Marriage:
Elizabeth Francis Freed
George Spencer Hunt
January 12, 1887
Haven Township, Sherburne, Minnesota
| Parents: Marriage: |
Jacob Falls Keller Elizabeth Francis Freed George Spencer Hunt January 12, 1887 Haven Township, Sherburne, Minnesota |
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| Children: | Freed Keller | May 26, 1888 | † Aug. 20, 1958 |
| N. K. | Aug. 7, 1889 | † Sept. 28, 1967 | |
| Florence Annette | Feb. 18, 1891 | † Oct. 24, 1967 | |
| Infant girl | Dec. 2, 1891 | ||
| Helen "Nellie" Louise | Nov. 12, 1892 | † Feb. 27, 1949 | |
| John | Dec. 8, 1893 | † 1893 | |
| Robert Lee "Lee" | Sept. 23, 1895 | † Mar. 11, 1987 | |
| Viola Alleane | Dec. 20, 1897 | † Aug. 15, 1971 | |
| Heartie Elizabeth | Apr. 6, 1900 | † Apr. 11, 1987 | |
| Harry Ward | June 5, 1902 | † Jan. 6, 1933 | |
| Notes: | At the time of the August 1870 U.S. Census, Osceola was 9 years old and living with her parents, 4 siblings and |
| Geo. W. Fall (age 47) on the family farm in Pastures Township, Augusta,
Virginia. The farm was worth $1,000 and her father's personal estate was estimated at $200 [Source: 1870
U.S. Census, Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, Roll M593-1634, p. 385]. At the time of the June 5, 1880 U.S. census, Osceola was 18 years old and living with her parents and 5 siblings in Pastures Township, Augusta, Virginia. Rae Bordua comments on her great-grandmother: "Osceola's name comes from that of Osceola or Asiyaholi, a famous half-breed Creek Indian (called Seminole by the whites). Asi is likely from assi, the Creek word for "black drink," a sacred tea brewed from the leaves of the yaupon holly; yaholi is the name of a Creek deity intoned at the same time black drink was served. Asiyaholi, or Osceola, might be translated as Black Drink Singer. "The Seminole chief's fame derives from his capture under a flag of truce by federal troops in Florida in 1837. Following orders issued by General Thomas Jesup, the officers ignored the white flag and seized Osceola and his men. They were taken to St. Augustine and placed in cells in Fort Marion, the renamed stone Spanish castillo. Jesup would spend the rest of his career trying to justify his dishonorable act to the American public, while Osceola became an instant folk hero, a symbol of Indian resistance in the face of the army's duplicity. Politicians and abolitionists opposed to President Martin Van Buren's courting of southern voters and the perpetuation of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policies cited Osceola's capture as another black mark against the government's honor. "Following Osceola's death in prison, his popularity soared. Towns, counties, steamboats, schools, hotels and children -- including my great-grandmother -- were all named after him." |
| Ancestry: | The Johannes Keller Line |
| The Webster-Hunt Line [through marriage] | |
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