1. JOSEPH¹ KEELER, b. 02 Mar 1784 VA; d. 08 Jan 1878 in Sevier Co TN. He married 01 Sept 1805 in Sevier Co TN (1) CATHERINE FOX, daughter of ADAM FOX JR and ELIZABETH DERRICK. He married 16 Feb 1843 in Sevier Co TN, (2) NANCY HURST

Joseph Keeler is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cedar Springs Church, Sevier County, TN.

Joseph served during the War of 1812 having enlisted at Sevierville on 13 Nov 1814. He was a private in Company K under Capt. John Porter of the 5th Regiment commanded by Col. Edwin E. Booth. He was discharged on 20 May 1815. He applied for a pension November 1871.

Children of Joseph Keeler and Catherine Fox were as follows:

2   i. ELIZABETH² KEELER, b. 29 Dec 1804, Sevier Co TN; d. 03 Jan 1889, Sevier Co TN.

3   ii. JACOB KEELER, b. abt 1806 Sevier Co TN.

4  iii. JOHN DUGGAN KEELER, b. 24 Oct, 1807 Sevier Co TN; d. 13 July 1885, Sevier Co TN

5  iv. MARY FOX KEELER, b. 17 Dec 1809, Sevier Co TN; d. August 17, 1883, Sevier Co TN

6   v. JOHN ADAM KEELER, b. 1812, Sevier Co Tennessee; d. abt 1852, Sevier Co TN

    vi. WILLIAM MANSON KEELER, SR., b. 12 Nov 1813 Sevier Co TN. He married (1) NANCY MAHALA BAKER. He married (2) RACHEL BURCHFIELD.

7  vii. GEORGE KEELER, b. 1821, Sevier Co TN.

8 viii. CATHERINE KEELER, b. 10 Feb 1821, Sevier Co TN; d. 18 Sept 1904, Sevier Co TN

     ix. NANCY KEELER, b. 31 July 1823 Sevier Co TN; m. , 31 July 1843 in Sevier Co TN, JAMES MITCHELL DUGGAN.

9    x. MARK KEELER, b. 1828 Sevier Co TN; d. Sept 1895, Sevier Co TN.

     xi. MATILDA KEELER, b. 01 Mar 1830; m. JOHN FRAME.

 xii. JAMES M. KEELER, b. 02 July 1832. He married ISAPHENA REYNOLDS. James migrated to Pulaski Co KY.

                         Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH² KEELER (JOSEPH¹), b. 29 Dec 1804 in Sevier Co TN; d. 03 Jan 1889 in Sevier Co TN. She married 1822 in Sevier Co TN, WILSON L. DUGGAN, son of ROBERT DUGGAN and MARGARET DUNN.

Children of ELIZABETH KEELER and WILSON DUGGAN were as follows:

i. SIMEON DUGGAN

ii. LEMUEL DUGGAN; m. CLARISSA T. NICHOLS.

iii. PRYOR L. DUGGAN

iv. LISA DUGGAN

v. JACKSON DUGGAN

vi. MARGARET C. DUGGAN; m. JAMES ANDERSON THOMAS.

vii. WILLIAM HENRY DUGGAN; m. MARY C. ATCHLEY.

viii. WILSON L. DUGGAN

ix. ROBERT CAMPBELL DUGGAN; m. DICEY SHRADER.

3. JACOB² KEELER (JOSEPH¹) was born abt 1806. He married JANE ____.

Children of JACOB KEELER and JANE were as follows:

i. NANCY KEELER.

ii. MARY KEELER.

4. JOHN DUGGAN² KEELER (JOSEPH¹) b. 24 Oct, 1807; d. July 13, 1885 Sevier Co TN. He married (1) KATIE _____. He married 08 Apr 1832 in Sevier Co TN, (2) MARY ANN "POLLY" BAKER, daughter of SAMUEL BAKER and MARGARET MAE "PEGGY" MCMEANS.

Children of JOHN D. KEELER and MARY BAKER were as follows:

i. ALBERT ALEXANDER KEELER, b. 03 Feb 1833, Sevier Co TN;

ii. MARTHA JANE KEELER, b. 24 Oct 1835, Sevier Co TN; d. 02 Feb 1920, Pleasant Valley, Burnet Co, TX. She married DAVID PROFFITT.

iii. MAHALA CATHERINE KEELER, b. 06 July 1838, Sevier Co TN; d. October 11, 1843, Sevier Co TN

iv. MARGARET ELIZABETH KEELER, b. 17 Feb 1841, Sevier Co TN; d. 02 Oct 1843, Sevier Co TN.

v. SARAH ELIZABETH KEELER, b. 09 Sept 1844, Sevier Co TN

vi. AMANDA MELVINA KEELER, b. 20 Jan 1848, Sevier Co TN; d. 30 Oct 1926, Sevier Co TN

vii. SAMUEL PRESTON KEELER, b. 24 Dec 1850, Sevier Co TN; d. 27 Oct 1919, Brown Co TX; m. MARTHA ELIZABETH SEWARD.

viii. JULIA ANN KEELER, b. 24 Nov 1853, Sevier Co TN

ix. WILBURN ALONZO KEELER, b. 24 Oct 1856, Sevier Co TN; d. 1939 Denton Co TX; m. 19 July 1880 in Sevier Co TN, (1) NANCY "KITTY" FOX, b 19 Oct 1863, Sevier Co TN; d. 12 May 1935 Garvin Co OK, daughter of CALVIN FOX and MARGARET SHRADER; m. 28 Apr 1893 in Sevier Co TN, (2) MARGARET JANE ELIZABETH DOCKERY.

5. MARY FOX² KEELER (JOSEPH¹), b. 17 Dec 1809, Sevier Co TN; d 17 Aug 1883 in Sevier Co TN. She married JOHN BENSON, son of JAMES BENSON.

Children of MARY KEELER and JOHN BENSON are:

i. MATILDA CATHERINE³ BENSON, b. 26 May 1836, Sevier Co TN; d. 22 May 1910, Sevier Co TN.

ii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BENSON, b. Mar 1838, Sevier Co TN; d. 04 Feb 1907, Sevier Co TN.

6. JOHN ADAM² KEELER (JOSEPH¹), 1812 Sevier Co TN; d. 1852 Sevier Co TN. He married 29 Jan 1842 in Sevier Co. TN, MARY ANN MATILDA BAKER, b. 28 May 1824 in Sevier Co TN; d. 28 Feb 1898 Liberty Hill, Williamson Co TX, daughter of MARTIN CASWELL BAKER and ELIZABETH WEBB.

Notes for JOHN ADAM KEELER:

Known as Adam. He and Mary were married by Lemuel Bogart, JP.

Notes for Mary Ann Matilda Baker:

Migrated with her family to Williamson Co Texas in April of 1874, living first in the Hopewell community and later settling in Liberty Hill. She is buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery.

Children of JOHN ADAM KEELER and MARY ANN MATILDA BAKER are:

i. SARAH ELIZABETH³ KEELER, b. 27 Mar 1844, Sevier Co TN; d. 23 July 1929, Burnet County, Texas.

ii. ELIZA "LOUISA" KEELER, b. 1846 Sevier Co TN; d. in TX

iii. JAMES "JIM" CASWELL KEELER, b. 30 Sept 1847, Sevier Co TN; d. 05 Mar 1938, Liberty Hill, Williamson Co TX. He married ELIZA CASSANDER MCFARLIN.

iv.   SUSANNAH "SUSAN" M. KEELER, b. 19 June 1849, Sevier Co TN; m. Abt 1888 in Williamson Co TX, NAPOLEAN LAFAYETTE MCSPADDEN, b. 1830 Jefferson Co TN; d. 09 Jan 1917 Liberty Hill,Williamson Co TX, son of THOMAS ADDISON MCSPADDEN and SUSAN EPPRIGHT.

v. JOSEPH KEELER, b. 1848-1853, Sevier Co TN. He married in TX, MOLLIE MAYHALL and was the father of TILDEN KEELER, who at age 3 was living with Mary Ann Keeler in the 1880 Williamson county census. Mollie had died and Joseph left, it is unknown what became of him.

7. GEORGE² KEELER (JOSEPH¹) was born 1821 in Sevier Co TN. He married 11 June 1842 in Sevier Co TN, ELIZABETH V. "ELIZA/LOUISA" MCCLURE.

Notes: Elizabeth may have been the daughter of Robert McClure and Rebecca Mathews. This family migrated before 1860 to Pulaski Co KY.

Child of GEORGE KEELER and ELIZA MCCLURE is:

i. MARGARET KEELER, b. abt 1843. She married 10 June 1861 in Pulaski Co KY, HENRY SINGLETON REYNOLDS, son of PERRY GREEN REYNOLDS and NANCY SINGLETON.

8. CATHERINE² KEELER (JOSEPH¹), b. 10 Feb 1821 in Sevier Co TN; d. 18 Sept 1904 in Sevier Co TN. She married abt. 1842 in Sevier Co TN, JAMES H. BAKER, son of MARTIN CASWELL BAKER and ELIZABETH WEBB.

Children of CATHERINE KEELER and JAMES BAKER are:

i. LOUISA JANE BAKER, b. 25 Oct 1843, Sevier Co TN; d. 28 Dec 1922, Jefferson Co TN.

ii. WILLIAM BAKER, b. Abt. 1846, Sevier Co TN

iii. SUSANNAH M. "SUSIE" BAKER, b. Jan 1847, Sevier CoTN; d. 02 Sept 1914, Sevier Co TN.

iv. MATILDA BAKER, b. 14 Feb 1849, Sevier Co TN; d. 26 Feb 1850, Sevier Co TN

v. CATHERINE E. BAKER, b. 22 Feb 1852, Sevier Co TN; d. 01 Feb 1864, Sevier Co TN.

vi. JULIA M. BAKER, b. abt. 1854, Sevier Co TN

vii. SARAH E. BAKER, b. 27 Aug 1855, Sevier Co TN; m. MCDONALD "MACK" BROWN.

viii. JAMES CASWELL BAKER, b. 02 May 1858, Sevier Co TN

ix. MARY CORDELIA BAKER, b. 27 Feb 1859, Sevier Co TN; d. 17 Mar 1937, Sevier Co TN.

x. DICY J. BAKER, b. 12 Feb 1864, Sevier co TN; d. 24 May 1890, Sevier Co TN

9. MARK² KEELER (JOSEPH¹), b. 1828 in Sevier Co TN; Sept 1895 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He married (1) HULDA FOX. He married 24 Apr 1851 in Sevier Co TN, (2) REBECCA WALKER, daughter of JOHN WALKER.

This family migrated to Brown Co Tx.

Children of MARK KEELER and REBECCA WALKER are:

i. MARY ANN KEELER, b. 1852.

ii. JOHN C. KEELER, b. 1854.

iii. NANCY KEELER, b. 1855.

iv. JAMES JOSEPH KEELER, b. 1856.

v. WILLIAM C. KEELER, b. 1859.

vi. WINFIELD SCOTT KEELER, b. 1861.

vii. BENJAMIN W. KEELER, b. 1866.

viii. CHARLES NATHANIEL KEELER, b. 1869.

ix. SAMUEL MANSON KEELER, b. 1872.

Research by Jay Stephen Webb, Teresa Shands, and Sherry Johnson. Additional information available on some branches.