Ann Eliza Keener

Brief Life History of Ann Eliza

When Ann Eliza Keener was born on 26 March 1834, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Rev Horace Ulrich Keener, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Duckett, was 24. She married James Wharey Terrell in 1858. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Webster, Jackson, North Carolina, United States in 1880. She died on 11 December 1870, in Qualla, Jackson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Indian Hills, Jackson, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Wharey Terrell
1829–1908
Ann Eliza Keener
1834–1870
Marriage: 1858
Mary Jane "Molly" Terrell
1859–1934
William David Terrell
1864–1936
Sarah Ermina Terrell
1861–1943
James Ulrich Terrell
1862–1864
Harriet Adelaide Terrell
1868–1869
Joel Keener Terrell
1869–1953

Sources (8)

  • Ann E Terrell in household of Jas W Terrell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ann Eliza Keener Terrell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Bonnie Keener in entry for Sarah E. Bird, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"

World Events (5)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Kiener or Kühner (see Kuehner ).

English: variant of Keenor, a habitational name from Keynor in Sidlesham (Sussex), derived from Old English cȳna, genitive plural of ‘cow’, + ōra ‘bank, edge, slope’.

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

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