Keeler, Laura Jane^[1]

1812 - 1911  (99 years)

• Name	Keeler, Laura Jane
  Birth	31 Jan 1812	Oswego County, New York
  	Birth date from back of photograph.
  Gender	Female
  Land	1 Dec 1854	Adams County, Wisconsin   [2]
  	Laura Phelps bought 80 acres; E1/2 NE1/4 Section 21 Twp 17N Range 7E.
  Death	15 Mar 1911	Olmsted County, Minnesota   [3]
  Burial	Center Grove Cemetery, Douglas, Olmsted, Minnesota
  	Section 3E 14
  Person ID	I180	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Keeler, Martin,   b. 1784, Connecticut
  Mother	Northrop, Nancy,   b. 8 Mar 1789, Connecticut d. 19 Feb 1847 (Age 57 years)
  Notes	I have listed John Gridley Keeler as a son of Martin and Nancy Keeler, but the evidence is circumstantial. He was the right age to have been Martin and Nancy's child, and he lived very near to Clark Phelps, Edmund D. Phelps, and Era D. Ladd, who had married his presumed sisters Laura Jane, Sarah Ann and Susan M. Keeler. All of Martin and Nancy's children lived near Martin's property in Hastings. John G.'s in-laws lived a few miles away across the Oneida River in Clay, Onondaga County. On 1 Jun 1850 John G. bought 1 acre of land from Elijah D. Phelps, the father-in-law of two of John's presumed sisters, but in the next year Elijah Phelps, his sons, Era Ladd and their families all left Hastings. Coincident with the departure of his presumed sisters, John G. sold his property and moved with his family to Clay near his in-laws. Finally, he appears to have been named after John Gridley, the prosperous tanner and leather goods dealer in the Town of Onondaga who bought Martin Keeler's property in 1821.
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phelps, Clark,   b. 19 Jun 1807, Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont d. 12 Mar 1897, New Haven, Olmsted, Minnesota (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1832	Hastings, New York   [4]
  	The date of marriage is listed as April 4 in the text and April 5 in the figure on p 17 of VOW's Ottman book.
  Children	1. Phelps, Jane,   b. 15 Feb 1833, New York d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Phelps, Elvira,   b. 28 Feb 1834, New York d. 28 Nov 1902 (Age 68 years) + 3. Phelps, Ellen,   b. 12 Jun 1837, New York d. 17 Oct 1909 (Age 72 years) + 4. Phelps, Charles M.,   b. 1839, New York d. 5 Dec 1917, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)   5. Phelps, Ralph,   b. 26 Feb 1841, New York d. 8 Mar 1921, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA (Age 80 years)   6. Phelps, Susan Julina,   b. 21 Apr 1844   d. 26 Feb 1846 (Age 1 year) + 7. Phelps, Elma Julina,   b. 24 May 1846, Oswego County, New York d. 7 Oct 1923, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 31 Jan 1812 - Oswego County, New York Land - Laura Phelps bought 80 acres; E1/2 NE1/4 Section 21 Twp 17N Range 7E. - 1 Dec 1854 - Adams County, Wisconsin Death - 15 Mar 1911 - Olmsted County, Minnesota Burial - - Center Grove Cemetery, Douglas, Olmsted, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Phelps, Laura Jane and Clark at their home. The label at lower right is in the distinctive handwriting of Nellie Ottman Wilson.
  		Phelps, Laura Jane Keeler Nellie Ottman Wilson wrote on the back of the photo: "Laura J. Keeler Phelps. Born: Jan 31 - 1812 in Oswego Co., New York. Died: March 14 - 1911 at Genoa, Minn."
  		Phelps, Laura Jane Keeler Written on the back: Taken Oct 26, 1910 at Mrs Dermotts. Age 97 years 9 months.
  		Phelps, Laura Jane Keeler Photo provided by Cathy Kuhl from Susan Phelps Boyd's photo album.

  
  

  Headstones		Phelps and Ottman Gravestones L to R: John M. Ottman and Elvira Phelps Ottman pillar, Dewitt G. Ottman and Elma J. Phelps Ottman stone, and Clark Phelps and Laura J. Keeler Phelps pillar.
  		Phelps, Laura Jane Keeler Inscription: Laura J. Phelps Born Jan. 31, 1813 Died Mar. 14, 1911

  
  

• Notes

  Viktor Wilson wrote that she died at 98 yrs 42 days of age, but he did not give her birth date. She smoked a pipe. Once when suprised by vistors she put the pipe in her apron pocket to hide it and set her apron on fire. (Research):In 1910 she was living with her son-in-law Dewitt Ottman and his family in New Haven, Olmsted, Minnesota (US Census). Birth date and burial information from Minnnesota Cemetery Inscription Index (Ancestry.com). There is a one day discrepancy between the dates of death in the Cemetery Inscription Index and the Minn Death Cert Index.

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Dewitt and Elma Ottman Family, (Privately Published, 1988, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), pp 15, 16. [S51] Federal Land Patent or Warrant, (U.S. Federal Bureau of Land Management web site http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/), Document Nr. 46620. [S11] Minnesota Hist. Soc. Death Certificate Index, certid# 1911-MN-008717. [S20] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Dewitt and Elma Ottman Family, (Privately Published, 1988, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), p 15-17.