Life History

Notes

• Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
  Sarah Ann Wheeler
  Spouse Absolom Keith
  Marriage 13 Jan 1856 Carroll County, Georgia
  
  Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957
  A. B. Keith
  Gender Male
  Marriage 4 Jul 1869 Jackson [Clarke County], Alabama
  Spouse Nancy Ann Bullard
  Performed By Justice of the Peace
  
  Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921
  Abaslom [sic] Bly Keith
  Present P O Address 1907 Woodlawn [Jefferson County], Alabama
  Birth 18 May 1833 Punkin Town, Pickens, South Carolina
  First entered service as Private, [no date] Tallapoosa [Haralson County], Georgia
  Company E, 1st Georgia Cavalry
  Continued until Spring 1864 then was furloughed and went home, remained there until surrender
  
  Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921
  Absalom Blye Keith
  Residence 1921 Argo, Jefferson County
  Moved to Alabama 1855
  Birth 18 May 1833 Pickens, South Carolina
  Enlisted 1862 Possum Snout, Harrolson [Haralson] County, Georgia
  Private, Company E, 1st Georgia Infantry, capt William Lumlin, Col Gim [sic] Morrison
  Never wounded, 2 years service
  Wife [Name not given] age 78, born Tallegega [sinc, Talledega]
  Married 6 years [mar abt 1915] in Blount County [this appears to be Sarah Spruell, married 1912]
  Living Children:
  William Keith, Argo, Farmer
  Mollie Keith, Argo, Housewife
  Chas Jennings, Birmingham, Carpenter
  Arthur Mitchell, ??, Account Man
  2 April 1921
  Signed A B Keith (His Mark)
  
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  Abselom Blye Keith
  Birth May 18, 1833 Pickens County, South Carolina
  Death Aug. 12, 1923 Jefferson County, Alabama
  Abselom was married first to Sarah Ann A. Wheeler, 13 Jan 1856, then to Nancy Bullard, 4 July 1869, then to Sarah Spruell, 6 Oct 1912. The picture is of Abselom and Sarah Spruell.
  Parents:
  Joel Martin Keith (1792 - 1867)
  Mary Jane Roper Keith (____ - 1875)
  Spouse Nancy Ann Bullard Keith (1847 - 1907)
  Children:
  Sarah Lucinda Keith Ragsdale (1862 - 1946)
  William Clayton Keith (1866 - 1927)
  John Franklin Keith (1874 - 1914)
  Ada Keith Covey (1876 - 1977)
  
  Siblings:
  Rosa C. Keith Bates (1821 - 1894)
  Reuben Roper Keith (1822 - 1864)
  Samuel Anderson Keith (1824 - 1889)
  John B. Keith (1829 - 1864)
  Oliver Dyer Keith (1831 - 1914)
  Abselom Blye Keith (1833 - 1923)
  
  Burial Central Baptist Church Cemetery, Trussville, Jefferson County, Alabama
  
  Created by Jae Bon Dec 20, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #23504271, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23504271
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921
• 3. Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957
• 4. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944