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Edmond Dodds Keith

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Edmond Dodds Keith

Birth
Scotland
Death
16 Dec 1933 (aged 63)
Oxford, Sumner County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Oxford, Sumner County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Edmond Dodds Keith Was born April 19,1870 near Dundee, Scotland. He came to America at the age of 17 years, locating at Springfield, Illinois, later moving to Williamsville of the same state. Here he met and married Lillie Mae Smith and to the union 8 children were born, of which six remain. Two, Molly and Evelyn having gone before.
He farmed in Illinois until 1902 when he went to Montana, remain1ng there until the fall of 1920, when he came to Oxford, Kansas. Here he was employed at the Sand Boat most of the time.

He became affiliated with the Christian church about the year 1890 and has remained steadfast to the Christian faith until the end.

He was a kind and loving father. He was an Odd Fellow and a Woodman.

Without a complaint he passed away last Saturday, leaving to mourn his death six children, Ina Furlong and Ellen Alley of Chester, Montana, Francis Brown of Winfield, Kansas, Mabel Graber and Lola Keith of Oxford, Kansas and Miles Keith of New Cannon, Connecticut, besides a host of other relatives and friends. Interment took place in the cemetery down at Oxford, Kansas.

Chester Reporter, Chester, Montana, 28 Dec 1933

Note: obit provided by cara (#47072115)
Edmond Dodds Keith Was born April 19,1870 near Dundee, Scotland. He came to America at the age of 17 years, locating at Springfield, Illinois, later moving to Williamsville of the same state. Here he met and married Lillie Mae Smith and to the union 8 children were born, of which six remain. Two, Molly and Evelyn having gone before.
He farmed in Illinois until 1902 when he went to Montana, remain1ng there until the fall of 1920, when he came to Oxford, Kansas. Here he was employed at the Sand Boat most of the time.

He became affiliated with the Christian church about the year 1890 and has remained steadfast to the Christian faith until the end.

He was a kind and loving father. He was an Odd Fellow and a Woodman.

Without a complaint he passed away last Saturday, leaving to mourn his death six children, Ina Furlong and Ellen Alley of Chester, Montana, Francis Brown of Winfield, Kansas, Mabel Graber and Lola Keith of Oxford, Kansas and Miles Keith of New Cannon, Connecticut, besides a host of other relatives and friends. Interment took place in the cemetery down at Oxford, Kansas.

Chester Reporter, Chester, Montana, 28 Dec 1933

Note: obit provided by cara (#47072115)


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