Background
KEIFER, Joseph Warren was born on January 30, 1836 in Clark Company, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Keifer.
KEIFER, Joseph Warren was born on January 30, 1836 in Clark Company, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Keifer.
Educated Antioch College.
In law practice at Springfield, O., 1858. President Lagonda National Bank, 1873-1927. Major 3d Ohio Infantry, April 27, 1861.
Lieutenant colonel, February 12, 1862. Colonel 110th Ohio Infantry, September 30, 1862. Bvtd.; brigadier general vols., October 19, 1864, “for gallant and meritorious services in battles of Opequan, Fisher’s Hill and Middletown, Virginia”.
Major general vols., April 9, 1865, for same, during campaign ending with surrender of General Lee. Wounded 4 times; honorary mustered out, June 27, 1865. Appointed lieutenant colonel, 26th United States Infantry, November 30, 1866, but declined.
Major general vols., June 9, 1898-May 12, 1899, Spanish-American War.
Author: Slavery and Four Years of War, 1900.
Member Ohio Senate, 1868-1869. Member 45th to 48th (speaker 47th, 1881-1883) Congresses (1877-1885), and 59th to 61st Congresses (1905-1911), 7th Ohio District Trustee Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, 1870-1878, 1903-1904, Antioch College, since 1873. National; member Perry’s Victory Centennial Commission, since 1911.
Married Eliza Stout, March 22, 1860 (died 1899). Children: Joseph Warren, William White, Horace Charles (deceased), Margarette Eliza (deceased).