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JOHN KELLER, M.A.
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JOHN KELLER, M.A., Rector of Trinity Church, Arlington, is the son
of Peter Ruth Keller and Eleanor Steen and a grandson of John and Elizabeth
(Ruth) Keller and of Isaac and Eliza (Braddock) Steen. His paternal
grandfather came from Munich, Bavaria, Germany, while his maternal
grandparents were residents of Mt. Holly, N. J. The Braddock family
emigrated to America with William Penn in 1682.
Rev. John Keller was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on the 14th of May, 1861, and received his preliminary education in the public schools and in the Central High School of that city. He also studied under private tutors in Philadelphia, and at the General Theological Seminary (Episcopal) at Chelsea Square, New York. He was graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1880, with the degree of M. A. in 1885, and in theology in 1886. In the latter year he was made a Deacon. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1887, having been appointed in 1886 to the charge of Trinity Church, Arlington, N. J. In the meantime, from 1884 to 1886, he had charge of the music and was organist at the Chapel of the General Theological Seminary in New York, and during the same period gave lectures and instruction in plain song. In 1888 he was appointed Bishop's Chaplain and Private Secretary. He was elected Secretary of the Convention of the Diocese of Newark in 1899 and Recording Secretary of the Associate Alumni of the General Theological Seminary of New York in 1896. He is still Rector of Trinity Church, Arlington, Bishop's Chaplain and Private Secretary, Secretary of the Convention of the Diocese of Newark, and Recording Secretary of the Associate Alumni of the General Theological Seminary. Rev. Mr. Keller was appointed Captain and Chaplain of the First Regiment. National Guard of New Jersey, July 26, 1895, being commissioned immediately afterward, and is still on the regimental staff. He has written and delivered a number of special original lectures on the History and the Construction of the Organ; on Ecclesiastical Music and Its Origin; on the Origin and Meaning of Certain Military Customs, Decorations, and Ceremonies, and on other important themes, including a Quarter of a Century History of the Diocese of Newark. His work in the ministry has been peculiarly successful and stamps him as a man of great ability and energy. He is possessed of literary talents of a high order, a fact which is abundantly demonstrated by his lectures and writings. As Rector of Trinity Church, Arlington, he is universally esteemed, and as a citizen he enjoys the confidence and respect of the entire community. He is a member of the Newark Clericus, of the Catholic Club of New York, of the Associate Alumni of the General Theological Seminary of New York, of Triune Lodge, No. 159, F. and A. M., and of America Council, No. 1304, Royal Arcanum.
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