DAVID C. KEISACKER has been a member of the farming community of this county twenty years and more, and during that time Pawnee Township where his agricultural interests are situated has been benefitted by his skill and intelligent labors as a farmer and stock-raiser. He is a native of Maryland, where his birth occurred January 29, 1825. He lived there until he was nearly twenty-four years old. Then in the flush of early manhood he took an important step in life whereby he has become prospered, as at that time he came to Sangamon County and has since enjoyed the advantages accorded to a wide-awake farmer by its rich soil, fine climate and other attractions. He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Springfield until 1869 when he invested the farm on which he now lives, which is finely located on section 24, Pawnee Township. Its two hundred and fifty acres have been placed under the best of cultivation and has been subjected to many improvements which have greatly increased its value since it came into his possession. Its buildings are comfortable and well arranged and the farm has all the facilities needed for carrying agriculture profitably.

The prosperous circumstances of our subject have no doubt been brought about in part by the help and encouragement in his work that he has received from his wife to whom he was wedded in Maryland. Mrs. Keisacker's name in her maiden days was Antoinette Lewis and Hagerstown, Md., was the place of her birth. The fruit of her marriage with our subject is seven children, whom they have named William, Mary, Charles, Maggie, Sallie, Henrietta and Laura. William married Fannie Dodds and they have one boy - Frank T.; Mary married Henry H. Henkle, and they have four children - Jacob E., Charles D., Daisy May, and Frank; Sallie B. married John H. Underwood, and they have one child - Mabel J.; Henrietta married Stephen D. Vaugeison; they have two children - Flossie May and Lela Dell; Laura married James Alpheus Galloway; they have no children. The above all live in Sangamon County and are farmers except Mr. Underwood, who is Deputy Sheriff.

Mr. Keisacker devotes his whole attention to farming in which he is succeeding very well, and has already acquired a comfortable property. He takes a keen interest in the welfare of his adopted township and is never backward in lending a hand to push forward all plans devised for its improvement. He has taken special interest in education and has made aa good civic official as one of the School Directors of the place. In his politics he is a staunch Republican. He and his good wife are among the leading members of the Lutheran Church, and they carry their religion into their everyday lives.