He was the son of Union General Erasmus Darwin Keyes and Mary Loughborough (1831-January 1906), daughter of Hamilton Loughborough. Her place of burial is unknown as of September 20, 2015. General Keyes and Mrs. Bissell married in November 1862. It was a second marriage for both. Mary's first husband was George W.P. Bissell.
General Keyes' son from his first marriage, Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes, married Sarah Maria Bissell, who was Mary's daughter from her first marriage to George W.P. Bissell.
The New York Times February 8, 1899
Dr. And Mrs. Keyes Killed
Asphyxiated by Gas in a Room in the Ardsley Casino
Had Come From A Barn Dance
Thought that Dr. Keyes Mistook Stopcock on a Gas Stove for an Electric Light Button
After a merry fancy dress barn dance on the estate of General Henry C. Griffin, at Ardsley-on-the-Hudson last Monday night, two of the most vivacious of the guests, Dr. Henry Elmo Keyes and his wife, of this city, retired to one of the guest rooms in the Ardsley Casino. At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning both were found asphyxiated by gas which had escaped from a gas stove.
Dr. Keyes and his wife went to Dobbs Ferry from New York on Monday afternoon. They had previously engaged room 24 at the Ardsley Casino. It was after 2 o'clock when the dance broke up and Dr. and Mrs. Keyes returned to the Casino with a number of other New Yorkers who had arranged to stay there over night. Mrs. Keyes retired at once to her room and her husband followed half an hour afterward, leaving instructions to be called at 9:30 o'clock.
Henry Wood, a club attendant, rapped repeatedly on the door of Room 24 at 9:30 o'clock, but got no response. Detecting a strong odor of gas, he hastily reported the circumstance at the office and the door of the room was forced open. The atmosphere of the room was so heavily charged with gas that it was with difficulty that the attendants were able to get to the windows to open them. Dr. Keyes and his wife were lying motionless on the bed, as though in peaceful slumber. The club attendants say that the gas was escaping at full head from the gas stove used to heat the room. To turn off the gas and send a messenger for a physician was the work of an instant.
Dr. Louis L. Seaman happened to be dressing in his room on the floor below when the startled cries of a chambermaid attracted his attention. He hurried upstairs and applied himself vigorously to the task of bringing the unconscious couple back to life. He was quickly joined by Dr. George A. Taylor and Lieut. Molinard. The physicians found the bodies of both Dr. and Mrs. Keyes warm and at the outset they felt hopeful of saving the lives of both. Artificial respiration was resorted to and hypodermic injections of sulphate of strychnia, digitalin and alcohol were tried. Drs. Seaman and Taylor labored incessantly for one hour and twenty minutes and exhausted every means of resuscitation at hand, but without avail. Coroner Miles of Yonkers was summoned.
Soon after Coroner Miles began his investigation he received word that his presence was required in court at White Plains. He, therefore, placed the Ardsley case in the hands of Dr. Perley H. Mason of Peekskill who held and inquest yesterday afternoon. The evidence taken embodied the facts as given and the verdict was accidental death resulting from asphyxiation caused by gas. Most of the witnesses agreed that the most plausible theory of how the gas came to be turned on, was that Dr. Keyes had tried to turn on the eclectic light. The button for this purpose is within two or three inches of the stop cock of the gas fixture. It is thought that Dr. Keyes turned the gas cock in mistake for the electric light to be out of order, allowed the cock to remain open, not detecting the odor of the gas. Another theory suggested was that Dr. Keyes when about to retire turned off the flame in the gas stove and turning the cock completely around, left it open.
Dr. Seaman expressed the belief that had the condition of Dr. and Mrs. Keyes been discovered fifteen minutes sooner their lives might have been saved. The young couple were in exceedingly good spirits and apparently in excellent health when they retired to their room. Dr. Henry E. Keyes, who was about twenty-nine years old, was a son of General Erasmus Darwin Keyes, who at one period of the Civil War commanded the Fourth Army Corps. The doctor was a brother of Francis C. Keyes of Austria and A.D. Keyes of San Francisco. He was also half-brother to Dr. Edward L. Keyes Jr., of 100 East Thirty-fourth Street, this city; W.S. Keyes of San Francisco, Mrs. B.C. Chetwood of 77 East Eighty-second Street, New York and Mrs. S.H. Gibson of Washington.
Dr. Henry E. Keyes studied in various schools abroad. He was graduated in chemistry at Heidelberg and two years ago he returned to this country and was appointed as an instructor in the Columbia University laboratory. He gave up the position after one term and was subsequently employed by a large chemical house. About the time of his return from Europe he married Miss Helen [should be Mary] Ward, an attractive young woman of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, daughter of a retired United States Army Captain. They had one child, now eight months old. Mrs. Keyes was about twenty-seven years of age. Until recently Dr. Keyes and his wife lived at 74 West Forty-sixth Street, this city. Both were exceedingly popular in the social circle in which they moved.
Immediately upon hearing of the sad occurrence at the Ardsley Casino, Dr. E.L. Keyes Jr., of this city, went to Ardsley-in-the-Hudson. He brought the two bodies to New York last night and had them taken to his residence.
General Keyes' son from his first marriage, Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes, married Sarah Maria Bissell, who was Mary's daughter from her first marriage to George W.P. Bissell.
The New York Times February 8, 1899
Dr. And Mrs. Keyes Killed
Asphyxiated by Gas in a Room in the Ardsley Casino
Had Come From A Barn Dance
Thought that Dr. Keyes Mistook Stopcock on a Gas Stove for an Electric Light Button
After a merry fancy dress barn dance on the estate of General Henry C. Griffin, at Ardsley-on-the-Hudson last Monday night, two of the most vivacious of the guests, Dr. Henry Elmo Keyes and his wife, of this city, retired to one of the guest rooms in the Ardsley Casino. At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning both were found asphyxiated by gas which had escaped from a gas stove.
Dr. Keyes and his wife went to Dobbs Ferry from New York on Monday afternoon. They had previously engaged room 24 at the Ardsley Casino. It was after 2 o'clock when the dance broke up and Dr. and Mrs. Keyes returned to the Casino with a number of other New Yorkers who had arranged to stay there over night. Mrs. Keyes retired at once to her room and her husband followed half an hour afterward, leaving instructions to be called at 9:30 o'clock.
Henry Wood, a club attendant, rapped repeatedly on the door of Room 24 at 9:30 o'clock, but got no response. Detecting a strong odor of gas, he hastily reported the circumstance at the office and the door of the room was forced open. The atmosphere of the room was so heavily charged with gas that it was with difficulty that the attendants were able to get to the windows to open them. Dr. Keyes and his wife were lying motionless on the bed, as though in peaceful slumber. The club attendants say that the gas was escaping at full head from the gas stove used to heat the room. To turn off the gas and send a messenger for a physician was the work of an instant.
Dr. Louis L. Seaman happened to be dressing in his room on the floor below when the startled cries of a chambermaid attracted his attention. He hurried upstairs and applied himself vigorously to the task of bringing the unconscious couple back to life. He was quickly joined by Dr. George A. Taylor and Lieut. Molinard. The physicians found the bodies of both Dr. and Mrs. Keyes warm and at the outset they felt hopeful of saving the lives of both. Artificial respiration was resorted to and hypodermic injections of sulphate of strychnia, digitalin and alcohol were tried. Drs. Seaman and Taylor labored incessantly for one hour and twenty minutes and exhausted every means of resuscitation at hand, but without avail. Coroner Miles of Yonkers was summoned.
Soon after Coroner Miles began his investigation he received word that his presence was required in court at White Plains. He, therefore, placed the Ardsley case in the hands of Dr. Perley H. Mason of Peekskill who held and inquest yesterday afternoon. The evidence taken embodied the facts as given and the verdict was accidental death resulting from asphyxiation caused by gas. Most of the witnesses agreed that the most plausible theory of how the gas came to be turned on, was that Dr. Keyes had tried to turn on the eclectic light. The button for this purpose is within two or three inches of the stop cock of the gas fixture. It is thought that Dr. Keyes turned the gas cock in mistake for the electric light to be out of order, allowed the cock to remain open, not detecting the odor of the gas. Another theory suggested was that Dr. Keyes when about to retire turned off the flame in the gas stove and turning the cock completely around, left it open.
Dr. Seaman expressed the belief that had the condition of Dr. and Mrs. Keyes been discovered fifteen minutes sooner their lives might have been saved. The young couple were in exceedingly good spirits and apparently in excellent health when they retired to their room. Dr. Henry E. Keyes, who was about twenty-nine years old, was a son of General Erasmus Darwin Keyes, who at one period of the Civil War commanded the Fourth Army Corps. The doctor was a brother of Francis C. Keyes of Austria and A.D. Keyes of San Francisco. He was also half-brother to Dr. Edward L. Keyes Jr., of 100 East Thirty-fourth Street, this city; W.S. Keyes of San Francisco, Mrs. B.C. Chetwood of 77 East Eighty-second Street, New York and Mrs. S.H. Gibson of Washington.
Dr. Henry E. Keyes studied in various schools abroad. He was graduated in chemistry at Heidelberg and two years ago he returned to this country and was appointed as an instructor in the Columbia University laboratory. He gave up the position after one term and was subsequently employed by a large chemical house. About the time of his return from Europe he married Miss Helen [should be Mary] Ward, an attractive young woman of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, daughter of a retired United States Army Captain. They had one child, now eight months old. Mrs. Keyes was about twenty-seven years of age. Until recently Dr. Keyes and his wife lived at 74 West Forty-sixth Street, this city. Both were exceedingly popular in the social circle in which they moved.
Immediately upon hearing of the sad occurrence at the Ardsley Casino, Dr. E.L. Keyes Jr., of this city, went to Ardsley-in-the-Hudson. He brought the two bodies to New York last night and had them taken to his residence.
He was the son of Union General Erasmus Darwin Keyes and Mary Loughborough (1831-January 1906), daughter of Hamilton Loughborough. Her place of burial is unknown as of September 20, 2015. General Keyes and Mrs. Bissell married in November 1862. It was a second marriage for both. Mary's first husband was George W.P. Bissell.
General Keyes' son from his first marriage, Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes, married Sarah Maria Bissell, who was Mary's daughter from her first marriage to George W.P. Bissell.
The New York Times February 8, 1899
Dr. And Mrs. Keyes Killed
Asphyxiated by Gas in a Room in the Ardsley Casino
Had Come From A Barn Dance
Thought that Dr. Keyes Mistook Stopcock on a Gas Stove for an Electric Light Button
After a merry fancy dress barn dance on the estate of General Henry C. Griffin, at Ardsley-on-the-Hudson last Monday night, two of the most vivacious of the guests, Dr. Henry Elmo Keyes and his wife, of this city, retired to one of the guest rooms in the Ardsley Casino. At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning both were found asphyxiated by gas which had escaped from a gas stove.
Dr. Keyes and his wife went to Dobbs Ferry from New York on Monday afternoon. They had previously engaged room 24 at the Ardsley Casino. It was after 2 o'clock when the dance broke up and Dr. and Mrs. Keyes returned to the Casino with a number of other New Yorkers who had arranged to stay there over night. Mrs. Keyes retired at once to her room and her husband followed half an hour afterward, leaving instructions to be called at 9:30 o'clock.
Henry Wood, a club attendant, rapped repeatedly on the door of Room 24 at 9:30 o'clock, but got no response. Detecting a strong odor of gas, he hastily reported the circumstance at the office and the door of the room was forced open. The atmosphere of the room was so heavily charged with gas that it was with difficulty that the attendants were able to get to the windows to open them. Dr. Keyes and his wife were lying motionless on the bed, as though in peaceful slumber. The club attendants say that the gas was escaping at full head from the gas stove used to heat the room. To turn off the gas and send a messenger for a physician was the work of an instant.
Dr. Louis L. Seaman happened to be dressing in his room on the floor below when the startled cries of a chambermaid attracted his attention. He hurried upstairs and applied himself vigorously to the task of bringing the unconscious couple back to life. He was quickly joined by Dr. George A. Taylor and Lieut. Molinard. The physicians found the bodies of both Dr. and Mrs. Keyes warm and at the outset they felt hopeful of saving the lives of both. Artificial respiration was resorted to and hypodermic injections of sulphate of strychnia, digitalin and alcohol were tried. Drs. Seaman and Taylor labored incessantly for one hour and twenty minutes and exhausted every means of resuscitation at hand, but without avail. Coroner Miles of Yonkers was summoned.
Soon after Coroner Miles began his investigation he received word that his presence was required in court at White Plains. He, therefore, placed the Ardsley case in the hands of Dr. Perley H. Mason of Peekskill who held and inquest yesterday afternoon. The evidence taken embodied the facts as given and the verdict was accidental death resulting from asphyxiation caused by gas. Most of the witnesses agreed that the most plausible theory of how the gas came to be turned on, was that Dr. Keyes had tried to turn on the eclectic light. The button for this purpose is within two or three inches of the stop cock of the gas fixture. It is thought that Dr. Keyes turned the gas cock in mistake for the electric light to be out of order, allowed the cock to remain open, not detecting the odor of the gas. Another theory suggested was that Dr. Keyes when about to retire turned off the flame in the gas stove and turning the cock completely around, left it open.
Dr. Seaman expressed the belief that had the condition of Dr. and Mrs. Keyes been discovered fifteen minutes sooner their lives might have been saved. The young couple were in exceedingly good spirits and apparently in excellent health when they retired to their room. Dr. Henry E. Keyes, who was about twenty-nine years old, was a son of General Erasmus Darwin Keyes, who at one period of the Civil War commanded the Fourth Army Corps. The doctor was a brother of Francis C. Keyes of Austria and A.D. Keyes of San Francisco. He was also half-brother to Dr. Edward L. Keyes Jr., of 100 East Thirty-fourth Street, this city; W.S. Keyes of San Francisco, Mrs. B.C. Chetwood of 77 East Eighty-second Street, New York and Mrs. S.H. Gibson of Washington.
Dr. Henry E. Keyes studied in various schools abroad. He was graduated in chemistry at Heidelberg and two years ago he returned to this country and was appointed as an instructor in the Columbia University laboratory. He gave up the position after one term and was subsequently employed by a large chemical house. About the time of his return from Europe he married Miss Helen [should be Mary] Ward, an attractive young woman of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, daughter of a retired United States Army Captain. They had one child, now eight months old. Mrs. Keyes was about twenty-seven years of age. Until recently Dr. Keyes and his wife lived at 74 West Forty-sixth Street, this city. Both were exceedingly popular in the social circle in which they moved.
Immediately upon hearing of the sad occurrence at the Ardsley Casino, Dr. E.L. Keyes Jr., of this city, went to Ardsley-in-the-Hudson. He brought the two bodies to New York last night and had them taken to his residence.
General Keyes' son from his first marriage, Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes, married Sarah Maria Bissell, who was Mary's daughter from her first marriage to George W.P. Bissell.
The New York Times February 8, 1899
Dr. And Mrs. Keyes Killed
Asphyxiated by Gas in a Room in the Ardsley Casino
Had Come From A Barn Dance
Thought that Dr. Keyes Mistook Stopcock on a Gas Stove for an Electric Light Button
After a merry fancy dress barn dance on the estate of General Henry C. Griffin, at Ardsley-on-the-Hudson last Monday night, two of the most vivacious of the guests, Dr. Henry Elmo Keyes and his wife, of this city, retired to one of the guest rooms in the Ardsley Casino. At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning both were found asphyxiated by gas which had escaped from a gas stove.
Dr. Keyes and his wife went to Dobbs Ferry from New York on Monday afternoon. They had previously engaged room 24 at the Ardsley Casino. It was after 2 o'clock when the dance broke up and Dr. and Mrs. Keyes returned to the Casino with a number of other New Yorkers who had arranged to stay there over night. Mrs. Keyes retired at once to her room and her husband followed half an hour afterward, leaving instructions to be called at 9:30 o'clock.
Henry Wood, a club attendant, rapped repeatedly on the door of Room 24 at 9:30 o'clock, but got no response. Detecting a strong odor of gas, he hastily reported the circumstance at the office and the door of the room was forced open. The atmosphere of the room was so heavily charged with gas that it was with difficulty that the attendants were able to get to the windows to open them. Dr. Keyes and his wife were lying motionless on the bed, as though in peaceful slumber. The club attendants say that the gas was escaping at full head from the gas stove used to heat the room. To turn off the gas and send a messenger for a physician was the work of an instant.
Dr. Louis L. Seaman happened to be dressing in his room on the floor below when the startled cries of a chambermaid attracted his attention. He hurried upstairs and applied himself vigorously to the task of bringing the unconscious couple back to life. He was quickly joined by Dr. George A. Taylor and Lieut. Molinard. The physicians found the bodies of both Dr. and Mrs. Keyes warm and at the outset they felt hopeful of saving the lives of both. Artificial respiration was resorted to and hypodermic injections of sulphate of strychnia, digitalin and alcohol were tried. Drs. Seaman and Taylor labored incessantly for one hour and twenty minutes and exhausted every means of resuscitation at hand, but without avail. Coroner Miles of Yonkers was summoned.
Soon after Coroner Miles began his investigation he received word that his presence was required in court at White Plains. He, therefore, placed the Ardsley case in the hands of Dr. Perley H. Mason of Peekskill who held and inquest yesterday afternoon. The evidence taken embodied the facts as given and the verdict was accidental death resulting from asphyxiation caused by gas. Most of the witnesses agreed that the most plausible theory of how the gas came to be turned on, was that Dr. Keyes had tried to turn on the eclectic light. The button for this purpose is within two or three inches of the stop cock of the gas fixture. It is thought that Dr. Keyes turned the gas cock in mistake for the electric light to be out of order, allowed the cock to remain open, not detecting the odor of the gas. Another theory suggested was that Dr. Keyes when about to retire turned off the flame in the gas stove and turning the cock completely around, left it open.
Dr. Seaman expressed the belief that had the condition of Dr. and Mrs. Keyes been discovered fifteen minutes sooner their lives might have been saved. The young couple were in exceedingly good spirits and apparently in excellent health when they retired to their room. Dr. Henry E. Keyes, who was about twenty-nine years old, was a son of General Erasmus Darwin Keyes, who at one period of the Civil War commanded the Fourth Army Corps. The doctor was a brother of Francis C. Keyes of Austria and A.D. Keyes of San Francisco. He was also half-brother to Dr. Edward L. Keyes Jr., of 100 East Thirty-fourth Street, this city; W.S. Keyes of San Francisco, Mrs. B.C. Chetwood of 77 East Eighty-second Street, New York and Mrs. S.H. Gibson of Washington.
Dr. Henry E. Keyes studied in various schools abroad. He was graduated in chemistry at Heidelberg and two years ago he returned to this country and was appointed as an instructor in the Columbia University laboratory. He gave up the position after one term and was subsequently employed by a large chemical house. About the time of his return from Europe he married Miss Helen [should be Mary] Ward, an attractive young woman of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, daughter of a retired United States Army Captain. They had one child, now eight months old. Mrs. Keyes was about twenty-seven years of age. Until recently Dr. Keyes and his wife lived at 74 West Forty-sixth Street, this city. Both were exceedingly popular in the social circle in which they moved.
Immediately upon hearing of the sad occurrence at the Ardsley Casino, Dr. E.L. Keyes Jr., of this city, went to Ardsley-in-the-Hudson. He brought the two bodies to New York last night and had them taken to his residence.
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