IMPT BIO:HENRY 1856 Tusc. Co OH s/o Adam+Maria (Schrock)
HENRYDKEIM,comes of stanch German extraction and was himself born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 13th of October, 1856, being a son of Adam and Maria (Schrock) Keim, of whose ten children the following six are still living:Sarah, who is the wife of George Hand, of Canton township;Elizabeth, who is the wife of John H. Miller, of Nimishillen township;Nancy, who is the wife of Henry Sell, also of that township;Albert, who is engaged in farming in Nimishillen township;Jacob, who is a farmer of Marlboro township, and Henry D., the immediate subject of this sketch.The father of these children was born in the state of Maryland, in the year 1832, being a son of Solomon and Elizabeth Keim, with whom he came to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, when he was a boy, and being there reared to maturity on a farm.After his marriage he continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits in that county until 1866, all of his children having been born there, and in the year mentioned he removed with his family to Stark county and here purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Nimishillen township, the place now being owned by Adam Rennier.Here he continued to actively follow farming until about 1884, when he disposed of the property and forthwith purchased a small home place near Center Church, that township, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred in the year 1888.In politics he was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and his religious faith was that of the German Baptist church, of which his wife also was a devoted adherent.He was a half-brother of the father of John Keim, of whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this volume.The mother of the subject was born in Tuscarawas county, in 1831, and she died in 1863, at the early age of thirty-two years, and later Mr. Keim consummated a second marriage, being united to Mrs. Rebecca Snyder, who was the widow of David Snyder and whose maiden name was Reisley, there being no children born of this marriage.
Henry D. Keim, the immediate subject of this review, was reared under the sturdy discipline of the home farm and in the public schools of the period received his early educational training.He remained at home until he had attained his legal majority, when he returned to Tuscarawas county,where he was born, and there worked as a farm hand for one year, after which he came back to Stark county and for the following sixteen months was employed as a clerk in the hardware establishment of Keim & Sons, in the village of Louisville.While engaged, on Christmas day of the year 1879, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Huffman, who was born in Plain township, this county, being the daughter of John Huffman, who was a prominent and influential farmer of that township, where he died in 1888.The spring following his marriage Mr. Keim gave up his position in the hardware store and took charge of his father-in- law's farm, which he continued to operate for the ensuing two years, after which, in 1882, he removed to the farm now owned by William Warstler, the same having been at the time likewise a portion of Mr. Huffman's estate. Here he remained successfully engaged in farming until 1888, when he purchased and removed to his present home farm of sixty acres, in section 6, Osnaburg township, and this he has developed into one of the best farms in this section of the county.He has been a scientific agriculturist and that he has had the ability to apply his knowledge in a practical way is evident when the fact is noted that when he took possession of his present place it was badly run down and the fertility of the original soil much impaired from lack of proper attention.Though a comparatively small place it is now one of unexcelled fertility and productiveness and from it the subject secures as large returns as do many other from farms of much greater area.He has one of the finest herds of Jersey cows in the county, and in the year 1891 he produced form this source nearly a ton and half of butter, which commanded topnotch prices in the market.For the past four years he ahs been agent for the DeLaval cream separator, and in 1901 he made the second highest record of sales in the line in the state, while with the close of the present year his record of business stands double that of previous years.he is progressive and public-spirited to a degree and is not only known as one of the model farmers and dairyman of the county, but is also fortunate in having so ordered his course as to retain the unequivocal confidence and esteem of all who know him.In politics Mr. Keim maintains an independent attitude, and he is at the present time a member of the school board of his district.he and his wife hold membership in the River Brethren church.The home circle is brightened by the presence of their two daughters, Lettie and Bessie, and the family is prominent in the social life of the community.