Marshall Lathrop Keniston

Brief Life History of Marshall Lathrop

When Marshall Lathrop Keniston was born on 8 June 1853, in South Oxford Territory, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Samuel Ephraham Keniston, was 28 and his mother, Dorothy Files Edwards, was 19. He married Mary Eliza McColister on 5 December 1874, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1880 and Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 January 1934, in Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marshall Lathrop Keniston
1853–1934
Mary Eliza McColister
1853–1936
Marriage: 5 December 1874
Albert Irving Keniston
1875–1954
Venia May Keniston
1877–1965
Walter Chester Keniston
1879–1886
George Harley Keniston
1885–1911
Guy Harold Keniston
1888–1916
Harry Cole Keniston
1889–1960

Sources (45)

  • Lathrop M Keniston in household of S E Keniston, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lathrop M. Kenniston, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Lathrop M. Keniston, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1864 · St. Albans Raid

St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (southwestern, especially Somerset): perhaps a variant of Kinson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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