Who's Who at Bible Truth Chapel, Reading, PA

Bible Truth Chapel, Reading, Berks, PA (Grant EB) 1895/1905-1950's; (OB) 1950's-1996

Correspondents

• James Monroe Weaver +1913+
• George Starke

Families

Keim family

• Jonah Turner Keim +1918-1921 (b. 1841 Warwick or East Nantmeal Twp., Chester Co., PA - d. 1921 Reading, PA), son of David Keim (b. 1803 Harmonyville, Warwick, Chester, PA - d. 1897 Warwick, PA) & Sarah Turner Keim (1807-1843 Chester Co., PA).
• Elizabeth Ralston "Lizzie" Keim +1918-1921+ (b. 1846 PA - d. 1933), daughter of John M. Keim (b. 1820 Chester Co., PA - d. 1904 Reading, PA) & Rebecca Knauer Keim (b. 1823 Warwick Twp., Chester, PA - d. 1900 Reading, PA). John came to Reading in 1874, a member of the "People's M.E. Church", and retired as a carpenter for the P&R car shops.
  • Walter Hancock Keim (b. 1867 Philadelphia, PA - d. 1963 Reading, PA). Wife: Lulu May Bauman Keim (1869-1913 Reading, PA), daughter of Joseph K. Bauman (b. 1840 Pinegrove Furnace, Cumberland, PA - d. 1905 Reading, PA) & Harriet Amelia "Hallie" Herbert Bauman (b. 1847 - d. 1876 Lancaster, PA). Joseph was a son of Dr. Joseph Bauman, one of the earliest homeopathic doctors in PA. Harriet was baptized in 1875 by F.B. Lynch at Central UMC in Reading. Walter & Lulu were married in 1896 in Lulu's home, officiated by J.S. Bromley.
  • Maurice Ralston Keim +1918 (b. 1875 Philadelphia, PA - d. 1958 Rochester, N.Y.). Wife: Clara M. Kauffman Keim (b. 1889 Germany - d. 1923 Rochester, N.Y.), daughter of Herman Kauffman (b. 1860 Germany - d. 1929 Rochester, N.Y.) & Catherine Beisiegel Kauffman (1861-1922 Rochester, N.Y.). Maurice was a Ames-Grant PB laborer +1918-1958+, Frank Tompkinson (Erie, PA) officiated his memorial.
    • Philip Maurice Keim (1920-1996 Rochester, N.Y.). Wife: Dorathy Elizabeth Buehner Keim (1919-2001 Rochester, N.Y.), daughter of John F. Buehner (b. 1894 N.Y.) & Lillian D. Bagner Buehner (b. 1895 Schenectady, N.Y. - d. 1978 Rochester, N.Y.). John's father was Florian Buehner (b. Germany). Lillian's parents were Richard Bagnell (b. England) & Ellen Boyle Bagnell (b. U.S.). John & Lillian were married in 1917 @ Rochester by Edward P. Hart.
    • Alfred Daniel Keim (b. 1921 Rochester, N.Y.), may live in Penfield, N.Y. WWII vet.
  • Della Mary Keim Goodman (b. 1877 Warwick, Chester, PA - d. 1958 Perkasie, PA). Husband: Howard Luther Goodman (1861-1923 Reading, PA), son of Daniel Goodman (b. 1841 - d. 1910 Reading, PA) & Amanda Rhein Goodman (1841-1906 Reading, PA).
    • Elizabeth Grace Goodman Miller (b. 1907 Reading, PA - d. 2004 Beacon, N.Y.). Husband: Martin L. Miller (d. 2002). Member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Perkasie, PA.
    • Howard Maurice Goodman (b. 1911 Reading, PA)
    • Paul K. Goodman (b. 1914 Reading, PA - d. 1933 Pontiac, MI), died in auto accident, while a student at the University of Michigan.

"Jonah T. Keim, aged 80 years, 1 month and 12 days, died at 2:15 Monday afternoon at his home, 456 Douglass street, from a complication of diseases. He was born in Chester county, near the Falls of French Creek, and came to Reading in 1880. He was the son of the late David and Sarah (nee Turner) Keim, and his father was a former Dunkard preacher. Deceased was a cabinet maker by trade, which trade he followed during his early years but later became an agent for a medicine. He was a civil war veteran and engaged in 31 battles and was slightly wounded. He was a member of the 53rd infantry, PA volunteers. He was also a member of the PB denomination. Besides his widow, Elizabeth (nee Keim), he leaves these children: Walter H., Reading; Morris R., an evangelist, in Rochester, N.Y., and Della, wife of Howard Goodman, of Reading. He also leaves seven grandchildren and a sister, Mary, widow of David Bitler, of Reading." (Reading Times, 4-6-1921)

Starke family

• George Starke

Weaver family

• James Monroe Weaver +1913+
• Emma Rebecca Dumn Weaver +1913 (d. 1913)