Keeler, John Gridley

Abt 1814 - Bef 1860  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Keeler, John Gridley
  Birth	Abt 1814	Onondaga County, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Hastings, Oswego, New York   [2]
  	Occupation: Cooper. Household: John G Keeler 36, Sally Keeler 27, Florilla Keeler 6, Ides M Keeler 3
  Land	1850 - 1851	Hastings, Oswego, New York   [3, 4]
  	1 Jun 1850 Bought 1 acre of Land from Elijah D. Phelps for $35. Land was located on the south side of the highway at the eastern edge of Elijah's land. 3 Jun 1851 Sold his land to Orris C. Orman for $150.
  Land	10 Aug 1853	Clay, Onondaga, New York   [5]
  	Gridley Keeler was a member of a group including Ira Fancher, Joseph Campbell, Ambarvalia Fancher, William McKinley, Clark Bouton of Clay and Thomas McKinley of Cicero who bought 1/8 of an acre for $1 for a cemetery from Lewis Fancher and Rachel Fancher his wife of the Town of Clay. This cemetery is now known as the Fancher Cemetery or Fancher Family Cemetery.
  Residence	14 Jun 1855	Clay, Onondaga, New York   [1]
  	Occupation: Cooper. Residence: Log house. Household: (with age, New York County birthplace) John G. Keeler 4? b. Onondaga, Sally Keeler 31 b. Albany, Florilla Keeler 11 b. Oswego Idis M. Keeler 8 b. Oswego Anna Keeler 4 b. Oswego Elzh Keeler 8/12 b. Onondaga
  Death	Bef 1860	Clay, Onondaga, New York
  Burial	Fancher Cemetery, Clay, Onondaga, New York, USA
  	Gridley Keeler was one of the party that purchased the land for the cemetery. [5]
  Person ID	I1469	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Keeler, Martin,   b. 1784, Connecticut
  Mother	Northrop, Nancy,   b. 8 Mar 1789, Connecticut d. 19 Feb 1847 (Age 57 years)
  Notes	I have listed John Gridley Keeler as a son of Martin and Nancy Keeler, but the evidence is circumstantial. He was the right age to have been Martin and Nancy's child, and he lived very near to Clark Phelps, Edmund D. Phelps, and Era D. Ladd, who had married his presumed sisters Laura Jane, Sarah Ann and Susan M. Keeler. All of Martin and Nancy's children lived near Martin's property in Hastings. John G.'s in-laws lived a few miles away across the Oneida River in Clay, Onondaga County. On 1 Jun 1850 John G. bought 1 acre of land from Elijah D. Phelps, the father-in-law of two of John's presumed sisters, but in the next year Elijah Phelps, his sons, Era Ladd and their families all left Hastings. Coincident with the departure of his presumed sisters, John G. sold his property and moved with his family to Clay near his in-laws. Finally, he appears to have been named after John Gridley, the prosperous tanner and leather goods dealer in the Town of Onondaga who bought Martin Keeler's property in 1821.
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fancher, Sally M.,   b. 5 Mar 1823, Berne, Albany, New York, USA d. Bef 1860, Clay, Onondaga, New York (Age 36 years)
  Notes	iv. Sally M., b. 5 March 1823, d. in Clay; m. 25 Dec. 1843, Gridley Keeler. Four children. [6]
  Children	+ 1. Keeler, Florilla,   b. Abt 1844, New York + 2. Keeler, Idus M.,   b. 10 May 1847, Hastings, Oswego, New York d. 19 Aug 1932, Logan County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 85 years) + 3. Keeler, Anna,   b. Abt 1851, Hastings, Oswego, New York d. 21 Mar 1933 (Age ~ 82 years) + 4. Keeler, Elizabeth Catherine,   b. Oct 1854, New York d. 27 Mar 1943, New York (Age ~ 88 years)
  Family ID	F519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2013

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Residence - Occupation: Cooper. Household: John G Keeler 36, Sally Keeler 27, Florilla Keeler 6, Ides M Keeler 3 - 1850 - Hastings, Oswego, New York Land - 1 Jun 1850 Bought 1 acre of Land from Elijah D. Phelps for $35. Land was located on the south side of the highway at the eastern edge of Elijah's land. 3 Jun 1851 Sold his land to Orris C. Orman for $150. - 1850 - 1851 - Hastings, Oswego, New York Land - Gridley Keeler was a member of a group including Ira Fancher, Joseph Campbell, Ambarvalia Fancher, William McKinley, Clark Bouton of Clay and Thomas McKinley of Cicero who bought 1/8 of an acre for $1 for a cemetery from Lewis Fancher and Rachel Fancher his wife of the Town of Clay. This cemetery is now known as the Fancher Cemetery or Fancher Family Cemetery. - 10 Aug 1853 - Clay, Onondaga, New York Residence - Occupation: Cooper. Residence: Log house. Household: (with age, New York County birthplace) John G. Keeler 4? b. Onondaga, Sally Keeler 31 b. Albany, Florilla Keeler 11 b. Oswego Idis M. Keeler 8 b. Oswego Anna Keeler 4 b. Oswego Elzh Keeler 8/12 b. Onondaga - 14 Jun 1855 - Clay, Onondaga, New York Death - Bef 1860 - Clay, Onondaga, New York Burial - - Fancher Cemetery, Clay, Onondaga, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Map showing the approximate locations of lands owned by Phelps and Keeler family members in Hastings, Oswego, New York. Properties of 1. Elijah D. Phelps, 2. Edmund D. Phelps (m. Sarah Ann Keeler), 3. Simeon S. Phelps, 4. William D. Phelps, 5. John G. Keeler, 6. Era D. Ladd (m. Susan M. Keeler), and 7. Martin Keeler. The location of Martin Keeler's land is not certain because of ambiguities in the property description. The original map was from the New topographical atlas of Oswego County, New York published by C. K. Stone, 1867, found in the New York State Library in Albany. Call number: 912.74767 fAs82.

  
  

  Headstones

  Keeler, John Gridley headstone. In view of the very small size of the graveyard and the fact that Gridley Keeler was among those who purchased the land for the graveyard, the small stones inscribed J.K. and S.K. undoubtedly had once marked the graves of John Gridley Keeler and Sally Fancher Keeler. In Dec, 2013, these stones were sitting on the surface of the ground near the center of the graveyard and may no longer have been near the actual graves.

  
  

• Notes

  I have listed John Gridley Keeler as a son of Martin and Nancy Keeler, but the evidence is circumstantial. He was the right age to have been Martin and Nancy's child, and he lived very near to Clark Phelps, Edmund D. Phelps, and Era D. Ladd, who had married his presumed sisters Laura Jane, Sarah Ann and Susan M. Keeler. All of Martin and Nancy's children lived near Martin's property in Hastings. John G.'s in-laws lived a few miles away across the Oneida River in Clay, Onondaga County. On 1 Jun 1850 John G. bought 1 acre of land from Elijah D. Phelps, the father-in-law of two of John's presumed sisters, but in the next year Elijah Phelps, his sons, Era Ladd and their families all left Hastings. Coincident with the departure of his presumed sisters, John G. sold his property and moved with his family to Clay near his in-laws. Finally, he appears to have been named after John Gridley, the prosperous tanner and leather goods dealer in the Town of Onondaga who bought Martin Keeler's property in 1821. John and Sally both died before 1860 and their children were taken into the homes of relatives and neighbors.

  
  

• Sources

  [S200] 1855 New York State Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-25847-10968-91?cc=1937366&wc=M99Q-NS4:794847341. [S93] 1850 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration), Hastings, Oswego, New York; Roll: M432_578; Page: 280A; Image: 322. [S164] Deed, Oswego County, New York, Book 55, p. 554. [S164] Deed, Oswego County, New York, Book 56, p.398. [S164] Deed, Onondaga County, New York, Book 126, p.98. [S198] William Hoyt Fancher, The Fancher Family, (Printed at Cabinet Press, Milford, N.H. 1947), p. 64.