THE KELLER FAMILY - STORIES!!

Keller, William Sr.

Not only fires made the news, but in 1912, Prentice was faced with a mystery. William Keller Sr. (grandfather of Bill Keller) former owner of a button factory in Heidlesheim, Germany, came to the United States at the age of 45 years, settling in Prentice. On October 13, 1912, he went to pick evergreens four miles south of the old Clemens farm south of Pennington. He never returned. About 200 men aided in the search but no trace of him could be found... not even the sacks that he used for this greenery could be located. A reward of $100 was offered for any knowledge concerning his whereabouts. He was an alert and spry man of 70 years. Could he have become lost and perished from exhaustion? Could he have become a victim of amnesia and simply wandered away? The mystery of his disappearance was never solved.