Aylmer Keith 1848-1849-1850
Born February 16, 1802, in Rome, Oneida County, New York.

Died November 15, 1855, in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois.

Second Lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment of Artillery for Oneida County, New York, in 1821.

Member of Fire Company No. 2, Rome, New York, 1826.

Married Eliza Dennison Wylie about 1830 in New York State, they had two children, Aylmer Dennison Keith and ?.

Was owner of a grocery business in Rome, New York, 1830.

Treasurer of the Village of Mount Morris, New York, 1835.

Following the death of Eliza on May 26, 1841 he married Janette M. Wright. They had five children, William H., Julia M., Edwin, Franklin, and Mary.
Naperville merchant, druggist, and banker. Investor in the Old Plank Road that connected Naperville with Chicago.

He helped form the Methodist Society in 1841.

He was appointed the Secretary and served on the Executive Committee of the DuPage County Bible Society in February, 1841.

Appointed Clerk of the DuPage County Society for Mutual Protection in 1841.

Served as a delegate to the Chicago River and Harbor Convention, July 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1847.

Appointed as Director of the Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Chicago in 1851.

Appointed as Naperville Postmaster, February 2, 1852.

Investor, Director and Secretary of the "Chicago, Sterling and Mississippi Railroad" Corporation.

Charter member of Euclid Lodge No.65 and first Worshipful Master. He also served as Chaplain in 1851, Secretary in 1852, and Junior Steward in 1853

He was also a charter member and past High Priest (1851, 1852, 1853, and 1855) of Euclid Chapter No.13, Royal Arch Masons.