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Parents: James C. and Susannah (Reed) Keeter
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OriginalNotes: Marion Co., Indiana Will Index, 1822-1938 Rufus G. Keeter, T 35

Marion Co. Marriage Records:
Rufus G. Heeter m. Josie Hatton, Jan. 8, 1889, bk. 21, p. 575

1889 Indianapolis City Directory:
Rufus G. Heeter, grocer, 282 S Illinois, res. Same

Crown Hill Cemetery: Rufus G. Keeter
buried 6/29/1904, sec. 37, lot 1115

ST. LOUIS AND CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, August 1904, p. 390
R. G. Keeter, formerly a well known photographer of Indianapolis, died June 27th of tuberculosis, at the home of his brother in Danville, Ind. A mother, three brothers and two sisters survive.


Posted by "Ken" on Flickr [viewed 2 March 2015]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94058635@N04/15408867157/in/pool-2275190@N23/
Rufus G. Keeter was born in 1855 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the son of James C. Keeter (1831-1870) and Susannah Reed (born 1830). Rufus was a raised on a farm in Rutherford, and in 1860 was living with his parents and four siblings in Cathey’s Creek, NC. In 1870, he was living with his widowed mother and five siblings in Rutherford, NC, where he was a farm laborer. Like his brother Joseph Keeter, Rufus relocated to Indiana. In 1880, he was a farm hand in Guilford, Hendricks County, Indiana, and was living with his widowed mother and three siblings. In 1885 Rufus was working as moulder, but in 1886 he partnered with younger brother James Keeter (1862-1927) to form Keeter Brothers photography studio in Indianapolis, but this apparently only lasted for a year or two. On 8 January 1889, Rufus married Josephine Hatton (1865-1902); the couple does not appear to have had children. Rufus continued to work as a photographer in Indianapolis through 1904. He passed away on 27 June 1904.
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CATNUM: 353
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OriginalSource: ca. 1880s cabinet card: Keeter Bros. (successors to Bryant) 230 W. Washington St.

Posted by "Ken" on Flickr [viewed 2 March 2015]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94058635@N04/15408867157/in/pool-2275190@N23/
Rufus G. Keeter was born in 1855 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the son of James C. Keeter (1831-1870) and Susannah Reed (born 1830). Rufus was a raised on a farm in Rutherford, and in 1860 was living with his parents and four siblings in Cathey’s Creek, NC. In 1870, he was living with his widowed mother and five siblings in Rutherford, NC, where he was a farm laborer. Like his brother Joseph Keeter, Rufus relocated to Indiana. In 1880, he was a farm hand in Guilford, Hendricks County, Indiana, and was living with his widowed mother and three siblings. In 1885 Rufus was working as moulder, but in 1886 he partnered with younger brother James Keeter (1862-1927) to form Keeter Brothers photography studio in Indianapolis, but this apparently only lasted for a year or two. On 8 January 1889, Rufus married Josephine Hatton (1865-1902); the couple does not appear to have had children. Rufus continued to work as a photographer in Indianapolis through 1904. He passed away on 27 June 1904.

[NOTE: Did Rufus have two brothers who were photographers: James and Joseph P.?]
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OriginalSource: 1887-88 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1331

1890-91 Polk's Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1206

1895-96 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 985 (Rufus G. Keeter)
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OriginalSource: ca. 1900 photos

1890 Polk's Indianapolis CD, p. 461, 885, h. same; p. 462: Susan Keeter (wid James) b. 6 1/2 E. Washington

1891 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis City Directory
p. 894 Photographers: Rufus G. Keeteer, 6 1/2 E Washington

1892 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis City Directory
p. 938 Photographers: Rufus G. Keeter, 6 1/2 E Washington

The Blue Book for Amateur Photographers American Edition, 1895, p. 241, R. G. Keeter

1895 Polk's Indianapolis City Directory, p. 941, Photographers: Rufus G. Keeter, 6 1/2 E Washington

1898 Polk's Indianapolis City Directory, p. 1074
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OriginalSource: ca. 1900 portrait, embossed stamp on recto

1900 Polk's Indianapolis City Directory, 
p. 1227 Photographers: Rufus G. Keeter, 39 S Illinois
p. 601 Rufus G. Keeter, 39 S. Illinois, h 1020 N. Illinois
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