Husband John S. Kean 1 2
Born: 12 Nov 1834 - Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co, PA 1
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Father: Conrad Kean (1800-Abt 1847) 1
Mother: Susannah Broadt ( - ) 3
Marriage: 19 Aug 1857 3
Wife Mira C. Congdon 3
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Children
1 F Ida May Kean 3
Born: 27 Apr 1858 3
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Spouse: John L. Shipman ( - ) 3
Marr: 26 Apr 1875 3
2 F Inez Viella Kean 3
Born: 9 Oct 1859 3
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3 M Harlan W. Kean 3
Born: 16 Nov 1861 3
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Died: 5 Aug 1865 3
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - John S. Kean
When but a year and a half old, he was brought to a farm by his parents; it was then covered with woods and a board shanty was their only shelter. His father died when he was thirteen years old, and he had but limited opportunities for obtaining an education, learning only to read and spell at school. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church beginning in 1856. In politics he was a strong Republican. He was elected to all the township offices; served two terms as Justice of the Peace, one by election and one by appointment by Gov. H. M. Hoyt; served one term at Pittsburgh and one at Erie as juror in the United States Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania; was a member of the Executive Committee of Crawford County Agricultural Society. During the Civil War he was drafted, October 16, 1862, for nine months, served his time in the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was discharged July 26, 1863, re-enlisted on August 30, same year, in Company A, Two Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged, June 6, 1865. He became a member of Linesville Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 395, remaining a member until September 12, 1881, when he withdrew for the purpose of assisting in the formation of a lodge at Evansburg, instituted November 23, 1881. He was elected N. G. of the new lodge and was its first Representative at the annual session of the Grand Lodge held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May, 1882. He was one of the charter members of the Alpharetta Lodge of the Daughters of Rebekah, at Evansburg. He was a charter member of A. O. U. W., No. 99, Linesville, instituted June 30, 1876, representing it at the semi-annual session of Grand Lodge, at Philadelphia, in July of that year, and at the annual session, January, 1877, at Pittsburgh. He remained a member of that lodge until March 28, 1881, when he withdrew by card and united with Conneaut Lake Lodge, No. 105. He became a member by initiation, of Meadville Council, No. 78, Royal Arcanum, December 26, 1878. He also became a member of the Equitable Aid Union, No. 352, March 17, 1882. He was for years a leading member of P. of H., but on account of being so far from place of meeting discontinued his membership. He was owner of a farm of 150 acres and devoted his time to its cultivation and improvement. He read six English and two German papers.