HISTORY OF WABASH COUNTY
Isaac Keller was born in Harrison County, Ind., December 1, 1823. His father, Jonathan Keller, Sr., was among the earliset settlers of this county. A native of Kentucky, he came to this county in 1828. He was well fitted for the hard life in the primeval forests--robust, brave and enduring. With his family, he settled in the woods, and commenced life in their new home in the most primeval style, their principal possessions consisting of a horse, gun, a little iron kettle in which they cooked their bear-meat and venison, and poverty. Mr. Jonathan Keller, Sr., was a mighty hunter, and the thrilling stories and heir-breadth escapes in which he participated would furnish material for a volume of adventures almost equal to those of Kit Carson. Their living consisted for a time almost entirely of the fruits of the chase, but as time wore on, and the ax of the white man made the mighty kings of the forest bow their heads, prosperity came into the clearing, and life became more easy. When five years of age, Mr. Isaac Keller, subject of this sketch, came with his parents to Wabash county. His early life was that of the backwoods boy of his day. The advantages for education were of the rudest type, but he gained such as was possible in the district schools. May 29, 1869, he was married to Miss Mahala Gallentine. They are the parents of four children, namely: Edward, born July 7, 1870; Mary A., born February 18, 1874; Bertha M., born March 23, 1876, and Fannie, born December 26, 1878. February 27, 1879, his wife died, and he at once assumed the care of his household alone. Mr. Keller owns a fine farm of 155 acres, and is a thoroughly enterprising and industrious farmer, and a real gentleman.
Isaac Keller was born in Harrison County, Ind., December 1, 1823. His father, Jonathan Keller, Sr., was among the earliset settlers of this county. A native of Kentucky, he came to this county in 1828. He was well fitted for the hard life in the primeval forests--robust, brave and enduring. With his family, he settled in the woods, and commenced life in their new home in the most primeval style, their principal possessions consisting of a horse, gun, a little iron kettle in which they cooked their bear-meat and venison, and poverty. Mr. Jonathan Keller, Sr., was a mighty hunter, and the thrilling stories and heir-breadth escapes in which he participated would furnish material for a volume of adventures almost equal to those of Kit Carson. Their living consisted for a time almost entirely of the fruits of the chase, but as time wore on, and the ax of the white man made the mighty kings of the forest bow their heads, prosperity came into the clearing, and life became more easy. When five years of age, Mr. Isaac Keller, subject of this sketch, came with his parents to Wabash county. His early life was that of the backwoods boy of his day. The advantages for education were of the rudest type, but he gained such as was possible in the district schools. May 29, 1869, he was married to Miss Mahala Gallentine. They are the parents of four children, namely: Edward, born July 7, 1870; Mary A., born February 18, 1874; Bertha M., born March 23, 1876, and Fannie, born December 26, 1878. February 27, 1879, his wife died, and he at once assumed the care of his household alone. Mr. Keller owns a fine farm of 155 acres, and is a thoroughly enterprising and industrious farmer, and a real gentleman.
HISTORY OF WABASH COUNTY
Isaac Keller was born in Harrison County, Ind., December 1, 1823. His father, Jonathan Keller, Sr., was among the earliset settlers of this county. A native of Kentucky, he came to this county in 1828. He was well fitted for the hard life in the primeval forests--robust, brave and enduring. With his family, he settled in the woods, and commenced life in their new home in the most primeval style, their principal possessions consisting of a horse, gun, a little iron kettle in which they cooked their bear-meat and venison, and poverty. Mr. Jonathan Keller, Sr., was a mighty hunter, and the thrilling stories and heir-breadth escapes in which he participated would furnish material for a volume of adventures almost equal to those of Kit Carson. Their living consisted for a time almost entirely of the fruits of the chase, but as time wore on, and the ax of the white man made the mighty kings of the forest bow their heads, prosperity came into the clearing, and life became more easy. When five years of age, Mr. Isaac Keller, subject of this sketch, came with his parents to Wabash county. His early life was that of the backwoods boy of his day. The advantages for education were of the rudest type, but he gained such as was possible in the district schools. May 29, 1869, he was married to Miss Mahala Gallentine. They are the parents of four children, namely: Edward, born July 7, 1870; Mary A., born February 18, 1874; Bertha M., born March 23, 1876, and Fannie, born December 26, 1878. February 27, 1879, his wife died, and he at once assumed the care of his household alone. Mr. Keller owns a fine farm of 155 acres, and is a thoroughly enterprising and industrious farmer, and a real gentleman.
Isaac Keller was born in Harrison County, Ind., December 1, 1823. His father, Jonathan Keller, Sr., was among the earliset settlers of this county. A native of Kentucky, he came to this county in 1828. He was well fitted for the hard life in the primeval forests--robust, brave and enduring. With his family, he settled in the woods, and commenced life in their new home in the most primeval style, their principal possessions consisting of a horse, gun, a little iron kettle in which they cooked their bear-meat and venison, and poverty. Mr. Jonathan Keller, Sr., was a mighty hunter, and the thrilling stories and heir-breadth escapes in which he participated would furnish material for a volume of adventures almost equal to those of Kit Carson. Their living consisted for a time almost entirely of the fruits of the chase, but as time wore on, and the ax of the white man made the mighty kings of the forest bow their heads, prosperity came into the clearing, and life became more easy. When five years of age, Mr. Isaac Keller, subject of this sketch, came with his parents to Wabash county. His early life was that of the backwoods boy of his day. The advantages for education were of the rudest type, but he gained such as was possible in the district schools. May 29, 1869, he was married to Miss Mahala Gallentine. They are the parents of four children, namely: Edward, born July 7, 1870; Mary A., born February 18, 1874; Bertha M., born March 23, 1876, and Fannie, born December 26, 1878. February 27, 1879, his wife died, and he at once assumed the care of his household alone. Mr. Keller owns a fine farm of 155 acres, and is a thoroughly enterprising and industrious farmer, and a real gentleman.
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