ALFRED KECK, son of Moses and Delia (Dubbs) Keck, was born April 29, 1849, in Salisbury township. He was educated in the public schools, and assisted on the farm until 1874, when he removed to Seidcrsville, and purchased the Seidersville Hotel, which he operated some years, when he returned to Salisbury township and engaged in general farming until 1897, when he sold his farm and removed to Allentown, and engaged in real estate operations, in which he has accumulated a comfortable fortune.

In 1904 he erected a substantial home where he now resides, retired from active business pursuits. Both himself and family are members of Grace Lutheran church.

He married in October, 1873, Clara Elizabeth Boehm, a daughter of Solomon and Julia (Markel) Boehm. Issue: Hattie T.; Lillian Julia; Eloise Diana; Mary L.; Solomon Moses; and Warren Wilson.