvania for a number of generations.
(I) Judge Jonas J. Keim, grandfather of Hon. Noah G. Keim, was of Dutch ancestry, and was born in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania. For several years he served in the legislature of his native state, and was one of the judges of the court for many years. Judge Keim married Sarah Livengood, and had children : Christian and Noah, deceased; Mahlon, a resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Lewis, now living near Los Angeles, California; Silas C., see forward; Samuel, residing in Kansas City, Missouri; Albert, living in Jefferson City, Missouri; Elizabeth, resides in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania; Esther, Anna, Sallie, resides at Los Angeles, California; Harriet, deceased.
(II) Silas C., son of Judge Jonas J. and Sarah (Livengood) Keim, was born in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, in 1836, died March 10, 1882. He was well known in financial and other business circles, being engaged in the banking business and also as a dealer in live stock. He married Anna, born in 1838, died in 1912, daughter of Joseph Arnold, of Burlington, West Virginia. They had children: Richard A., who died in 1876; Howard H.; Noah George, see forward; Sarah Elizabeth, died in 1883; Jonas J., lives in West Virginia; William H. : Lew S.; Peter S.,
who is a physician at Elk Garden, West Virginia; Cora.
(III) Noah George, third son and child of Silas C. and Anna (Arnold) Keim, was born at Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1862. His elementary education was acquired in the public schools in his vicinity, and this was supplemented by a comprehensive training in Juniata College, Huntington. Pennsylvania, and at Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio. This thorough preparation eminently fitted him for the occupation of teaching, with which he was identified for the next seventeen years. He held the position of principal of the schools at Somerset, Pennsylvania, for two years, then taught in the Allegany county high school in Cumberland, Maryland, for two years. He then came to Elkins, West Virginia, as tutor to the sons of Senator Elkins, and filled this position for a period of three years. The organization of the graded school system in his adopted town next occupied his attention, and in 1896 he established himself in the real estate and insurance business, and has amply demonstrated the fact that he · possesses no less ability as a business man than as an instructor. His business includes general insurance and dealing largely in coal and timber lands. He holds the position of secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Construction Company, which is a general contracting corporation concerned with the building of water works, railroads, etc., in that section of the country. In political matters Mr. Keim is an Independent Republican, and is held in high esteem by his party. He served as a presidential elector at the time of McKinley's election, has been secretary of the second congressional district committees, and has served as chairman of that body for four years, and is now serving a term as senator, representing the thirteenth district. Senator Keim has a strong personality and is pronounced in his views on public questions. He is in favor of simpler laws and fewer of them. holding that this would insure greater protection to commerce in all lines. and clear the dockets of an accumulation of cases that cannot be reached in a reasonable period of time. He has pledged his hearty support for the betterment of existing conditions, the rights of wage earners and producers to organize for the protection of wages and improvement of labor conditions and for more equitable laws. His constituents feel that they may rely upon him to do his whole duty as far as lies in his power. The religious affiliations of Senator Keim are with the Baptist church, while his wife is a member of the Lutheran church.
Senator Keim married, June 1, 1892, Clara, daughter of Kennedy H. and Sarah E. Wright (Rizer) Butler, of Cumberland, Maryland, and has children: Howard H., born March 7, 1897, a student at the high school; Elizabeth Butler, born March 17, 1902.]
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