{"id":979,"date":"2023-01-07T20:59:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/?page_id=979"},"modified":"2023-01-07T20:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:59:59","slug":"thomas-j-keen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/index.php\/thomas-j-keen\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas J. Keen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"979\" class=\"elementor elementor-979\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba066c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eba066c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f699596 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f699596\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1119f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa1119f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a19d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f5a19d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21299ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21299ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f2a4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0f2a4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a38567c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a38567c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e627bc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e627bc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e61670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e61670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1024x528.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-159\" alt=\"advertiser Darseys Furniture and Mattress Grapeland Texas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-2048x1056.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2258dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2258dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28122c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28122c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thomas J. Keen Family History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8fb8bc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e8fb8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16ad744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16ad744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thomas Jefferson Keen (1830-1879) came to\u00a0Houston\u00a0County\u00a0with his father, Joseph C. Keen (1784-1881), his stepmother Permelia Dailey Keen (d. 1895), Thomas Rutherford Dailey, and John Banks White (1820-1893) who was married to Thomas J.&#8217;s sister Harriet Keen (1828-1889). They formed a community called Daly&#8217;s,\u00a0Texas. On June 29, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. After the war, he returned to Daly&#8217;s. On December 3, 1867, he was married to Caledonia Isabella Beazley Dailey (1838-1895), widow of Milton Dickerson Dailey (1829-1863).\u00a0Caledonia\u00a0was the mother of four Dailey children, Thomas H., Thursa Adelaide, Charles Beazley, and Emma Catherine. She and Thomas J. Keen had six children, Frances Irene (1869-1950), Jennie Murchison (1870-1956), Silas Edwin (1872-1944), Mary Etta (1874-1958), Florence Pamela (1876-1957) and Thomas Joseph (1878-c.1960). Frances (Fannie)\u00a0I.\u00a0married Dr. Lewis Meriwether (1850-1918) and they had four children who grew up in the Atlantic coast area after their father&#8217;s death. Jennie married Dr. Joseph Harper Paxton (1866-1954). Dr. Paxton practiced medicine in both\u00a0Houston\u00a0and\u00a0Anderson\u00a0Counties. Their children were Edwin Stratton (1894-1979), Joe Stokes (1896-1941), Lurlene (b. 1898), Eleanor (b. 1899), and Tom Keen (1904-1969). Silas Edwin married Juliet Blythe and they had no children. Mary Etta was married twice. First she married Joe Davis. Their only child was a daughter, Joe Vauda, who married but had no children. Florence Pamela was unmarried. Thomas (Jodie) married twice, but had no children. Descendants of Thomas J. Keen who are known in this area are Eleanor who is Mrs. Jess Slaughter who lives with her daughter and son-in-law Janice and David Hurst in\u00a0Wheat Ridge,\u00a0Colorado; and Lurlene who is Mrs. J.C. Shotwell and lives in\u00a0Elkhart. Tom Keen Paxton married Chloe Yongue and she lives in\u00a0San Angelo\u00a0since his death. Eleanor&#8217;s son, Jess Slaughter, Jr. lives near\u00a0Big Spring,\u00a0Texas.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-300x155.png\" alt=\"advertiser Darseys Furniture and Mattress Grapeland Texas\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/grapeland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/darseys-2048x1056.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas J. Keen Family History Thomas Jefferson Keen (1830-1879) came to\u00a0Houston\u00a0County\u00a0with his father, Joseph C. Keen (1784-1881), his stepmother Permelia Dailey Keen (d. 1895), Thomas Rutherford Dailey, and John Banks White (1820-1893) who was married to Thomas J.&#8217;s sister Harriet Keen (1828-1889). They formed a community called Daly&#8217;s,\u00a0Texas. 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