Biography

09/18/1848 - 01/24/1913


KEEFER, Benjamin Orrin, a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, September 18, 1848 in Madison, Westmoreland County, Pa.; teacher; engaged, mercantile business; deputy collector, United States Department of Internal Revenue (1889-1893); deputy treasurer, Westmoreland County (1894-1897); member, Westmoreland County Republican Committee; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1897 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1899 term; engaged, real estate business; died, January 24, 1913 in Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 


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