Herbert R. Keithley

Herbert R. Keithley

Herbert R Keithley, 1862-1921

• Father: Jacob Carter Keithley b. 4 March 1831, d. 24 July 1934
• Mother: Jane Neave Vawter b. 16 January 1837, d. 16 September 1922

• Herbert R. Keithley was born on 2 June 1862 in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri.
• Jacob Carter Keithley and Jane Neave Vawter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Elmwood Township, Saline County, Missouri. Other members of the household included Herbert R. Keithley, Irving W. Keithley, Flora Neave Keithley, Ella R. Keithley and George Eugene Keithley. Also in the household were two young farmers, James Barr and Franklin Gish.
• Jacob Carter Keithley and Jane Neave Vawter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Salt Springs, Saline County, Missouri. Other members of the household included Herbert R. Keithley, Irving W. Keithley, Flora Neave Keithley, Ella R. Keithley, George Eugene Keithley and Roland Hill Keithley.
• The following appeared on 30 July 1890 in the Denver Rocky Mountain News: Patent is granted Herbert R. Keithley of Denver for an electric railway.
• He married Ella Isabelle Tinker, daughter of John Barton Tinker and Frances Jane Mowry, on 11 October 1894 in Manhattan, New York, and following Kittie's death less than a year later, Herbert married her sister Hattie.
• Herbert R. Keithley became a widower at the 25 June 1895 death of his wife Ella Isabelle Tinker.
• Herbert R. Keithley arrived in the Port of New York on 28 December 1895, aboard the SS St. Louis from Southampton as a saloon passenger.
• He married Harriet Mabel Tinker, daughter of John Barton Tinker and Frances Jane Mowry, on 27 August 1896 in Manhattan, New York.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 219 Prospect Avenue. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley, Mary Madeline Keithley and Frank Tinker Keithley. Also in the household were two female domestic servants.
• He was a capitalist, according to the 1900 census.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, at 322 Norton Avenue. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley, Mary Madeline Keithley, Frank Tinker Keithley, Edward Tinker Keithley and Jane Neave Keithley.
• He was an electrical engineer with a street car company, according to the 1910 census.
• Frank Tinker Keithley registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, while living in Detroit at 997 Forest Avenue East, and employed there as an inspector by Masurel? Motor Car Company (Oakland Plant). He lists his father's address as Cleveland, Ohio.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at 216 Earl Road. Other members of the household included Mary Madeline Keithley, Edward Tinker Keithley and Jane Neave Keithley. Herbert is also enumerated as a lodger in Detroit.
• Herbert R. Keithley appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at 396 Greenwood Avenue boarding in the household of Ella Miller. He also is enumerated with his family in Michigan City.
• He was an inventor, according to the 1920 census.
• Herbert R. Keithley died on 19 February 1921 at age 58 in LaPorte County, Indiana.
• His wife Harriet Mabel Tinker became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana.

• Last Edited: 9 Aug 2015