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REV. EDWARD E. KEEDY, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Hadley, was born in Rohrersville, Washington County, Md., January 6, 1869, son of the Rev. David D. and Lucinda (Brechbill) Keedy. The ancestors of the family were early settlers in Washington County, the village of Keedysville being named in their honor. The Rev. David Keedy was connected with the United Brethren church, serving the church for a long time as Presiding Elder. He died in Keedysville, on January 12, 1895. His wife is still living, and resides in Keedysville. Mr. Keedy’s family consisted of nine children, all of whom are living. They are: Daniel, Louisa, Lillian, Cyrus, Horace, Edward E., John, Anna, and Homer.

Edward E. Keedy, after acquiring the rudiments of knowledge, began his more advanced studies in the college at Lebanon Valley in the fall of 1885. He graduated from that institution in 1889, and then attended the Yale Divinity School at New Haven for two years, and for one year filled the position of principal of the high school in Rohrersville, Md. At the end of this period he returned to the Yale Divinity School, and, after a year’s further study, was graduated, remaining in New Haven as a graduate student for one year. In April, 1894, he came to Hadley, and took charge of the First Congregational Church, in which position he has since remained. He was ordained to the ministry on October 17, 1894. The church of which he is pastor was organized in 1658, and is well known as one of the oldest churches in the State and the oldest west of Springfield.