Henry George Keilman
b. 2 January 1855, Perry County, Indiana, to Jacob and Katharine (Knieriem) Keilman
d. 13 April 1925, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
m. 29 June 1884, Perry County, Indiana
Carolina Carrie Anna Ploch
b. 15 January 1856, Perry County, Indiana
d. 16 May 1931, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
Children with Carolina Carrie Anna Ploch:
- Burton “Burt” Wesley Clarence (b. 1885) married (1) Adeline Goffinet, (2) Pearl Glenn Rosenbaum
- Alta Suzanna (1887-1950) married Jesse Omer Waggoner
- Ernestine “Tena” Catherine (1890-1945) married Clyde Holmes
- Carrie May (b. 1893) married Frank A. Little
- Corinne (1897-1976) married Melvin Kenneth Bellows
Henry resided in Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana. He moved to Mercer County, Illinois, about 1900.
Henry Keilman’s mother, a German immigrant, spoke no English, like many immigrant women of the time. Henry stayed in Indiana in spite of plans to move to Illinois after a younger brother raced off to that same location, until his mother died and could be buried with her husband. By the time Henry arrived in Illinois, the best farmland was already occupied.
Submitted by:
Jessie-Mae Sanderson
Livonia MI
Once a Hoosier...Always a Hoosier 
Hello, Do you have an obituary for Henry George Keilman? He was the foster or adopted father for my grandma’s brother, Sheridan Springston. Family story says that Sheridan ran away from the Keilmans as a teen, changed his name and joined the military. He was in WWI under the name William H Condon. I wondered if there was any mention of him in obituary. Thanks, Mel
The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois)
04 Apr 1925, Sat
Page 14
Henry Keilman,
Aledoan, DEAD
(Special to Argus)
Aledo, Ill., April 4. – Henry G. Keilman, 70, died at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the family home south of Aledo after an illness of five weeks. Pneumonia, which followed influenza, resulted in his death.
He was born in Oriole, Perry county, Ind., Jan 2, 1855, and married Mrs. Carrie A. Plock in 1884 at Rome Ind. They farmed near Oriole until 1912 when they moved to Mercer County, location on a farm north of Seaton. They resided there until 1919 when they retired from farming and moved to Aledo. He was a member of the Methodist church.
He is survived by the widow and a son, Burton of Merrimac, Wis., and four daughters, Mrs. Jessie Wagoner, Muncie, Ind.; Mrs. Clyde Holmes, Aledo; Mrs. Frank Little, Millersburg, and Mrs. M.K. Bellows, Cedar Falls, Iowa. He also leaves a brother, J.C. Keilman, of Seaton and a sister, Mrs. Dan Schrader of Oriole, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Aledo Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. Sidney A. Gutherie, officiating, assisted by Rev. G.L. McNevin, pastor of the Aledo Baptist church. Interment will be in the Aledo cemetery.