Michael Keener and Elizabeth Snyder

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Husband Michael Keener ¹

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           Born: 1813 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Dec 1888 1
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         Father: Michael Keener (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Snyder ¹

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           Born: 1813 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: Adam Snyder (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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Children

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1 M William A. Keener ²

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            AKA: M. A. Keener,1 W. A. Keener 1
           Born: 21 May 1851 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Barbara Eiseman (      -Bef 1918) 1
           Marr: 30 Apr 1874 1

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General Notes: Husband - Michael Keener

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He was a democrat, was elected commissioner of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and served one term during the [Civil?] war. He also served as jury commissioner and was clerk of the board of county commissioners for several years. For many years he was an influential worker in his party, and was a member and an officer in the Lutheran church. He was confined to his bed for fifteen years before his death, but bore his sufferings patiently. He was a man of great force of character, possessed a wonderful memory and was universally respected. For twenty-one years he taught school; he was a great reader and a man of scholarly attainments.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 108.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 509.