ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO 
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Transcribed by Cherre Loftus Flynn.

THE HISTORY OF ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO
            WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
               OF ITS PIONEERS AND MOST PROMINENT MEN
              Published in Philadelphia by Williams Brothers in 1878

  General Henry Keyes is an only child; was born on the 16th day of November,
  1793, in New Marlboro', Massachusetts.  His parents, Elias and Phebe Keyes,
  removed from that point to Ohio, in 1814, and made settlement in Conneaut
  Township.  The education of the General was obtained in his native State prior to
  his removal to Ohio; arriving here his life has been spent in farming, he being now
  an extensive landowner and capitalist.  He has held numerous offices in his
  township; was first mayor of the village of Conneaut.  The title by which he is
  familiarly known was given him years since, he having been commissioned as
  such in the State Militia.  January 19, 1819 he was married to Mary Cale, of
  Conneaut.  The children of this untion are Henry P., born February 14, 1820;
  married Sarah M. Huntington.  Alvin C., born October 25, 1821; married Minnie
  Rupp.  These two children reside at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Mary C., the next child,
  was born November 14, 1823; she married Edward Grant, now living in
  Conneaut.  In 1824 occurred the death of Mrs. General Keyes, and on July 9,
  1829, he was again married, to Vesta Bates, from Cummington, Massachusetts.
   Seven children have been born to them, viz., Marcus B, who married Louis
  Gordon, deceased; Martin B., married Anna Eliza Lloyd; Charles W., died in
  1854; Elias A., married Charlotte E. Trenton; Phebe A., Russel M., and Milo O.
   Of these, all reside in Conneaut, except those designated above.
  Politically, General Keyes is Republican.  He is a Mason and a member of
  Evergreen Lodge, No. 222, Conneaut, Ohio."