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Henry C. Keasey
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HENRY C. KEASEY, who is identified with many interests in Butler County, owns a profitably conducted farm in Winfield Township, deals extensively in lumber and is
well known in the oil fields as a successful gas and oil operator. Mr. Keasey was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1849, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth Keasey. The Keaseys had been furnace men for many years and when Henry Keasey came to Butler County it was to become manager of the furnace which was then owned by Mr. Speer, at Winfield. This furnace was capably operated by Mr. Keasey as long as the business was continued. He then turned his attention to farming and invested in 200 acres of laud, which was formerly known as the Duff farm. On that property he spent the rest of his life, which closed on May 1, 1890. Henry C. Keasey was the second son of his parents and his educational advantages were such as were generally afforded to youths of his day and station. In 1881 he went to Karns City, Pennsylvania, and for three years was interested there in a hotel business and later conducted hotels at Bennett, Taunton and Saxton, Pennsylvania. His present place of residence is Cabot, Pennsylvania, where he erected his handsome stone residence, which is one of the few in the county equipped with modern improvements. His farm is generally conceded to be one of the best improved in Butler County, Mr. Keasey being both a scientific farmer and a landowner who takes pride in developing and improving. He is interested in oil and gas, as above mentioned, and has two wells now producing, while another is being drilled with every prospect of success. Mr. Keasey markets his products in this line to the Standard Plate Glass Company of Butler. His many interests require his presence at different points almost every day and in order to make each moment count, as a successful business man must do, he utilizes his large touring car, a handsome machine which has become a familiar sight on the highways in Winfield Township, where few others are yet in evidence. Mr. Keasey married Miss Fannie Burtner, who is a daughter of Philip Burtner. They had one child, which is now deceased. So active a business man as Mr. Keasey has little time to devote to politics, but he has always taken an interest in local affairs and formerly served the township both as constable and as tax collector. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias and belongs to the lodge at Allegheny. Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 636-637. |
