William Huestis Keller

Background

KELLER, William Huestis was born on August 11, 1869 in Montgomery Company, Maryland, United States. Son of Daniel S. and Martha E. (Huestis) Keller.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1891, Doctor of Laws, 1920, Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1893. Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1939.

Career

Bar, 1893, and began practice at Lancaster. Member Steinmetz & Keller, 1894-1899, Coyle & Keller, 1899-1919. First deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, 1915-1919.

Judge Superior Court of Pennsylvania since 1919, reëlected in 1929 and 1939. President judge since January 7, 1935. Delaware to Republican National Convention, 1908, 12.

Trustee Franklin and Marshall College.

Membership

Member Steinmetz & Keller, 1894-1899, Coyle & Keller, 1899-1919. Member American and Pennsylvania State bar associations, Pennsylvania Society S.R., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Sigma. Member Evangelical and Reformed Church.

Mason.; Clubs: Union League, University (Philadelphia).

• Member of Masons; S. of R. Pennsylvania German Society Clubs: Art of Philadelphia Hamilton, Country (Lancaster).

Connections

Married Anna Dickey, October 18, 1893. Children: Daniel S. (killed in action in France), Elizabeth D. (Mistress Robert E. Miller), Oliver J., Martha E. (Mistress Edmund Rowland), Mary D.

Father:

Daniel S. Keller

Mother:

Martha E. (Huestis) Keller

Spouse:

Anna Dickey

child:

Oliver J. Keller

child:

Martha E. Keller (Mistress Edmund Rowland)

child:

Mary D. Keller

child:

Elizabeth D. Keller (Mistress Robert E. Miller)

child:

Daniel S. Keller (killed in action in France)