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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Company
Springfield, ILL; 1884

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                                CHAPTER XXVII
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                             BEAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
                               Early Settlement

          GEORGE KEYS was born in the city of Manchester, England, June 13,
       1852, and is a son of JOHN and MARY KEYS.  JOHN KEYS was a boot and
       shoe maker by trade. GEORGE KEYS came to the United States in 1870,
       accompanied by a young sister, SARAH. Two sisters, JANE and ELIZA
       had preceded them here.  JANE is now a resident of Norwalk,
       Connecticut; ELIZA, of Mount Vernon, Ohio; and SARAH, of Cleveland,
       Ohio.  GEORGE KEYS, for eight years after coming to this country,
       lived at Norwalk, Connecticut, then went to Mount Vernon, Ohio,
       remaining till February, 1878. He then came to Iowa, and located in
       Washington township, Cass county, where he had charge of Dr.
       RUSSELL'S farm.  He then came to Bear Grove and bought a farm of
       sixty-five acres on section 8, where he lived two years, then sold
       and purchased his present farm, which contains sixty acres, located
       on the northwest quarter of the same section.  MR. KEYS was married
       at New Castle, Coshocton county, Ohio, on January 29, 1878, to
       MARTHA L. CLARK, a native of that county, born April 29, 1852, and
       daughter of JOSHUA and ELEANOR CLARK.  Her father still lives at the
       homestead in Coshocton county. Her mother died September 8, 1884.
       Mr. and Mrs. KEYS have had two children — JOHN RUSSELL, born
       November 8, 1878, and died August 8, 1880; and GEORGE LLOYD, born
       February 10, 1884.  Mr. KEYS' parents came to this county in 1874.
       After a short residence in Connecticut, they then went to Mount
       Vernon, Ohio, where his mother died, in 1880. His father died,
       September 16, 1884. One brother, JOHN KEYS, came from England
       in 1872, and now lives near Mount Vernon, Ohio.

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