Matilda Mary Keafauver ^{2 3}

   Other names for Matilda were Mary Matilda Keafauver,⁴ Olelia Keefauver ⁷ and Matilda Mary Keefhauver.^{5 8}

   FamilySearch ID: LW6T-2MT.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Cumberland Twp., Adams, PA. ⁹ The 1850 census recorded David Keefhauver, blacksmith, 40, living with wife Eliza A., 35; Matilda, 14; Levander, 13; Jacob C., 11; Sarah C., 8; and Caroline J., 6 months old when the census was recorded on 19 Aug 1850. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Eliza A. in Maryland. David's real estate was valued at $1400.

2. Census in 1860 in Cumberland Twp., Adams, PA. ⁴ Amanda Beecher, 8, and her brother Daniel Beecher, 5, were living in the household of George Arendt, 22, and his wife Matilda, 24. Also there were Jacob Arendt, 3; and Clara Arendt, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Green Mount, PA.

3. Census in 1870 in Cumberland Twp., Adams, PA. ³ George Orrant, day laborer, 32, was living with wife Matilda, 34. Also with them: Amanda Beecher, 18; Daniel Beecher, 16, working of farm; Jacob Orrant, 13; Samuel Orrant, 10; Annie Orrant, 8; and John Orrant, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. George's real estate was worth $700, personal estate $470. The post office was Gettysburg.

Matilda married John Beecher, son of Peter Beecher Sr. and Catherine Cashman, on 6 May 1851 in , Adams, PA.¹ (John Beecher was born about 1811 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA ¹⁰ and died in Sep 1855 in , Adams, PA ⁷.)

Matilda next married George Washington Arendt, son of John Arendt and Mary Barbara Cornwell, on 27 Dec 1855 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA.² (George Washington Arendt was born on 27 Jan 1838 in , Adams, PA,^{2 4 11} died on 1 Jan 1919 in , Warren, IL ^{2 11} and was buried in Monmouth: Monmouth Cemetery, Warren, IL ¹¹.)