History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1887



Maitland Family - ISAAC B. MAITLAND Biography

I. B. Maitland, connected with the E. Keeler Company of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as stockholder and general manager, was born at Scranton, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1864, the son of William B. Maitland and wife, Sarah A. (Keeler) Maitland. The father, William B., was born February 6, 1830, in Robinson township, Berks county, and the mother, June 15, 1844, in the same place. The father is a manufacturer of steam boilers. His father, Alexander Maitland, was born near Chester, Delaware (formerly Chester) county, Pennsylvania, and our subject's great-grandfather, Alexander Maitland, came from Scotland in 1777. They were all farmers living in Berks and Chester counties, Pennsylvania. I. B. Maitland's grandmother on the paternal side was Martha Magowan. On the maternal side his grandmother was Emily Keeler and his grandfather John Keeler. The great-grandfather, John Keeler, came from Germany. The grandmother's name was Emily Keeler, her parents being John and Martha Slingluff, Quakers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Isaac B. Maitland was educated in Bloomington, Illinois, graduating from the high school of that city in i880. In 1881 he commenced learning the boilermaker's trade in his fat s shop at Peoria, Illinois. There he continued to work until 1885, he moved to Bellefont, Pennsylvania, where he still followed the same line of business with his father until 1888. During that year he came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and began work for the Keeler Company as their bookkeeper in 1889, treasurer in 1893, and general manager in 1900, which position he continues to hold. He has come to be a large stockholder in the extensive works of the Keeler Company, manufacturers of steam boilers.

Politically Mr. Maitland is a supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of all the Masonic bodies and in religious affiliations is a member of the Trinity Episcopal church. He was married October 3, 1889, to Minnie B. Garman, daughter of Daniel and Louisa (Schroyer) Garman, of Bellefont and Milton, Pennsylvania, respectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Maitland have been born : 1, Louisa G., born September 3, 1890; 2, I. Barton, born October 4, 1893; 3, Sarah, born December 8, 1896; 4, Robert H., born April 25, 1904.


Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1906.








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