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KEELEY, H. C. the only photograph artist in White Hall, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1844; reared amid the rugged mountains of this grand old State, until his sixth year, his parents then moved to Ohio, where the head of the family became a merchant; at the end of three years he moved to Indiana, where he entered into the dry goods business, at Bluffton, conducting a successful trade. With his father young Keeley clerked for three years. He was 17 when the war came on, and accordingly enlisted as a drummer boy. His regiment was known as the 12th Indiana; the regiment was soon on the march to the front, Mr. Keeley serving in the capacity of drum major; he was with Sherman in his famous march to the sea; also in the Potomac campaign. After the war closed he traveled extensively over the United States. At Winchester, Scott County, Ill., he first learned photography. Coming to White Hall, June, 1871, he opened a photograph gallery; a skillful workman, he secured a large patronage. In 1872 Mr. Keeley was married to Miss Belle Woods, of Winchester; has two children.