Houston L. Keesee

Birth Date

1824-10-16

Death Date

1897-01-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy W. James Keesee on January 6, 1848. Father of Ann M. Keesee, James C. Keesee, Houston L. Keesee Jr. Married to Elizabeth R. McCormick Keesee on October 6, 1856. Father of Elizabeth Keesee, Rufus Keesee, Birch Keesee, and William Keesee. Farmer in Union County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as quarter-master sergeant and second lieutenant from August 14, 1862 to October 29, 1863. Served in the North Cumberland Battalion in the Kentucky State Militia as first lieutenant and captain from March 1, 1865 to August 28, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 482A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 433. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Hills Precinct, p. 303A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 397. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 777 and 931. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 134. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562199, p. 119 of 485 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. , p. 119. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562202, p. 98 of 658 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Houston Logan Keesee (1824-1897)," Memorial #106004513, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106004513 (accessed October 3, 2018).

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