Henry Keener and Susan Uber

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Husband Henry Keener ^{1 2}

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Wife Susan Uber ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1824 1
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           Died: 1894 - Congruity, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Eliza Keener ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1824 3
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           Died: 1894 - Congruity, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Henry Nicholas Hacke "H. H." Bair (1825-1873) 2 4 5
           Marr: 1845 6

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Keener

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Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

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General Notes: Wife - Susan Uber

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She was a direct descendant of the Frantz family in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the name sometimes being spelled Francis. This family lived on the farm which later became the home of the Greensburg Country Club, about two miles northwest of Greensburg. The old stone house, the family residence, stood a short distance south of the country club house, and was erected by [sic] Mrs. Bair's grandfather, Jacob Frantz, great-grandfather of Edward H. Bair, in 1796.
During the Indian troubles in the latter part of the eighteenth century occurred the murder of the Frantz family, and of this the "History of Westmoreland County," by John N. Boucher, published in New York in 1906, has the following:
The murder of the Francis (Frantz) family was one of the most inhuman and barbarous incidents in border warfare. The family resided two miles or more east of Brush Creek. There had been no special alarm on account of the Indians for some months, and their usual vigilance was somewhat relaxed. On the day of the murder they did not have their cabin door barricaded, and a party of Indians, therefore, very easily gained access. Two of the family were killed at once and the remaining members were taken prisoners. One was a young girl who lived to return to the settlement, where she married and has left descendants in Hempfield Township. Her brothers and sisters were divided among several tribes represented among the captors. Those who were killed were scalped and their bodies were found near the ruins of the cabin the day following. They were buried in the garden, a custom then prevalent among the pioneers and which lasted till regular cemeteries, or graveyards, as they were called, were established.
It was the great-grandfather of Elizabeth E. (Keener) Bair who was murdered by the Indians as above mentioned, and it was the great-grandmother and her daughter who were captured. They were taken by the Indians to a point along the Monongahela River, near the present site of McKeesport. After about six months in captivity they escaped and stole their way back to the home, northwest of Greensburg.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 90.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 166.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 167.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 43.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 89.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 44.