John A. Keller
John A. Keller, farmer, P. O. Randolph, was born in Randolph Township, Portage Co., Ohio, July 14, 1846, son of Thomas (a farmer and shoe-maker), and Paulina Keller, natives of Germany, former born September 4, 1821, latter born June 27, 1825. They arrived in this county October 25, 1845, where they have since remained. They had a family of ten children. Our subject worked for his father till he was twenty-one years of age, commencing the trade of painter in 1859, and at this he worked until three years ago, when he turned his attention to farming exclusively. He was married, December 26, 1871, to Susan Rupright, born in Stark County, Ohio, October 3, 1852, daughter of William and Mary Rupright, natives of Pennsylvania, and who located in an early day in Stark County, Ohio, where they have remained ever since. To this union have been born five children, four now living: Cora L., born November 22, 1873; Dela A., born January 19, 1876; Mary A., born January 21, 1879, and Eva Elizabeth, born October 25, 1884. Gerty A., born December 11, 1872, died January 4, 1873. Mr. Keller has met with good success in life, and owns about seventy-eight acres, where he and his family reside. He is a member of the School Board, and in 1882 was Supervisor. Our subject is a member of the Catholic Church. His wife belongs to the German Lutheran denomination.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885