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Amos Elmer Keyser

Male 1868 - 1926  (57 years)


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  • Name Amos Elmer Keyser  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] 
    Birth 24 Dec 1868  Limestone, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 26] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1870  Webster, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Residence Post Office: Beelers Station
    Residence 1880  Washington, Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    Military mobilization 28 Apr 1898  Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    Residence 1900  Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    Military promotion 22 Feb 1900  Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    Occupation Bet. 1903 and 1919  Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20, 21] 
    motorman 
    Residence 1903  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    _MILT 24Dec1908  Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 24Dec1908 - 26Mar1909, 01Jun1909 - 13Apr1917
      Corporal > 1st Sargeant > 2nd Lieutenant > 1st Lieutenant
      6m @ Mexican border 1916-17
      WWS
    Residence 1909  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Residence 1910  Pittsburgh Ward 13, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    Residence 1912  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Residence 1916  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Vicksburg trip and military orders 24 Oct 1917  Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 
    Washington DC trip 9 Mar 1918  Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Residence 1920  Pittsburgh Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    Visit from Chittendon family 31 May 1921  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Visit to Parents 31 May 1921  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Emma and sons visit Amos family 11 Jul 1922  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [33] 
    Family visit 27 Jul 1922  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    Family visit 6 Sep 1922  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [35] 
    Visit with parents 26 Sep 1922  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [36] 
    Visit to Parents 26 Jun 1923  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [37] 
    Visiting mother 26 Jun 1923  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [38] 
    Visitors 11 Jul 1923  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [39] 
    Dinner party 25 Jul 1923  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [40] 
    Visitors 29 Aug 1923  Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [41] 
    Residence Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Relation to Head: Soldier
    Residence Pittsburg Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Residence Transfer, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Death 28 Apr 1926  South Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 10, 15] 
    Burial Fairpoint, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10, 15] 
    Person ID I379  Parlett-Stancliff | Lucas
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Father John Love Keyser,   b. 6 Jul 1842, Pease, Belmont, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1896, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Martha Mae Heaton,   b. 2 Feb 1845, Wood County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1897, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1865  Washington, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna L. White,   b. 12 Sep 1866, Shepherdstown, W. Va Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1929, New Athens, Harrison, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1889  Bellaire, Belmont, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 42, 43] 
    Children 
    +1. Emma Vera Keyser,   b. 20 Feb 1890, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1971, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +2. William Charles Keyser,   b. 29 Jul 1891, Bellaire, Belmont, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1969, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. Guyan Irvin Keyser,   b. 3 Jan 1893, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1968, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Eleanor Keyser,   b. Abt. 1916, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef. 1929 (Age 12 years)
    Family ID F585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

  • Notes 
    • '''== Biography =='''

      '''FINDAGRAVE''': Elmer Amos Keyser
      Birth: 1868 West Virginia, USA Death: Apr. 28, 1926 PA
      Served: Pennsylvania 1 Lieut III Inf 28 Div Parents: John Love Keyser (1842 - 1896) Martha A Heaton Keyser (1845 - 1897) Siblings: Emma V Keyser Gillespie (1865 - 1952)* Elmer Amos Keyser (1868 - 1926) Alva Grant Keyser (1872 - 1956)*

      Burial: Unity Cemetery Fairpoint Belmont County Ohio, USAPlot: Sec 4 Lot 11 Created by: Janice Oberlin Smarr Record added: Dec 07, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 62652048

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      '''Elmer Amos Keyser's Tin Lizzie'''
      '''From Donna Cator's Snippets of Biographies:'''https://snippetbiographies.blogspot.com/2016/07/elmer-amos-keysers-tin-lizzie.html
      My brother-in-law had a great uncle who died while cranking his Model T Ford! I have heard jokes about people kicking the bucket when they cranked their Tin Lizzies, but this biography snippet is reality. The Tin Lizzies were manufactured from 1908 to 1927; I have no idea which model or year his was. Some came with electric starters after 1919, so his likely was an older model. And they all came in black about that time.
      A Model-T has only two speeds - high and low. And a Tin Lizzie has only rear wheel brakes. And it has a spark, an important thing for it to have.
      There is a lever next to the steering wheel which advances (lever down) or retards (lever up) the spark. To start cranking, the Model T uses the lever up or retard position. To not use the lever up position is to endanger one's personal space while standing in the path of a potential moving vehicle. Vehicle kick. Not good.
      So, Great Uncle Elmer Amos Keyser would have set the car to retard mode (lever up).
      There he would have turned the Magneto or Off or Battery switch. That switch must ultimately be in Battery mode, unless the battery is dead; then the Magneto came in handy.
      As we all likely know, the hand crank is located in the front of the car (yep, step in front of your Model-T which is always in gear UNLESS it is remembered that the rear brakes must be fully set first! A memory lapse means you get mowed down. Bad start of a road trip, Elmer Amos did not get mowed down.
      And that crank is right below what could be a sizzling radiator. Elmer Amos had to pull out a wire ring, the choke, at the lower left corner of this cold or hot radiator, all the while facing the car.
      With the Magneto switch engaged properly, he would have pushed the crank in and given it a mighty turn! He should have only needed to crank the engine one or two turns and a tad bit more till he had ignition. Coils buzz. If the engine is warm it may start now. Cold starting evidently could mean cranking it with his right palm only. His fingers and thumb all needed to be on the same side of the crank.
      He likely would have quickly pulled up the crank and the engine should have powered up, so he could hop into the car and give the throttle some rev. And the road trip begins.

      Did I get all that cranking stuff right? Hope so, but not sure!
      However it should have occurred, Elmer Amos supposedly was struck in the head with the crank and ultimately he died.
      On April 28, 1926 in Greenville Pennsylvania, at the age of 58, Elmer Amos Keyser died while hand cranking his Model T Ford at his farm, 5 miles west of Greenville. The death certificate said he died of acute heart dilatation which lasted for 10 minutes. It could have been solely from the exertion of a "cranky" car and a head injury caused by the crank itself when the Model T fought starting. Family tradition "says" the switch was in magneto mode which would definitely indicate the car was not easy to start this time. But it is more likely that head injury was combined with a final moment of heart disease erupting into the acute heart dilatation. Sad.
      He was born in West Virginia in 1867 , married his wife Annie White on April 3, 1889 in Belmont, OH, farmed in PA, and died there, and was returned to OH for burial. His widow Annie died in OH three years later at age 62 of uterine and ovarian cancer.

      Info on Cranking a Model T from:
      http://www.barefootsworld.net/ford-t-4-beginners.html

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      Occupation as Glass mixer :: Date: 1900

      '''==SOURCES=='''

      1880 United States Federal Census

      1900 United States Federal Census

      1910 United States Federal Census

      Ancestry Family Trees

      Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900

      Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964
      Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948

      U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

      U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963

      West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938

      '''Elmer Amos Keyser's Tin Lizzie'''
      '''From Donna Cator's Snippets of Biographies:'''https://snippetbiographies.blogspot.com/2016/07/elmer-amos-keysers-tin-lizzie.html

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