Person:Margaret Keely (2)

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Name Margaret Jane Keely
Gender Female
Birth? 17 Jan 1830 Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 12 Mar 1851 Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United Statesto Jacob Bixler
Death? 12 Jan 1912 Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States
Burial? Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States
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  1.   Margaret Jane Keely Bixler, in Find A Grave.

    Decatur Daily Democrat
    Adams County, Indiana
    Tuesday, Jan 16, 1912
    (Error in Decatur Obit abstracts)
    FUNERAL MONDAY
    Mrs. Margaret Jane Bixler Laid to Rest With Appropriate Service
    ONCE LIVED HERE
    With Her Daughter, Mrs. J. D. Meyers - Well Known Wells County Lady
    The J. D. Meyers family, Mr. and Mrs. George Henneford and others, were at Bluffton Monday afternoon, where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Meyers' mother, Mrs. Margaret Jane Bixler, whose death occurred Friday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Groh. For a while Mrs. Bixler made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Meyers, in this city, but went to Bluffton about six years ago to make her home with Mrs. Groh. Mrs. Bixler, who was born in Huntington County, Pa., January 17, 1830, would have reached her eighty-second birthday Wednesday. In early life Mrs. Bixler moved to Ohio and in Wooster, March 12, 1851, was married to Jacob Bixler. They afterwards moved to Bluffton, where he worked at his trade as a rope maker and there their five sons and three daughters were born.
    After a prolonged residence there, the family moved to Vera Cruz, where they opened the Bixler hotel, which was one of the earlier institutions of the kind in the county. A short time after he entered business, about forty-four years ago, Mr. Bixler passed away, his wife maintaining the institution until about ten years agao, when she went to make her home with her daughters. The old hotel building was torn down, but Mrs. Bixler retained the ground. Six of her eight children survive. They are Mrs. J. D. Meyers of this city; Scott, of Delphos, formerly of this city; Mrs. Fred Groh, Bluffton; William Bixler, Bloomington, Ill.; Harry Bixler, Huntington, and John Bixler of Bluffton.
    Mrs. Bixler became a member of the Christian church January 17, 1850 and since she had been a resident of Bluffton she was a member of the Reformed church.

    Family Members
    Parents
    Sebastian Keely
    1802–1877
    Catherine Shultz Keely
    1806–1883

    Spouse
    Jacob Bixler
    1827–1867 (m. 1851)

    Siblings
    Sarah Ann Keely Foncannon
    1833–1909
    Sattia Haines Keely Kline
    1836–1921
    Lucinda T. Keely Clark
    1836–1905
    Marie Steele Keely Mosure
    1847–1908

    Children
    Winfield Scott Bixler
    1852–1917
    William H Bixler
    1854–1919
    John Albert Bixler
    1856–1927
    Theresa K Bixler Meyer
    1858–1931
    Harry W Bixler
    1862–1924
    Sarah C Bixler Groh
    1865–1949