Robert C. (Cad) Keyes, 98, of 1520 South Second street, formerly of 908 West Lawrence avenue, one of Springfield's oldest residents, died at 9:05 a.m. today at Memorial hospital. He entered the hospital Aug. 18 for treatment of a hip fracture.
Mr. Keyes was born July 15, 1848, on a farm two miles east of Springfield, on the Washington street road opposite Bergan park, son of Gershon and Pricilla Keyes. With the exception of a few years spent in Decatur, Pana and Edinberg, he has spent his entire life in Springfield.
He was married to Flora B. Yowell in Decatur on March 13, 1884, and she preceded him in death on May 10, 1928. For many years he was employed as a book-keeper for Henson Robinson Co., retiring on 1928.
He was a charter member and president of the old Governor's Guard, which was organized in 1874. He attended the Rutledge Business college, later Brown's Business college, in 1868, and he was a member of the Douglas Avenue Methodist church.
Mr. Keyes, who was a staunch Republican, bade Abraham Lincoln goodbye the day he departed for Washington to become President on the United States. He contributed to the cost of Lincoln's monument by planting corn by hand for 50 cents a day.
When Lincoln's body was returned to Springfield, Mr. Keyes' father was a member of the committee that met the funeral train in Chicago, and accompanied it here. His grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Keyes, was a member of the historic Donner party and lies buried along the Oregon trail in Marshal county, Kansas.
Surviving are two sons, Robert H. Keyes, City and Donald R. Keyes of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; two daughters, Olive Keyes Shultz, city, and Cora Keyes Shuman of Dixon, Calif., and three grandchildren.
The body was taken to Thomas C. Smith Sons funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Douglas Avenue Methodist church. Rev. T. J. Maeshall Crapp will officiate and burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Daily Illinois State Register
September 9, 1946, Monday, page 1 & 2
Mr. Keyes was born July 15, 1848, on a farm two miles east of Springfield, on the Washington street road opposite Bergan park, son of Gershon and Pricilla Keyes. With the exception of a few years spent in Decatur, Pana and Edinberg, he has spent his entire life in Springfield.
He was married to Flora B. Yowell in Decatur on March 13, 1884, and she preceded him in death on May 10, 1928. For many years he was employed as a book-keeper for Henson Robinson Co., retiring on 1928.
He was a charter member and president of the old Governor's Guard, which was organized in 1874. He attended the Rutledge Business college, later Brown's Business college, in 1868, and he was a member of the Douglas Avenue Methodist church.
Mr. Keyes, who was a staunch Republican, bade Abraham Lincoln goodbye the day he departed for Washington to become President on the United States. He contributed to the cost of Lincoln's monument by planting corn by hand for 50 cents a day.
When Lincoln's body was returned to Springfield, Mr. Keyes' father was a member of the committee that met the funeral train in Chicago, and accompanied it here. His grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Keyes, was a member of the historic Donner party and lies buried along the Oregon trail in Marshal county, Kansas.
Surviving are two sons, Robert H. Keyes, City and Donald R. Keyes of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; two daughters, Olive Keyes Shultz, city, and Cora Keyes Shuman of Dixon, Calif., and three grandchildren.
The body was taken to Thomas C. Smith Sons funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Douglas Avenue Methodist church. Rev. T. J. Maeshall Crapp will officiate and burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Daily Illinois State Register
September 9, 1946, Monday, page 1 & 2
Robert C. (Cad) Keyes, 98, of 1520 South Second street, formerly of 908 West Lawrence avenue, one of Springfield's oldest residents, died at 9:05 a.m. today at Memorial hospital. He entered the hospital Aug. 18 for treatment of a hip fracture.
Mr. Keyes was born July 15, 1848, on a farm two miles east of Springfield, on the Washington street road opposite Bergan park, son of Gershon and Pricilla Keyes. With the exception of a few years spent in Decatur, Pana and Edinberg, he has spent his entire life in Springfield.
He was married to Flora B. Yowell in Decatur on March 13, 1884, and she preceded him in death on May 10, 1928. For many years he was employed as a book-keeper for Henson Robinson Co., retiring on 1928.
He was a charter member and president of the old Governor's Guard, which was organized in 1874. He attended the Rutledge Business college, later Brown's Business college, in 1868, and he was a member of the Douglas Avenue Methodist church.
Mr. Keyes, who was a staunch Republican, bade Abraham Lincoln goodbye the day he departed for Washington to become President on the United States. He contributed to the cost of Lincoln's monument by planting corn by hand for 50 cents a day.
When Lincoln's body was returned to Springfield, Mr. Keyes' father was a member of the committee that met the funeral train in Chicago, and accompanied it here. His grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Keyes, was a member of the historic Donner party and lies buried along the Oregon trail in Marshal county, Kansas.
Surviving are two sons, Robert H. Keyes, City and Donald R. Keyes of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; two daughters, Olive Keyes Shultz, city, and Cora Keyes Shuman of Dixon, Calif., and three grandchildren.
The body was taken to Thomas C. Smith Sons funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Douglas Avenue Methodist church. Rev. T. J. Maeshall Crapp will officiate and burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Daily Illinois State Register
September 9, 1946, Monday, page 1 & 2
Mr. Keyes was born July 15, 1848, on a farm two miles east of Springfield, on the Washington street road opposite Bergan park, son of Gershon and Pricilla Keyes. With the exception of a few years spent in Decatur, Pana and Edinberg, he has spent his entire life in Springfield.
He was married to Flora B. Yowell in Decatur on March 13, 1884, and she preceded him in death on May 10, 1928. For many years he was employed as a book-keeper for Henson Robinson Co., retiring on 1928.
He was a charter member and president of the old Governor's Guard, which was organized in 1874. He attended the Rutledge Business college, later Brown's Business college, in 1868, and he was a member of the Douglas Avenue Methodist church.
Mr. Keyes, who was a staunch Republican, bade Abraham Lincoln goodbye the day he departed for Washington to become President on the United States. He contributed to the cost of Lincoln's monument by planting corn by hand for 50 cents a day.
When Lincoln's body was returned to Springfield, Mr. Keyes' father was a member of the committee that met the funeral train in Chicago, and accompanied it here. His grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Keyes, was a member of the historic Donner party and lies buried along the Oregon trail in Marshal county, Kansas.
Surviving are two sons, Robert H. Keyes, City and Donald R. Keyes of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; two daughters, Olive Keyes Shultz, city, and Cora Keyes Shuman of Dixon, Calif., and three grandchildren.
The body was taken to Thomas C. Smith Sons funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Douglas Avenue Methodist church. Rev. T. J. Maeshall Crapp will officiate and burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Daily Illinois State Register
September 9, 1946, Monday, page 1 & 2
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