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11. SARAH4 MURRAY (DAVID3, OTHNIEL2, LENAPE1 INDIAN)45,46 was born Aft. 1820 in Cumberland Co. NJ, and died January 26, 1853 in Cumberland Co. NJ. She married CHARLES LLOYD47 Unknown in ?. He was born Aft. 1815 in ?, and died Unknown in ?.
     
Children of S
ARAH MURRAY and CHARLES LLOYD are:
  i.   LLOYD5, b. Aft. 1835.
  ii.   WILLIAM LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  iii.   ADELIA LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  iv.   SABIA LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  v.   GEORGE LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  vi.   CHARLES LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  vii.   LYDIA LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  viii.   EMILY LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  ix.   AMANDA LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  x.   ALEXANDER LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  xi.   JONATHAN LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  xii.   LEWIS LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.
  xiii.   ALBERT LLOYD, b. Aft. 1835.


12. ELIZABETH4 MURRAY (DAVID3, OTHNIEL2, LENAPE1 INDIAN)48,49 was born September 09, 1822 in Fairfield Twp, Cumberland Co., NJ, and died February 28, 1900 in ?. She married JOHN KEEN50 January 10, 1839 in Old Stone Church, Fairfield Twp., Cumberland Co., NJ51, son of WILLIAM KEEN and MARY. He was born January 28, 1811 in New Jersey, and died July 08, 1887 in Cumberland Co. MO.
     
Children of E
LIZABETH MURRAY and JOHN KEEN are:
  i.   JOHN JR5 KEEN52, b. 1838.
  ii.   JOSEPH KEEN52, b. February 27, 1840, Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., New Jersey; d. March 17, 1920, Ash Grove, Greene County, MO; m. SUSAN LAMAR; b. 1846, Campbell TN; d. January 17, 1893, Orleans, Missouri.
  Notes for JOSEPH KEEN:
Enlisted in Military service on 2/11/1859 at Philadelphia, PA: Company K, U.S. Regular Army, Light Atillary, Battery H, 4th Regiment. On 1/28/1860 Joseph Keen was listed as deserted from Fort Randall, S.D.

On 8/7/1862, at Counsil Bluffs, Iowa he was mustered in to the 29th Iowa Infantry under the name of Joseph Murray.

A regimental history of the 29th Iowa describes every move that the regiment made from the time it was organized until every member was discharged and transported home. It confirms a statement made by Levi Keen, Joseph's brother who belonged to the MO. Vol. Cavelry, that they ran into each other in Clarendon, ARK. in August of 1863. (Pension papers). Joseph (Murray) Keen was honorably discharged on 8/10/1865 from New Orleans, LA.

Per Mark Stein: M_Steinhauer_ca@yahoo.com: Thank you mark for discovering this information on Joseph (Murray) Keen
As of 3/3/1994 the following is a list of placements in which I have
identified him by varius documents:
1840: Bridgeton, N.J.: Birth
1850: " " : Census
1859: Phil., Penn.: Military/pension records
1862: Counsil Bluffs, Iowa: Militatry/pension records
1863: Clarendon, Ark.: Military/pension records
1864: Littlerock, Ark.: Regimental History of the 29th Iowa Infantry
1865: 1865: New Orleans, La.: Military/pension records
1866: Dallas Co., Mo.: Pension records
1868: " " , T34/R20: Tax records
1870: Buffalo, Dallas Co., Washington twnshp, Mo.: 1870 Census (9/2)
1873-1875: Dallas Co., Mo., T34/R20: Tax records
1880: Polk Co., Mo.: Census
1883: Polk Co., Mo. (Bolivar, Marion twnshp): Record of twins' birth
1890: Phenix, Mo.: Pension records
1891: Walnut Grove, Mo.: Pension records
1894: Walnut Grove twnshp: Tax records
1895: Murray twnshp: Tax records (also newspaper item: 7/25/1895)
1897: Lebanon, Mo.: Pension records
1900: Phenix, Mo.: Pension records
1901: Walnut Grove Twp: Pension recs./tax book (lived w/ Chas.)
1902: " " : Tax book lists only Chas. (Believe he lived w/ )
1904: Ash Grove, Mo.: Marraige license
1910: " : Pension records
1912-1920: Ash Grove, Mo.: Tax records/death record


Velma Ooley on April 10, 1990: Remembers Grandad Keen (Joseph Murray) coming to their house in Phoenix by train as he often did on weekends. There was a certain time of day when he would go back to the train depot in Phoenix and bring back a jug of whiskey. Velma said that he would give the kids a cup of water with whiskey and sugar in it. She sais that she remembers that it made her light headed.


Per Kenneth Keen's father, Tom on April 10, 1990: Joseph Murray Keen and "the boys" cut cord wood for a living all around the Aldrich/Eudora area. Dad, Joseph, and the older boys did the labor in the wood. It was the younger boys job (Tom included) to fish, hunt, and keep the family with food.

INFANTRY:
8/10/62: Mustered in Union Army at Camp Dodge, Counsil Bluffs, IA
12/5/62: Left counsil Bluffs, marching to St. Joseph, MO
12/9/62: Arrived at St. Joseph, MO., boarded train enroute to St. Lois
12/20/62: Arrived St. Louis, MO.
12/25/62: Received orders to embark transport and proceed to Columbus, KY
1/8/63: Relieved of duty @ Columbus; ordered to embark again and proceed to Helena, AR. On arrival at Helena did not disembark but ordered to proceed on expidition up the White River. On return to Helena there were about 400 men on sick list (many discharged due to disability from this service) -Lost 200 men total: death and discharge.
1/26/63: Landed at Helena and discharged.


  More About JOSEPH KEEN:
Burial: Ash Grove Cemetery
Cause of Death: Appoplexy (Stroke)
Military service: August 07, 1862, Company K, 29th Iowa Vol Inf

  iii.   LEVI KEEN52, b. November 08, 1841, Lebanon, MO; d. January 19, 1910; m. MARY ELIZABETH LLAMAR, November 10, 1861, Gainsville, Ozark County, MO; b. May 09, 1834, Campbell Co. TN; d. February 10, 1920, Tulsa, OK.
  Notes for LEVI KEEN:
Obituary: Thank you Mark Stein for making this available

(The Republican, Friday, 1/24/1910)
Levi Keen Dead
After a few day's illness with pneumonia, Levi H. Keen died on Wednesday, at his home, in Lebanon. Mr. Keen's illness was of short
duration. He had suffered from a cold for a few days but was able to be down town on Saturday, pnemonia developing on sunday night. He was aged 68 years, 2 months and 11 days.

Funeral services were held at the family residence, on Pierce avenue, yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. L. Ely.
Interment was in the city cemetery. Mr. Keen was an old and highly respected resident of Lebanon. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was a member of George C. Meade Post, No. 48 G.A.R. He is survived by a wife, one daughter and three sons.

It seems that Levi and Joseph Keen enlisted together in 1859 at PA and went to the same place and deserted the Army together. After deserting, Levi went south while his brither, Joseph remained in Iowa.

Levi was married in Gainsville, Ozark County, MO in 1861 before the Civil War was in full swing. He then enlisted in two other branches of the military before he finally enlisted with the 8th Mo. Caverly whith which he spent four years and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

Documents from his pension file show the following:

AFFIDAVIT DATED 8/14/1882, HE STATES: "...UP TO 1859...", HE WAS A
RESIDENT OF "COLUMBUS CO., N.J., WORKING AT FARMING". "...SPRING OF 1859
ENLISTED IN PHILIDELPHIA..."

AFFIDAVIT DATED 1/24/1889 STATES THAT AT DATE OF DISCHARGE UP TO 1874 HE
LIVED AT BUFFALO, DALLAS CO., MO., "AND WAS TRANSIENT" TO NEW JERSEY;
1865-1874/BUFFALO, MO.; 1874-1876/BLOOMFIELD, IOWA; 1876-1882/LEBANON,
MO.; 1882-1885/CAMDON, N.J.; 1885- /LEBANON, MO.

PENSION/MILITARY RECORDS SHOW THE FOLLING:
ENLISTED PHIL., PENN. 1859, US REG., 4TH ART., CO.H (ABOUT 15 MONTHS
SERVED), DESERTED.

1861: SERVED IN "HOME GUARD" IN MO.
3/1/1962: ENLISTED IN 14TH STATE MALITIA AT SPFD. MO.
8/4/1862: ENROLLED CO.G, 8TH REG., MO. VOL. CAV. AT MARSHFIELD, MO.
7/20/1865: MUSTERED OUT OF SEVICE AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
8/ /1865: DISCHARGED FROM ST. LOUIS, MO.
5/27/1887: CHARGE OF DESRETION OFFICIALLY REMOVED FROM RECORD.
RETURNS OF THE 8TH MO. CAV.:
RETURNS LIST HIM AS "PRESENT" EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING:
2/28-4/15/1863: ABSENT; SICK AT HOME, WEBSTER CO., MO. SINCE MAR.63
5-6/1863:NOT STATED, PROMOTED TO CORPL. 6/1/1863
3-4/1864: (PRESENT) PROMOTED TO SGT. 4/13/1864
7-8/1864: ABSENT; DETATCHED ON SCOUT- 8/20/1864


  More About LEVI KEEN:
Burial: Lebanon City Cemetery
Cause of Death: Pneumonia

  iv.   MARIETTA KEEN52, b. 1843; m. JACOB B PIERCE.
  v.   SARAH KEEN, b. April 30, 1845, Cumberland County, NJ; d. June 20, 1847, Cumberland County, NJ.
  vi.   MARGARET KEEN52, b. 1846, ???; d. Unknown, ???; m. AARON PAUL GOULD53.
  vii.   WILLIAM H KEEN, b. February 26, 1856, Fairfield, Cumberland County, NJ; d. October 18, 1875, Cumberland County, NJ.
  viii.   JACOB JONES KEEN, b. Abt. 1861; d. Gouldtown, Cumberland Co., NJ.


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