Charles Greenwood Keetch, Jr.

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Birth: Sep. 12, 1861 Utah, USA

Death: May 27, 1926 Wardboro Bear Lake County Idaho, USA

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volumne 4

Keetch, Charles G., Bishop of the Wardboro Ward, Montpelier Stake, Idaho, from 1891 to 1909, was born September 12, 1861, in Echo Canyon, Utah, the son of Charles G. Keetch and Mercy Barker. He was baptized August 3, 1873, and was ordained a High Priest and Bishop May 11, 1891, By Franklin D. Richards.

He was born near the Green River as the family was crossing the plains in a covered wagon.

31 October 1983 Dear Sister Oaks; This is to inform you that your late grandfather, Charles Greenwood Keetch, who withdrew from the church on September 1888, was reinstated by proxy baptism on 18 October 1983 in the Salt Lake Temple. Also on 18 October 1983, all priesthood and temple blessings which he received in life were restored by proxy in the Salt Lake Temple. Val D. Greenwood, Manager Special Services.

(Members of the church in Idaho had their names withdrawn from the Church records so that they could vote at the time.)

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Parents:

• Charles Greenwood Keetch (1837 - 1896)
• Mercy Truth Barker Keetch (1835 - 1910)

Spouse:

*Ellen M. Nelson Pugmire Keetch (1864 - 1930)

Children:

*Charles Pugmire Keetch (1886 - 1961)*

• Jonathan Pugmire Keetch (1888 - 1967)*
• Elisha Pugmire Keetch (1894 - 1980)*

Burial: Wardboro Cemetery Wardboro Bear Lake County Idaho, USA