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Abraham Keller

Birth
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Death
11 Jul 1846 (aged 59)
Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Abraham Keller, aged 59 years, died at his residence in Perry Twp. this county (Gallia) on Saturday the 11th of July. On the Monday previous, about an hour or two before sunset, he commenced cutting grass in his meadow with a sharp scythe, and with smooth ground and good grass he indulged in the pleasure of seeing how much he could cut by sundown. The consequence was, with the thermometer at 90, he became very much heated and took large draughts of cold spring water, after which he lay down on the fresh-cut grass where he remained until nightfall. On getting up he felt a vivid pain in his back and went to his dwelling complaining of great prostration. Medical aide was procured, but to no purpose. A reaction could not be produced and he gradually sank until the following Saturday, when he closed his eyes in death, leaving seven sons and seven daughters to mourn their irreparable loss. In the varied relations of life, Mr. Keller performed his duties with strict fidelity. He had for many years been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Transcribed from Ben Keller's "The Descendants of Conrad Keller"
Mr. Abraham Keller, aged 59 years, died at his residence in Perry Twp. this county (Gallia) on Saturday the 11th of July. On the Monday previous, about an hour or two before sunset, he commenced cutting grass in his meadow with a sharp scythe, and with smooth ground and good grass he indulged in the pleasure of seeing how much he could cut by sundown. The consequence was, with the thermometer at 90, he became very much heated and took large draughts of cold spring water, after which he lay down on the fresh-cut grass where he remained until nightfall. On getting up he felt a vivid pain in his back and went to his dwelling complaining of great prostration. Medical aide was procured, but to no purpose. A reaction could not be produced and he gradually sank until the following Saturday, when he closed his eyes in death, leaving seven sons and seven daughters to mourn their irreparable loss. In the varied relations of life, Mr. Keller performed his duties with strict fidelity. He had for many years been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Transcribed from Ben Keller's "The Descendants of Conrad Keller"

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Thought to be buried at Copeland cemetery in Perry Twp in Gallia county Ohio(Source: Gallia County Genealogical Society's cemetery index)

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