Esli Martin Keener

Martin Fast
(Cal 1784-1838)

Catherine Blosser
(1790-1859)

James Keener
(1812-1892)

Mary Fast
(1819-1896)

Esli Martin Keener
(1860-1944)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Nancy Elizabeth Bushey

James L. Keener

Esli Martin Keener ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷

Born: 9 September 1860, Ashland, OH ² ³ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷
Marriage (1): Nancy Elizabeth Bushey on 10 October 1909 in Pittsburgh, PA ¹ ²
Died: 12 June 1944, Dayton, OH at age 83 ⁶ ⁷
Buried: 16 June 1944, Ashland, OH ⁶ ⁷

bullet Cause of his death was Hypostatic Pneumonia.⁶

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Jackson Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 30, Family 252, Roll 1169
Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Esli M. Keener..9..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Jackson Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 71C, District 82, Family 129, Roll 991
Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Esli M. Keener..Son..18..OH..At Home
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Sep 1860, then his age should have been 19 instead of 18.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Jackson Township, Ashland County, OH on 18 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 4, Dwelling 220, Family 223
Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Esli M. Keener..Boarder..Sep 1860..39..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living at the home of his widowed sister, Catherine, and her daughter.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Hicksville Township, Defiance, OH on 27 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 12, Dwelling 154, Family 154, Roll 1376
Hicksville Township, Defiance County, Ohio
State Line; Farm owned, no mortgage
Esli M. Keener..Head..59..OH
(Living with wife and son.)
.

• He resided at 139 North Ardmore Street in 1944 in Dayton, OH.
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• He was buried on 16 June 1944 in the Polk Cemetery in Ashland, OH.

Esli and his wife Nancy share one common gravestone in Polk Cemetery which is a large block of rose colored granite with a polished vertical face. The inscription reads "KEENER - Father, Esli M. 1860 - 1944; Mother, Nancy E. 1872 - 1955".

Find A Grave Memorial #23712660
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Esli married Nancy Elizabeth Bushey on 10 October 1909 in Pittsburgh, PA.¹ ² (Nancy Elizabeth Bushey was born on 3 April 1872 in Shelby, OH,² ⁸ died on 18 October 1955 in Dayton, OH ⁸ and was buried after 18 October 1955 in Ashland, OH ⁸.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Hicksville Township, Defiance, OH on 27 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 12, Dwelling 154, Family 154, Roll 1376
Hicksville Township, Defiance County, Ohio
State Line; Farm owned, no mortgage
Esli M. Keener..Head..59..OH
Nanna Keener..Wife..47..OH..Farmer
James L. Keener..Son..9..OH
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1 Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Hicksville Township, Defiance County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 7A, dwelling 154, family 154, Esli Martin Keener and Nancy Elizabeth Bushey; index and images (accessed 17 Aug 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1376.

3 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 30, dwelling 265, family 252, James Keener and Mary Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1169.

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 82, p. 71C, family 129, James Keener and Mary Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 991.

5 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 9B, dwelling 220, family 223, Catherine Keener; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

6 Ohio Department of Health, death certificate 40007 (12 Jun 1944, Montgomery County), Esli Martin Keener; digital image, FamilySearch.org, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1307272 : accessed 12 Mar 2010).

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23712660.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23712661.

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