James Silas McKeever
- Born: 22 Jan 1849, Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
- Marriage (1): Anna Mary Ellen Lauffer on 1 Jun 1876 in Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Died: 23 Apr 1924, South Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California at age 75
 General Notes:
James McKeever was a farmer in Penn Twp. until he was widowed and went to California where his son Frank Emerson lived and where he himself died. James kept a family Bible which included a record of his marriage by Rev. N. P. Hacke and the births, marriages, and deaths of his children (through 1906). According to family tradition, a diphtheria epidemic was responsible for the deaths of his daughters.
James married Anna Mary Ellen Lauffer, daughter of Isaac Lauffer and Lydia Fox, on 1 Jun 1876 in Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. (Anna Mary Ellen Lauffer was born on 12 Jul 1855 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, PA, christened in Herold's Reformed Church, Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania and died on 10 Nov 1920 in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.)
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