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Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania

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  George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852) — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., December 6, 1778. Iron manufacturer; banker; chief burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833-34. Died in Reading, Berks County, Pa., August 20, 1852 (age 73 years, 258 days). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Susanna (de Benneville) Keim and John Keim; brother of Benneville de Benneville Keim; married, February 4, 1799, to Mary May; father of George May Keim; uncle of William High Keim; grandfather of George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893); great-grandfather of George de Benneville Keim (born 1884).
  Political family: Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benneville de Benneville Keim (1790-1872) — also known as Benneville Keim — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., November 30, 1790. Banker; hardware business; mayor of Reading, Pa., 1858-61; defeated (Republican), 1861. Died in Reading, Berks County, Pa., October 30, 1872 (age 81 years, 335 days). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Susanna (de Benneville) Keim and John Keim; brother of George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852); married, August 2, 1812, to Mary Hottenstein High; father of William High Keim; uncle of George May Keim; granduncle of George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893); great-granduncle of George de Benneville Keim (born 1884).
  Political family: Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George May Keim (1805-1861) — also known as George M. Keim — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., March 23, 1805. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1838-43; mayor of Reading, Pa., 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Died in Reading, Berks County, Pa., June 10, 1861 (age 56 years, 79 days). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (May) Keim and George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852); married 1827 to Julia Catharine Mayer; nephew of Benneville de Benneville Keim; uncle of George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893); granduncle of George de Benneville Keim (born 1884); first cousin of William High Keim.
  Political family: Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William High Keim (1813-1862) — also known as William H. Keim — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born near Reading, Berks County, Pa., June 13, 1813. Mayor of Reading, Pa., 1848-49; defeated (Whig), 1847; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in the military service at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., May 18, 1862 (age 48 years, 339 days). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Benneville de Benneville Keim and Mary Hottenstein (High) Keim; nephew of George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852); first cousin of George May Keim; first cousin once removed of George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893); first cousin twice removed of George de Benneville Keim (born 1884).
  Political family: Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., January 18, 1831. Democrat. Harness and saddle business; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887. Died, of pneumonia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 10, 1893 (age 62 years, 51 days). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of John May Keim and Helen (de Benneville) Keim; married to Sarah Childs and Elizabeth Archer Thomas; father of George de Benneville Keim (born 1884); nephew of George May Keim; grandson of George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852); grandnephew of Benneville de Benneville Keim; first cousin once removed of William High Keim.
  Political family: Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
George de_B. Keim George de Benneville Keim (b. 1884) — also known as George de B. Keim — of Edgewater Park, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 27, 1884. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932, 1940; member, Arrangements Committee, 1936; speaker, 1936; Secretary of Republican National Committee, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893) and Elizabeth Archer (Thomas) Keim; married, March 18, 1919, to Christina Bowers; grandnephew of George May Keim; great-grandson of George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852); great-grandnephew of Benneville de Benneville Keim; first cousin twice removed of William High Keim.
  Political family: Keim family of Reading, Pennsylvania.
  Image source: Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (1936)
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