Lewis, whose name is spelled "Louis" on his death certificate, is the son of Almira/Elmira (Ratcliff) and Charles B. Keller. He married Effie Kopp, daughter of Sarah (Mills) and William Kopp, on October 21, 1916, in Moniteau County, Missouri. She died July 10, 1918, in Moniteau County of tuberculosis. Her death certificate states she is buried at Bunceton, Missouri, but the name of the cemetery is not given.
Lewis and his childhood friend, and fellow miner, Uriah Scott, died in a cave-in at the Scott-Keller Mine seven miles southeast of Fortuna. Lewis's 5 year-old daughter, Frances, was at the mine waiting for her father to get off work and went a distance of one-half mile to give the alarm of the tragedy.
Thank you B. Jean Kime Bachman, 49834580, for the following information:
Lewis, Rose and Helen were the children of Charles Benjamin Keller and his first wife, Almira/Elmira Ratcliff. Their names are on a ground-level stone with that of their father and there are four rough individual stones surrounding the ground stone. On the individual stone for Rose, cement has been spread on the stone with her name drawn into the cement. The others are most likely the same.
Lewis and his childhood friend, and fellow miner, Uriah Scott, died in a cave-in at the Scott-Keller Mine seven miles southeast of Fortuna. Lewis's 5 year-old daughter, Frances, was at the mine waiting for her father to get off work and went a distance of one-half mile to give the alarm of the tragedy.
Thank you B. Jean Kime Bachman, 49834580, for the following information:
Lewis, Rose and Helen were the children of Charles Benjamin Keller and his first wife, Almira/Elmira Ratcliff. Their names are on a ground-level stone with that of their father and there are four rough individual stones surrounding the ground stone. On the individual stone for Rose, cement has been spread on the stone with her name drawn into the cement. The others are most likely the same.
Lewis, whose name is spelled "Louis" on his death certificate, is the son of Almira/Elmira (Ratcliff) and Charles B. Keller. He married Effie Kopp, daughter of Sarah (Mills) and William Kopp, on October 21, 1916, in Moniteau County, Missouri. She died July 10, 1918, in Moniteau County of tuberculosis. Her death certificate states she is buried at Bunceton, Missouri, but the name of the cemetery is not given.
Lewis and his childhood friend, and fellow miner, Uriah Scott, died in a cave-in at the Scott-Keller Mine seven miles southeast of Fortuna. Lewis's 5 year-old daughter, Frances, was at the mine waiting for her father to get off work and went a distance of one-half mile to give the alarm of the tragedy.
Thank you B. Jean Kime Bachman, 49834580, for the following information:
Lewis, Rose and Helen were the children of Charles Benjamin Keller and his first wife, Almira/Elmira Ratcliff. Their names are on a ground-level stone with that of their father and there are four rough individual stones surrounding the ground stone. On the individual stone for Rose, cement has been spread on the stone with her name drawn into the cement. The others are most likely the same.
Lewis and his childhood friend, and fellow miner, Uriah Scott, died in a cave-in at the Scott-Keller Mine seven miles southeast of Fortuna. Lewis's 5 year-old daughter, Frances, was at the mine waiting for her father to get off work and went a distance of one-half mile to give the alarm of the tragedy.
Thank you B. Jean Kime Bachman, 49834580, for the following information:
Lewis, Rose and Helen were the children of Charles Benjamin Keller and his first wife, Almira/Elmira Ratcliff. Their names are on a ground-level stone with that of their father and there are four rough individual stones surrounding the ground stone. On the individual stone for Rose, cement has been spread on the stone with her name drawn into the cement. The others are most likely the same.
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