Leonard KEEN

Born

2 December 1810 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Died

20 April 1880 , Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Leonard married Sarah DAVIS 6 August 1831 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sarah DAVIS was born 11 December 1813 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah died 5 July 1906 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

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Father: Ebenezer Keen
Mother: Susanna Sears

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Leonard KEEN

Leonard KEEN married

Sarah DAVIS
Marriage date: 6 August 1831
Marriage place: Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Leonard KEEN and Sarah DAVIS

William A. KEEN

Born: 19 February 1835, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 September 1878, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Lydia Ann KEEN

Born: 16 August 1843, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 11 April 1862, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1810
2 December 1810
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1831 Marriage / Partner
Leonard KEEN and Sarah DAVIS 6 August 1831, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

He was 20 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
William A. KEEN was born 19 February 1835, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

Leonard was 24 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Lydia Ann KEEN was born 16 August 1843, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Leonard was 32 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 Death of Child
Lydia Ann KEEN died 11 April 1862, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Leonard was 51 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Death of Child
William A. KEEN died 3 September 1878, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Leonard was 67 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

Death

Name: Leonard Keen
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 20 Apr 1880
Death Place: Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1811
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Father's Name: Ebenezer
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Mother's Name: Susan
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01104-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 1994264
Reference ID: 266

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014), Leonard Keen, 20 Apr 1880; citing Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts, reference 266; FHL microfilm 1,994,264.'

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