Robert Keely

b. circa September 1879
  • Father: John Keely b. circa 1840, d. 18 July 1888
  • Mother: Ella Neal b. 16 February 1846, d. 18 June 1897
  • Robert Keely was born circa September 1879 in Georgia.
  • The following appeared on 26 December 1902 in The Augusta Chronicle: (Atlanta, Dec. 25) Benjamin Neal Thornton, son of E. H. Thornton, president of the Neal Loan and Banking company, committee suicide tonight by shooting himself through the right temple in the room of his cousin, Robert Keely, at the Scotia apartment house. Thornton was about 30 years old and a prominent young society man. No cause for his act could be learned other than that he was in poor health.
  • Last Edited: 28 Mar 2012