Edwin Cantron Keithly
b. 21 February 1819, d. 5 September 1885
- Father: Levi Keithley b. 15 May 1794, d. 28 October 1875
- Mother: Fannie White b. 23 January 1796, d. 12 October 1835
- Edwin Cantron Keithly was born on 21 February 1819 in Pike County, Missouri.
- He married Mary Ellen Alexander, daughter of James Alexander and Margaret Musick, on 25 August 1846 in Ralls County, Missouri, with George Waters, Elder in the Church of Christ, officiating. And Mary's brother Allen married Edwin's sister Mary, and her father's second wife was Edwin's sister Martha.
- Edwin Cantron Keithly and Mary Ellen Alexander appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Ralls County, Missouri, living next door to Mary Ellen's father James Alexander and his wife, Edwin's sister Martha.. Other members of the household included James Alexander Keithly and Levi Coleman Keithly.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- Edwin Cantron Keithly died on 5 September 1885 at age 66 in Center, Ralls County, Missouri.
- His wife Mary Ellen Alexander became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Olivet Cemetery, Center, Ralls County, Missouri.
- Last Edited: 8 Aug 2015
Family: Mary Ellen Alexander b. 17 June 1828, d. 17 September 1902
- James Alexander Keithly b. 10 August 1847, d. 13 February 1931
- Levi Coleman Keithly b. 28 November 1848, d. 19 November 1935
- Robert L. Keithly b. 24 February 1850, d. 25 February 1923