Terry Albert Keener (1859 - 1939)

Born 20 May 1859 in Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maranda Altha (Dykes) Keener — married 24 Dec 1880 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1939 at age 79 in Paoli, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Terry Albert Keener was born in 1859. He was the son of John Andrew Jackson Keener and Rachael Ruth Graham. He passed away in 1939.

Records indicate that Terry Albert Keener and Maranda Dykes had three other children - Jackson (or Jackie) Keener, Harvey Keener, and Ella Keener. The records are not conclusive. According to family history, the four oldest children of Terry and Miranda contracted measles. Three of them died within a period of two days, only Albert Henry survived.

Facts about prison sentence as told by a 93 years old granddaughter-

Terry had a neighbor whose cattle kept knocking down Terry's fence and then stomping Terry's garden, flowers, and yard. He kept telling his neighbor to repair his own fences so his cattle would not get over to Terry's place. After awhile, as time went on Terry began to just keep all of the neighbor's cattle that came onto his property. Terry kept them secure with his own cattle and claimed they were his. Terry refused to return the cattle to his neighbor. He physically fought with the neighbor several times, and then the neighbor pressed charges. The court found Terry Albert guilty of "theft of stealing cattle."

Terry Albert Keener was sentenced to a 2 year term in prison. He was not locked up inside the big prison in Huntsville, Texas. Instead he was sent to a "Prison Work Farm" in south Texas for 2 years. He got out two months early for good behaviour.

The prison work farm record shows Terry Albert Keener as 38 years old, 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing 142 pounds, with dark complexion, dark hair, and grey eyes. It also showed he had a lot of scars, and could read and write. His time of conviction was 09/20/1899 and his discharge was 07/20/1901.

Terry Albert Keener is buried at the Paoli Cemetery, Paoli, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.

1860 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County

Andrew J Keener, age 28, M, Farmer, Tennessee

Ruth Keener, age 28, F, Tennessee

John Keener, age 13, M, Tennessee

Sarah J Keener, age 11, F, Tennessee

Billy Keener, age 9, M, Tennessee

Martha Keener, age 7, F, Tennessee

Nancy Keener, age 5, F, Tennessee

Terry Keener, age 3, M, Tennessee

Waymon Keener, age 1, M, Tennessee

NOTE - The birth dates of Terry and Waymon appear to be reversed on the 1860 census.

1870 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County, District 1, Robenson X Roads

Keener, John, age 44, male, farmer

Keener, Rachel, age 43, female

Keener, Sarah J, age 21, female

Keener, William, age 18, male

Keener, Martha, age 17, female

Keener, Waman H, age 15, male

Keener, Nancy, age 14, female

Keener, Terry, age 12, male

Keener, Mary, age 10, female

Keener, Fannie, age 8, female

Keener, Alexander, age 4, male

Keener, Harve?, age 1/12, male

1880 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County, District 1

Keener, Jackson, age 55, head, farmer

Keener, Rachel, age 54, wife

Keener, Terry, age 19, son, single, works on farm

Keener, Mary, age 17, daughter, single

Keener, Fanny, age 15, daughter, single

Keener, Alaxander, age 12, son, single, works on farm

Keener, Harvey, age 9, son

Keener, Elizabeth, age 7, grand daughter

Keener, Sarah, age 4, grand daughter

1910 US Census - Oklahoma, Garvin County, Whitebead Township

Keener, Kary, Head, age 48, married 1 time 30 years, farmer

Keener, Marand, wife, age 50, married 1 time, 30 years, 14 children, 9 alive

Keener, Garkie E. Wright, daughter, age 21, married 1 time 4 years, 2 children, 1 alive, telephone central

Keener, Mary F, daughter, age 17, single

Keener, Jennie B, daughter, age 16

Keener, James T, son, age 14, odd jobs

Keener, Ebby L, son, age 12, odd jobs

Keener, George T, son, age 10

1930 US Census - Oklahoma, Garvin County, Paoli Town, Whitebead Township

Talley, Fred M, head, age 41, married at age 23, birthplace Arkansas, Merchant Grocery

Talley, Jennie B, wife, age 35, married at age 18, birthplace Tennessee

Talley, Clyde E, son, age 17, single, birthplace Oklahoma

Talley, Alta O, daughter, age 10, birthplace Oklahoma

Talley, Lola B, daughter, age 6, birthplace Oklahoma

Talley, Syble H, daughter, age 2, birthplace Oklahoma

Keener, Terry A, father in law, age 68, widowed, birthplace Tennessee, Retired

Sources

• Family Bible
• Texas State Convict Records
• 1860 US Census
• 1870 US Census
• 1880 US Census
• 1910 US Census
• 1930 US Census

Census

1880

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDQL-HR3 : 13 July 2016), Rachel Keener in household of Jackson Keener, District 1, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1245; FHL microfilm 1,255,245.