Rev Samuel Louden Keene

Rev Samuel Louden Keene- MEMORIAL ID 6416906

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Samuel Louden Keene was married to Hulda Elizabeth Hawkins. SAMUEL LOUDEN KEENE ARRIVED IN TEXAS APPROXIMATELY 1852 WITH HIS PARENTS, HENRY Keene AND MARTHA Lewis Snell. UPON ARRIVING IN TEXAS, SAMUEL LOUDEN KEENE SECURED A HEAD-RIGHT TO ONE HUNDRED ACRES, PAYING 50 CENTS PER ACRE.

IN AUGUST, 1854, HE WAS ELECTED JUSTICE-OF-PEACE AND SERVED 18 CONTINUOUS YEARS.

He was in the Civil War as Pvt., Co I, TX Cavalry.

HE THEN PRACTICED LAW IN JUSTICES COURTS 3 YEARS AND IN 1879 COMMENCED PREACHING. IN 1880 HE WAS ORDAINED MINISTER OF THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE PRESBYTERY WERE PRESENT: FOUNTAIN JONES, PARSON JAMES, DEACONS: N.B. ROBERTS, F.B. DAVIS, AND J.T. KEENE (JOSEPH TODD KEENE - S. L.'S BROTHER).

Their Children were: SARAH A SALLIE KEENE,MARION WASHINGTON KEENE,JAMES E KEENE,NOAH PRESTON (Dr.) KEENE,SAMUEL PRICE KEENE,LAURA LUCINDA KEENE,WALTER OWENS KEENE,ROBERT LEE KEENE,Adeline Elizabeth "Lizzie" KEENE,MACKEY MAE KEENE,MARTHA Belle " MATTIE" KEENE.

Samuel Louden Keene was first married to Harriet Holt. They had two children: Newton Keene and Nancy Keene. It was thought that Harriet Holt died on her way to Texas from Missouri.

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Children:

Sarah A. Sallie Keene 1854–1884

Marion Washington Keene 1856–1955

Noah Preston Keene 1860–1942

Samuel Price Keene 1862–1952

Laura Lucinda Keene Braddock 1864–1913

Robert Lee Keene 1865–1939

Martha Belle Keene Blake 1865–1950

Walter Owens Keene 1869–1958

Adeline Elizabeth Keene Skipworth 1872–1959

Mackey Mae Keene Fincher 1879–1958

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-Souvenir of Texas Biographical Sketches pg. 477 and 478

Samuel Louden Keene was married to Hulda Elizabeth Hawkins. SAMUEL LOUDEN KEENE ARRIVED IN TEXAS APPROXIMATELY 1852 WITH HIS PARENTS,
HENRY Keene AND MARTHA Lewis Snell. UPON ARRIVING IN TEXAS, SAMUEL LOUDEN KEENE
SECURED A HEAD-RIGHT TO ONE HUNDRED ACRES, PAYING 50 CENTS PER ACRE. IN
AUGUST, 1854, HE WAS ELECTED JUSTICE-OF-PEACE AND SERVED 18 CONTINUOUS
YEARS. He was in the Civil War as Pvt., Co I, TX Cavalry. HE THEN PRACTICED LAW IN JUSTICES COURTS 3 YEARS AND IN 1879
COMMENCED PREACHING. IN 1880 HE WAS ORDAINED MINISTER OF THE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE PRESBYTERY WERE PRESENT:
FOUNTAIN JONES, PARSON JAMES, DEACONS: N.B. ROBERTS, F.B. DAVIS, AND
J.T. KEENE (JOSEPH TODD KEENE - S. L.'S BROTHER).
Their Children were: SARAH A SALLIE KEENE,MARION WASHINGTON KEENE,JAMES E KEENE,NOAH PRESTON (Dr.) KEENE,SAMUEL PRICE KEENE,LAURA LUCINDA KEENE,WALTER OWENS KEENE,ROBERT LEE KEENE,Adeline Elizabeth "Lizzie" KEENE,MACKEY MAE KEENE,MARTHA Belle " MATTIE" KEENE.
Samuel Louden Keene was first married to Harriet Holt. They had two children: Newton Keene and Nancy Keene. It was thought that Harriet Holt died on her way to Texas from Missouri.

SAMUEL L. KEENE was born in Missouri in 1830 and came with his parents and family to Texas in 1852. His father Henry Keene was born in Scott County, Kentucky, moved to Calloway County, Missouri, in 1818. The father of Henry, Samuel L. Keene, and a grandfather of our subject, was also a native of Kentucky and was a son of Samuel Keene, a native of Scotland. The last named left his native hills and went to Ireland and there married a lady named Griffith; the pair came to America before the revolutionary war in which the great-grandfather of our subject, although a Baptist preacher, took part, was imprisoned at Jamestown, and after his release, died at the age of 106. Samuel L. Keene, grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was also a Revolutionary soldier, and died at the age of 101. Henry Keene, father of our subject, was a physician and died in Texas in 1857. The wife of Henry Keene bore the maiden name of Martha Snell: she bore her husband the following children-- Zarelda,
Sarah J., Samuel L., John T., Elizabeth H., Judith, Henry C., George W., Richard, Joseph T., Hopewell, James R., and Mattie.
Samuel L. Keene the subject of this sketch, has been twice married. His first bride was Harriet A. Holt, who bore two children--Mary E. and Newton M.--the mother and children being now deceased. The second marriage of Mr. Keene was with Huldah E. Hawkins, who has borne eleven children, namely - Sarah A., Marion W., James E., Noah P., Samuel P., Laura L., Martha R., Robert, Elizabeth, Walter O., and Mackey M. The first marriage took place in May 1849, and Mrs. Harriet Keene died in 1852 in the journey to Texas. The second marriage took place in this state in 1853.
Mr. Keene, on first coming to this state, secured a head-right to one hundred acres, paying fifty cents per acre. In August 1854, he was elected justice of the peace and served in that capacity eighteen continuous years; he then practiced law in justices courts three ears, and in 1879 commenced preaching; in 1880 was ordained minister of the Missionary Baptist church, the following members of the Presbytery being present; Fountain Jones, Parson James, Deacons N>B>Roberts, F.R. Davis and J.T. Keene.
S.L.Keene took his part in the Civil War, being enlisted, in 1862, in Marshall's squadron, Company B., which was afterwards transferred to Carroll's brigade. He fought at Briarstown, near Fort Smith, at Cane Hill, Talaqua, Fayetteville and Dripping spring, and again upon being thrown from his horse and badly hurt was sent home to resume farming and his public duties.