Carolina York and Alfred A KEENER had ten children born in Rabun County, Georgia. In the spring of 1860 this very large family moved to the Wallace Township of Benton County, Arkansas. Carolina was pregnant with their tenth child, Sterling Price KEENER. He was born on 1 Jun 1860 soon after they arrived in Arkansas.
The ten children are:
1. Nancy J KEENER
2. William KEENER
3. Margaret KEENER
4. Mary A KEENER
5. Albert KEENER
6. Martha R KEENER
7. Alfred Monroe KEENER
8. Abraham L KEENER
9. Jerry Martin KEENER
10. Sterling Price KEENER
It has been a mystery as to what happened to this very large family after the 1860 U S Census was taken on 19 June 1860. The four youngest boys are found with families after the 1900 US Census. However none of the rest of this KEENER family has been discovered in any census records after the 1860 Census. This leaves one to only speculate as to what may have happened to this many individuals in this KEENER family. Was it the Civil War, or a house fire, a tornado, or some other tragedy? Or perhaps just the lack of locating them?
Therefore until more information can be provided by researchers or by living descendants of this KEENER family, Memorials are being created to honor the parents of this family.
Carolina York and Alfred A KEENER had ten children born in Rabun County, Georgia. In the spring of 1860 this very large family moved to the Wallace Township of Benton County, Arkansas. Carolina was pregnant with their tenth child, Sterling Price KEENER. He was born on 1 Jun 1860 soon after they arrived in Arkansas.
The ten children are:
1. Nancy J KEENER
2. William KEENER
3. Margaret KEENER
4. Mary A KEENER
5. Albert KEENER
6. Martha R KEENER
7. Alfred Monroe KEENER
8. Abraham L KEENER
9. Jerry Martin KEENER
10. Sterling Price KEENER
It has been a mystery as to what happened to this very large family after the 1860 U S Census was taken on 19 June 1860. The four youngest boys are found with families after the 1900 US Census. However none of the rest of this KEENER family has been discovered in any census records after the 1860 Census. This leaves one to only speculate as to what may have happened to this many individuals in this KEENER family. Was it the Civil War, or a house fire, a tornado, or some other tragedy? Or perhaps just the lack of locating them?
Therefore until more information can be provided by researchers or by living descendants of this KEENER family, Memorials are being created to honor the parents of this family.
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