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ISAAC W. KELLER was born in Noble County, Ohio, September 29, 1828, and died at the home of his daughter in Omaha, Nebraska, April 3, 1923. Burial was at Mount Ayr, Iowa. He removed from Ohio to Ringgold County, Iowa, in 1855, farmed for three years, then removed to Mount Ayr, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1860 and began practice. In 1859 he was elected county judge and served until the county judge system was abolished in 1860. On August 9, 1862, he enlisted as first sergeant in Company G, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, was promoted to second lieutenant December 3, 1864, and resigned at Mobile, Alabama, May 30, 1865. On returning home he associated with W. T. Laughlin in the practice of law. In 1867 he was elected senator and served in the Twelfth and Thirteenth general assemblies. In 1870 he returned for three years to his farm. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors and served a three-year term. In 1873 he engaged in the lumber business at Mount Ayr, which he continued for seven years. In 1879 he resumed the practice of law, which he followed successfully for many years, and the same year he was again elected senator and served in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth general assemblies. He also held a number of town and township offices.