Alvah K. Keaster  
                                               1164 Newark Street
                                               Aurora 8, Colorado

Mr. Finis Marion Keaster
Rural Route #1.
Nashville, Arkansas.

Dear Dad:

     I have just received a book from Robert Keaster, whose Great-
Grandfather is the brother to my Great-Grandfather.  And whose Great-
great-grandfather and mine are the same, Lewis Keaster Jr. The book
was made up by a Paul A. Frick, son of Minnie Keaster, daughter of
Cicero John (Jack) Keaster and Susan Keaster.
     Cicero John (Jack) Keaster was the brother of William Jasper
Keaster.  There were 10 of them in all. I have copied a lot of the
stuff and will send that to you.  When I get the book copied  I will
send you a copy of the book.
     From what I can gather out of the first few pages is that
"Keaster" came from the German spelling "Kuster".  According to
Frick, there is on record in a book by Roberts, "Early Friends
Families of Upper Bucks," a Paul Kuster.  I quote that book, "Paul
Kuster was a Mennonite, who came to America from Crefield, Germany,
and whether he came on the "Concord" with the 13 original settlers,
or soon thereafter. He was accompanied by this wife, Gertrude, who
was a sister of William Streypers, who came from Kaldkirchen, a
village in Germany between Crefield and the border line of Holland.
     He was more or less active in the early government of
Germantown, serving as a committeeman of the municipality in 1700 and
was an overseer of the Fences November 5, 1706.  He was a mason by
trade.  He died November 28, 1707, being survived by his wife only a
few days.  He had three sons; Johannes, Arnold and Hermanus."
     Then he found a lot of Keisters listed that landed from Germany
during the 1730's.  But he did not have them tied in with a John
Keaster of the 1790 Census of Lowell Township, Northhampton County,
Pennsylvania.  This John Keaster was listed as having 2 boys over 16,
4 boys under 16, and 5 females.. This is the first census of the
United States made in 1790.  Lewis Keaster Sr., was the son of John
Keaster and here is where the family starts as far as the spelling is
concerned.
     "Lewis Keaster Sr., a son of John Keaster, was born in Lowell
Township, Northhampton County, Pennsylvania.  He is supposed to have
served in the Revolutionary War, but his records cannot be found by
the Adjutant General's Office, National Archives, or the Pension
Section of the National Archives.  He does not appear on any roster
or file in the National Library of Congress.  He married Mary _____,
in Pennsylvania, and moved to Kentucky after the Revolutionary War,
where he resided until about 1822 when he moved to Williamson County
with the Corder family, and settled on a farm east of Marion."   
     For proof of Lewis Keaster's war record I will quote Colonel
William A. Biby, National Trustee and state president of the "Kansas
Society Sons of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION."  Dated Sept. 15, 1950.