Alderson T. Keen

Birth Date

1840-10-28

Death Date

1923-04-30

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Cumberland County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Keen and Parmelia Keen. Farm laborer in Cumberland County in 1860. First sergeant, second lieutenant, captain, and major in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from July 25, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 1, p. 36.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0007.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3.
Find A Grave, "Alderson T. Keen (October 28, 1840-April 30, 1923)," Memorial #16379245, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16379245 (accessed October 9, 2018).

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