In the records of Grace Episcopal Church, in Sandusky, Ohio twin children born
to Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Keech were baptized on November 8, 1864. The sponsors at
the baptism were Mr. and Mrs. Keech along with Mrs. McMeens.
The twins were christened:
Robert McMeens Keech and Ann McMeens Keech
Dr. Robert McMeens had been a physician in Sandusky, Ohio,
and he died while serving in the Third Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
Mrs. Anna McMeens, once a Civil War nurse, went on to serve as a housekeeper for
Jay Cooke for many years.
The names of the twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Keech in 1863,
were a nod to the beloved Sandusky
physician and his wife. Sadly, Robert McMeens Keech died at the age of 22 in May,
1885. Ann/Anna McMeens Keech married William P. Gosser. Anna died at the age of
35 in 1898. Robert McMeens Keech and Anna McMeens Keech Gosser were both buried
at Oakland Cemetery
in Sandusky, Ohio.
C.C. Keech is remembered as a business man in Sandusky, as well as a philanthropist.
His first wife, and the mother of the twins, Louisa Carr Keech, died in 1868, when
the twin children were only five years of age.
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