Lester Plato Keener ^{1 2 3}

   Cause of his death was Lymphatic Leukemia.³

  General Notes:

In the 1920 US Census it shows Lester living back home with his parents and his 2 sons supposedly divorced from his first wife, Lena Hanville. Lester was later married to Dorcie whose name appears with him on the 1940 US Census. Dorcie also signed as the informant on Lester's Death Certificate when he died in 1949.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Lester Plato Keener
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 Apr 1885
Event Place: Shiloh, Richland, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: William Keener
Mother's Name : Nida Paul

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDRY-TSH : 22 December 2016), William Keener in entry for Lester Plato Keener, 26 Apr 1885; citing Birth, Shiloh, Richland, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 541,345.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Lester P Keener
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Mar 1949
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1885
Birthplace: Richland County Ohio
Father's Name: William A. Keener
Mother's Name: Nina Paul

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6K2-978 : 8 December 2014), Lester P Keener, 26 Mar 1949; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,588.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairfield Township, Huron, OH on 12 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 20, Dwelling 227, Family 229
Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Home owned no mortgage
Lester P. Keener..Son..Apr 1885..15..OH..At School
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Shelby, OH on 5 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 220, Dwelling 89, Family 93, Roll 1430
Shelby, Richland County, Ohio
30 South Broadway; Home owned, no mortgage
Lester P. Keener..Son..34..OH..Divorced..Laborer, Auto Cell Co.
(Divorced and living with 2 sons at the home of his parents.)
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• He resided at RD 1 in 1949 in Plymouth Township, Richland County, OH.
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• He was buried on 30 March 1949 in the Shelby-Oakland Cemetery in Shelby, OH.

Plot 1-603
Find A Grave Memorial 27079303.

Lester married Lena B. Hanville, daughter of George W. Hanville and Lucy Maynard, on 1 September 1907 in , Huron County, OH. (Lena B. Hanville was born on 18 May 1889 in Boughtonville, OH and died after 1913.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Lester P. Keener
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Sep 1907
Event Place: Huron, Ohio, United States
Age: 22
Birth Date: 26 Apr
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Birthplace: Shelby, O
Father's Name: W. A. Keener
Mother's Name: Nyda Paul
Spouse's Name: Lena B. Hanville
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
Spouse's Birthplace: Boughtonville, O.
Spouse's Father's Name: Geo. W. Hanville
Spouse's Mother's Name: Lucy Maynard

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X86C-KV5 : 10 December 2017), Lester P. Keener and Lena B. Hanville, 01 Sep 1907; citing Huron, Ohio, United States, reference p 120 cn 237; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 410,265.
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