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Keys, John A., attorney at law, with offices at No 604 Bakewell Building,
Pittsburgh, Penna, is one of those men who have come up from the ranks by
sheer force of will and indomitable energy. He was born in Washington
township, Greene county, January 16, 1856. His parents, both of whom are
now deceased, were John Keys and Hannah McLelland Keys.
As a boy, John A Keys attended the common schools of his native county.
Later he took a preparatory course at Monongahela college at Jefferson,
Penna, and in 1877 graduated from Washington and Jefferson college,
located in Washington, Penna. The following year he began the study of
law in the offices of Wyly, Buchanan & Walton of Waynesburg, Penna, but
before completing his studies he went to St Louis, Missouri, where he
took a full course in the law department of Washington University
graduating in 1881. He was at once admitted to the St Louis bar, and for
three years practiced his profession in that city. In 1884 he returned to
Pennsylvania, and from that time until 1889 he was engaged in school
work. While thus employed he became acquainted with Miss Lucy R Bayard,
daughter of Samuel and Rebecca A Bayard of Greene county, and on
September 6, 1888, they were married.
To this union, one daughter Florence Rebecca Bayard has been born. In
1898 Mr Key was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, and since that time
has been engaged in practice in Pittsburg. He is solicitor for several
corporations, and in February, 1903, was elected burgess for the borough
of Wilkinsburg which office he now holds. He is a member of Wilkinsburg
council, Royal Arcanum, and a member and elder of the Presbyterian church
of Wilkinsburg.
Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and
genealogical. Vol. 1 p 345
Contributed by Marta Burns.
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