Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 25 February 2004

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ABE KEEVER, grocer, Lebanon, was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1830; he is the son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Swanger) Keever, he a native of Clark Co., Ohio, where he was born in February, 1805, and she a native of Warren County, born Oct. 20, 1807. Our subject received his education in Warren County; his life was spent on the farm mostly, until 1864, when he embarked in the grocery occupation, having discontinued his bakery. He was married, Feb. 15, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Lamb, a native of Turtle Creek Township, and a daughter of Thompson and Ann (Benham) Lamb, the former an early settler of Warren County. By this union, six children were born, of whom three – Solon, Leonidas and Ruth – are the only survivors. Mr. Keever was a democrat in politics until the formation of the Greenback party, since which he has been identified with the latter party. Mr. Keever’s father, Anthony, died in Turtle Creek Township May 14, 1856, he was married in Turtle Creek Township and had nine children, of whom the following three are the only survivors: Abe, our subject; Isaac, a carpenter, of Union City, Ind., and Samuel W., a prominent farmer of Union Township, Warren Co. Our subject’s wife’s father, Thompson Lamb, was born in New Jersey Sept. 21, 1794, and emigrated to Turtle Creek Township in 1801; he was the son of Joseph Lamb, born in New Jersey Oct. 20, 1756, and died in Turtle Creek Township Aug. 8, 1828. Thompson was twice married, first, on April 18, 1816, to Caroline Stevenson, who was born July 18, 1798, and died Nov. 19, 1826, and the second time, Jan, 22, 1828, to Ann Benham, who was born in Washington Co., Penn., June 12, 1793, moved to Newport,