allentown, pa. it was a tradition in the keiper family that the 1st of the name here was a settler of 1763; and doubtless the tradition is well founded, though the name does not appear in the assessment of 1764. john keiper, who came here in 1763, lived where franklin good now resides on 7th st. he died july 4, 1833, his sons were, john, peter, david, daniel and george. augustus, a son of john and catharine (keck) and annie seip, daus. of daniel, now reside in the city. sarah the oldest dau. of john keiper (first) married a massey. nancy w/o john wagner, soldier of the war of 1812, catharine married capt. john f. ruhe; and another dau. was the wife of john haines. henry keiper, a bro. of john (1st) was in the rev. army, fought at the battle of germantown, and after the war settled in allentown. he lived on walnut st near 6th. one of his daus., catharine married peter good, and was the mother of tilghman good; another, elisabeth married jacob hagenbuch. john, a son of henry keiper, is now r! epresented by a son, gabriel, who lived in allentown. getz, william of kidder twp, our subject is a native of pa. was born in monroe co. march 31, 1824, s/o conrad and margaret (weiss) getz, also native of that county. william, attended the public schools of monroe co. he married elizabeth, d/o joseph serfuss, now deceased. to them was born a family, of whom the following survive, emery, e.s., salome, wf of henry silfies, alice, wf of charles baumgardner, sabilla married harrison schmale, millard, ira, ulysses, william, clara, wf of john heimback, herbert and eddie. Best Wishes, Geri