From WHO'S WHO IN TOPEKA 1905
McKeever, Edwin D. --Born near Hoyt, Jackson Co. Kansas, May 6, 1866; son of Archibald and Elvira (Means) McKeever; educated Washburn Coll.; read law in office of Johnson, Martin & Keeler; mem. Kan. Legislature 3 terms; chmn. House Judiciary Comm. 1898-99; speaker pro tem, 1900-01; apptd. ass't U.S. dist atty. for Kan. Jan. 1, 1902, and still holds that office; married Luetta M. Moller, June 15, 1893; to Topeka, 1884. Office: Federal Bldg, 5th and Kansas Ave.
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The Holton Recorder
October 11, 1923.
Ed McKeever, one of the leading attorneys of the Shawnee county bar for many years, died yesterday in a hospital in Chicago, where he had been taken two weeks ago for a serious operation. .
Arch McKeever, his son, at once started for the father's bedside, but a wire was received of Mr. McKeever's death shortly after the son had left Topeka.
Mr. McKeever was a self-made man. He was born on a farm near Hoyt, in Jackson county, May 6, 1866, the son of Archibald and Elvira McKeever.
He worked his way through Washburn college law school by carrying papers and doing odd jobs. For a time he acted as clerk in the law firm of Johnson, Martin & Keeler. He came here in 1884. He was graduated from college in 1888 and at once entered the practice of law. He was active in politics and served three terms in the state legislature. During the 1898-99 session he was chairman of the judiciary committee and during the session of 1900-01 he served as speaker
pro-tem.
The following year he was appointed assistant federal district attorney for Kansas and served in that capacity for four years. Leaving the federal attorneys' office he re-entered private practice of law with Robert Stone and James A. Troutman, with whom he had been associated in politics. Later, he withdrew from this firm and formed another with his son Arch, who had just been graduated from the Washburn college law school. For the past two years he had occupied himself little with private practice, confining most of his efforts to corporation law, though he made his record as a criminal practice lawyer a decade ago.
He was a director of the Kansas Reserve State bank, which he, with Mayor Earl Akers and Frank P. McLennon organized. He was also consul for the bank and attorney for the Physician's Indemnity association as well as attorney general for the Kansas Automobile Indemnity association of Fort Scott.
He was a member of the Topeka Country club, the Lake View Fishing and Hunting club and was one of the original members of the Saturday Night club. He was a member of the Episcopal church and at one time was vestryman. Though he was a member of the Country club he did not take great interest in golf but took his greatest pleasure in working on an eighty acre farm near Highland Park where he experimented with all kinds of alfalfa and was recognized as an authority on this branch of agriculture.
Mr. McKeever had two children, Archibald, 27, and Florence, 13. Archibald was the son of Mr. McKeever's first wife, Luetta Moller, whom he married June 15, 1892. Florence is the daughter of his second wife, Florence Martin, whom he married in 1908, a year after the death of his first wife. Florence Martin was a niece of the first Mrs. McKeever. The second wife died several years ago in Arizona, where she had been taken for her health. . He consented to an operation his physicians declared was necessary.
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McKeever, Edwin D. --Born near Hoyt, Jackson Co. Kansas, May 6, 1866; son of Archibald and Elvira (Means) McKeever; educated Washburn Coll.; read law in office of Johnson, Martin & Keeler; mem. Kan. Legislature 3 terms; chmn. House Judiciary Comm. 1898-99; speaker pro tem, 1900-01; apptd. ass't U.S. dist atty. for Kan. Jan. 1, 1902, and still holds that office; married Luetta M. Moller, June 15, 1893; to Topeka, 1884. Office: Federal Bldg, 5th and Kansas Ave.
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The Holton Recorder
October 11, 1923.
Ed McKeever, one of the leading attorneys of the Shawnee county bar for many years, died yesterday in a hospital in Chicago, where he had been taken two weeks ago for a serious operation. .
Arch McKeever, his son, at once started for the father's bedside, but a wire was received of Mr. McKeever's death shortly after the son had left Topeka.
Mr. McKeever was a self-made man. He was born on a farm near Hoyt, in Jackson county, May 6, 1866, the son of Archibald and Elvira McKeever.
He worked his way through Washburn college law school by carrying papers and doing odd jobs. For a time he acted as clerk in the law firm of Johnson, Martin & Keeler. He came here in 1884. He was graduated from college in 1888 and at once entered the practice of law. He was active in politics and served three terms in the state legislature. During the 1898-99 session he was chairman of the judiciary committee and during the session of 1900-01 he served as speaker
pro-tem.
The following year he was appointed assistant federal district attorney for Kansas and served in that capacity for four years. Leaving the federal attorneys' office he re-entered private practice of law with Robert Stone and James A. Troutman, with whom he had been associated in politics. Later, he withdrew from this firm and formed another with his son Arch, who had just been graduated from the Washburn college law school. For the past two years he had occupied himself little with private practice, confining most of his efforts to corporation law, though he made his record as a criminal practice lawyer a decade ago.
He was a director of the Kansas Reserve State bank, which he, with Mayor Earl Akers and Frank P. McLennon organized. He was also consul for the bank and attorney for the Physician's Indemnity association as well as attorney general for the Kansas Automobile Indemnity association of Fort Scott.
He was a member of the Topeka Country club, the Lake View Fishing and Hunting club and was one of the original members of the Saturday Night club. He was a member of the Episcopal church and at one time was vestryman. Though he was a member of the Country club he did not take great interest in golf but took his greatest pleasure in working on an eighty acre farm near Highland Park where he experimented with all kinds of alfalfa and was recognized as an authority on this branch of agriculture.
Mr. McKeever had two children, Archibald, 27, and Florence, 13. Archibald was the son of Mr. McKeever's first wife, Luetta Moller, whom he married June 15, 1892. Florence is the daughter of his second wife, Florence Martin, whom he married in 1908, a year after the death of his first wife. Florence Martin was a niece of the first Mrs. McKeever. The second wife died several years ago in Arizona, where she had been taken for her health. . He consented to an operation his physicians declared was necessary.
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From WHO'S WHO IN TOPEKA 1905
McKeever, Edwin D. --Born near Hoyt, Jackson Co. Kansas, May 6, 1866; son of Archibald and Elvira (Means) McKeever; educated Washburn Coll.; read law in office of Johnson, Martin & Keeler; mem. Kan. Legislature 3 terms; chmn. House Judiciary Comm. 1898-99; speaker pro tem, 1900-01; apptd. ass't U.S. dist atty. for Kan. Jan. 1, 1902, and still holds that office; married Luetta M. Moller, June 15, 1893; to Topeka, 1884. Office: Federal Bldg, 5th and Kansas Ave.
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The Holton Recorder
October 11, 1923.
Ed McKeever, one of the leading attorneys of the Shawnee county bar for many years, died yesterday in a hospital in Chicago, where he had been taken two weeks ago for a serious operation. .
Arch McKeever, his son, at once started for the father's bedside, but a wire was received of Mr. McKeever's death shortly after the son had left Topeka.
Mr. McKeever was a self-made man. He was born on a farm near Hoyt, in Jackson county, May 6, 1866, the son of Archibald and Elvira McKeever.
He worked his way through Washburn college law school by carrying papers and doing odd jobs. For a time he acted as clerk in the law firm of Johnson, Martin & Keeler. He came here in 1884. He was graduated from college in 1888 and at once entered the practice of law. He was active in politics and served three terms in the state legislature. During the 1898-99 session he was chairman of the judiciary committee and during the session of 1900-01 he served as speaker
pro-tem.
The following year he was appointed assistant federal district attorney for Kansas and served in that capacity for four years. Leaving the federal attorneys' office he re-entered private practice of law with Robert Stone and James A. Troutman, with whom he had been associated in politics. Later, he withdrew from this firm and formed another with his son Arch, who had just been graduated from the Washburn college law school. For the past two years he had occupied himself little with private practice, confining most of his efforts to corporation law, though he made his record as a criminal practice lawyer a decade ago.
He was a director of the Kansas Reserve State bank, which he, with Mayor Earl Akers and Frank P. McLennon organized. He was also consul for the bank and attorney for the Physician's Indemnity association as well as attorney general for the Kansas Automobile Indemnity association of Fort Scott.
He was a member of the Topeka Country club, the Lake View Fishing and Hunting club and was one of the original members of the Saturday Night club. He was a member of the Episcopal church and at one time was vestryman. Though he was a member of the Country club he did not take great interest in golf but took his greatest pleasure in working on an eighty acre farm near Highland Park where he experimented with all kinds of alfalfa and was recognized as an authority on this branch of agriculture.
Mr. McKeever had two children, Archibald, 27, and Florence, 13. Archibald was the son of Mr. McKeever's first wife, Luetta Moller, whom he married June 15, 1892. Florence is the daughter of his second wife, Florence Martin, whom he married in 1908, a year after the death of his first wife. Florence Martin was a niece of the first Mrs. McKeever. The second wife died several years ago in Arizona, where she had been taken for her health. . He consented to an operation his physicians declared was necessary.
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McKeever, Edwin D. --Born near Hoyt, Jackson Co. Kansas, May 6, 1866; son of Archibald and Elvira (Means) McKeever; educated Washburn Coll.; read law in office of Johnson, Martin & Keeler; mem. Kan. Legislature 3 terms; chmn. House Judiciary Comm. 1898-99; speaker pro tem, 1900-01; apptd. ass't U.S. dist atty. for Kan. Jan. 1, 1902, and still holds that office; married Luetta M. Moller, June 15, 1893; to Topeka, 1884. Office: Federal Bldg, 5th and Kansas Ave.
Added by JH
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The Holton Recorder
October 11, 1923.
Ed McKeever, one of the leading attorneys of the Shawnee county bar for many years, died yesterday in a hospital in Chicago, where he had been taken two weeks ago for a serious operation. .
Arch McKeever, his son, at once started for the father's bedside, but a wire was received of Mr. McKeever's death shortly after the son had left Topeka.
Mr. McKeever was a self-made man. He was born on a farm near Hoyt, in Jackson county, May 6, 1866, the son of Archibald and Elvira McKeever.
He worked his way through Washburn college law school by carrying papers and doing odd jobs. For a time he acted as clerk in the law firm of Johnson, Martin & Keeler. He came here in 1884. He was graduated from college in 1888 and at once entered the practice of law. He was active in politics and served three terms in the state legislature. During the 1898-99 session he was chairman of the judiciary committee and during the session of 1900-01 he served as speaker
pro-tem.
The following year he was appointed assistant federal district attorney for Kansas and served in that capacity for four years. Leaving the federal attorneys' office he re-entered private practice of law with Robert Stone and James A. Troutman, with whom he had been associated in politics. Later, he withdrew from this firm and formed another with his son Arch, who had just been graduated from the Washburn college law school. For the past two years he had occupied himself little with private practice, confining most of his efforts to corporation law, though he made his record as a criminal practice lawyer a decade ago.
He was a director of the Kansas Reserve State bank, which he, with Mayor Earl Akers and Frank P. McLennon organized. He was also consul for the bank and attorney for the Physician's Indemnity association as well as attorney general for the Kansas Automobile Indemnity association of Fort Scott.
He was a member of the Topeka Country club, the Lake View Fishing and Hunting club and was one of the original members of the Saturday Night club. He was a member of the Episcopal church and at one time was vestryman. Though he was a member of the Country club he did not take great interest in golf but took his greatest pleasure in working on an eighty acre farm near Highland Park where he experimented with all kinds of alfalfa and was recognized as an authority on this branch of agriculture.
Mr. McKeever had two children, Archibald, 27, and Florence, 13. Archibald was the son of Mr. McKeever's first wife, Luetta Moller, whom he married June 15, 1892. Florence is the daughter of his second wife, Florence Martin, whom he married in 1908, a year after the death of his first wife. Florence Martin was a niece of the first Mrs. McKeever. The second wife died several years ago in Arizona, where she had been taken for her health. . He consented to an operation his physicians declared was necessary.
Wednesday Topeka Capital.
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