Nicholas Keen (b. April 07, 1831, d. March 24, 1908)
Nicholas Keen22, 23 was born April 07, 1831 in Mississippi24, 25, and died March 24, 1908 in Desdemona, Eastland CO. Texas26, 27. He married Samantha Alzada Williams on 1852 in Vicksburg, Mississippi28.
Notes for Nicholas Keen: Nicholas Keen served in the Confederate States Army. When Nicholas was mustered out of the southern army, it was late one afternoon at Vicksburg Mississippi. There were eight men to gather and they were very anxious to get across the river to Thier homes and family's in Louisiana. A small skiff was the only means of transportation and Nicholas was the only one of them capable of rowing a boat so Nicholas and one other man at a time went across. He had to work hard and steady to get them all across. After all these trips, they all got over safely about one o'clock the next morning. By this time the men were all tired and exhausted so they lay down on the Louisiana sand on the banks of the Mississippi river and slept until day light then they continued Thier Journey home on foot. Nicholas fought in the battle of Vicksburg and there were many trials and tribulations that he had to endure. He tells of one time at night he slept on an improvised bed of poles laid across a small ravine which had running water in it. On this he had one blanket. This was his bed for eight nights.
More About Nicholas Keen: Burial: Aft. March 24, 1908, Desdemona, Eastland CO. Texas. Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1864, CSA/Mississippi. Occupation: Farmer.
More About Nicholas Keen and Samantha Alzada Williams: Marriage: 1852, Vicksburg, Mississippi.28
Children of Nicholas Keen and Samantha Alzada Williams are:
Phate L. Keen, b. October 23, 1853, Mississippi29, d. date unknown.
+Amanda Jane Keen, b. August 25, 1855, Mississippi, d. April 03, 1936.
Nicholas Keen (b. April 07, 1831, d. March 24, 1908)
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