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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 10/19/1853
Birth Place: Virginia
Party Affiliation: Whig
Assemblies Served:
Senate: LA1 (1838) - LA2 (1839)
Home County: Van Buren
Isham Keith
Van Buren County
Born in Virginia in 1785. He married his wife, Mary, in Virginia before moving to Tennessee, and later to Iowa. Mr. Keith was a blacksmith by trade. He resided in Bonaparte, Van Buren County. He served as foreman of the grand jury for the first court in Van Buren County (1837). He also was a member of the first board of commissioners of the county which held its first meeting on May 4, 1837, in Farmington. He served in the Territorial Legislative Assembly, 1838, representing Van Buren County. He died in Van Buren County, Iowa on October 19, 1853.
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