Hello cousin.
Basil Eugene was the son of James Lee Keffer and "Mamie" Lucas.
James Lee was the son of George Lewis Keffer and Rebecca Perkins of Giles, Virginia.
Geo Lewis was the son of James M Keffer and Ellen Jane McClanahan, Giles.
James M. was son of George Keffer and Jane Smith, married in Rockbridge County.
George was a son of Abraham Keffer and Marry Harris, married in Monroe County.
Abraham, born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, was son of Jeremias Kefferly (later Jeremiah Keffer) who moved to Shenandoah County, Virginia around 1770. He came to America in 1753 aboard the "Patience" from Ötisheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg.
Jeremias is listed in the records of Württemberg as having left for America on that ship, even though he is not among the list of passengers that arrived. He was a blacksmith and lived in Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania. He married Magdalena Fetzer and both his family and the Fetzers moved to Shenandoah County. The only church record I have ever found is for the christening of your Abraham in Amity (1769). The list of children was determined by the probate of his estate. It required a release from each heir to sell his real estate.
For more than you ever hoped to find on this family, please visit my family site at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keffer/James Michael Keffer, Fullerton, California