WILLIAM BIRD KEITH was born November 14, 1805 in Bedford County, TN, and died April 08, 1860 in Maysville, Benton County, Arkansas. He was the son of William Keith and Polly Ann Crane. He married SARA RUTH MAY March 02, 1825 in Lawrence County, Arkansas, daughter of RUNNELS MAY and HANNAH ENGLISH. She was born January 17, 1810 in Alabama, and died December 20, 1884 in Maysville, Benton County, Arkansas. After his father, William died, his uncle, John Birden Keith married his mother making William his nephew and his stepson.
Children of WILLIAM BIRD KEITH and SARAH RUTH MAY
| WILLIAM BIRD KEITH | b. Abt. 1826, Arkansas; d. Aft. 1864. |
| ANN KEITH | b. Abt. 1828, Benton County, Arkansas; d. Abt. 1877, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| SARAH KEITH | born Abt. 1829 in Arkansas, and died Bef. 1889. She married WILLIAM PRESTON RIPPETOE. He was born Abt. 1822 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1870. |
| JAMES KEITH | b. Abt. 1833. |
| JOHN KEITH | b. July 08, 1834, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| ELIJAH KEITH | b. March 19, 1836, Carroll County, Arkansas; d. September 24, 1900, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| OLIVE MAY KEITH | b. December 02, 1838, Benton County, Arkansas; d. June 01, 1891, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| JOSHUA KEITH | b. Abt. 1840, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| MARTHA KEITH | b. Abt. 1842, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| ROENA KEITH | b. October 26, 1845, Arkansas; d. Abt. 1922, Kansas. |
| HANNAH ISABELLA KEITH | b. March 09, 1846; d. November 11, 1892. |
| THOMAS BIRD KEITH | b. September 08, 1849, Benton County, Arkansas; d. November 29, 1924, Gravette, Benton County, Arkansas. |
| JOSEPHINE KEITH | b. Abt. 1855, Arkansas; d. February 1929. |
Born of Texas 