George’s Creek Coal Company

John Keiling

March 17, 2019Frostburg, George's Creek Coal Company, Keiling, Midlothian Mine, Tyson seam, Welsh Hill

John Keiling was born in Maryland on November 28, 1880, the son of German immigrant Christian Keiling (1837-1924) and Rose/Rosa Cutter Keiling (1845-1927.) John was the seventh of their nine children. He married Isabella Dudley and soon started a family of his own. In 1910, John, a coal miner, and Isabella were living on Welsh