Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1897 — At Four Score and Ten. [ARTICLE]

At Four Score and Ten.

A very aged man died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Casey, in Keener Tp., Friday. It was James Keener, who until two years ago, lived in Whitley Co. He was born in 1807, and was therefore 90 years old, this year. Until two years ago, when his health failed, he was able to work his own farm. The funeral was held at Brushwood church, this forenoon, by Rev. J. L. Brady. Interment in Prater cemetery. The deceased was an older brother of Uncle Jacob Keener, the namesake of Keener tp., and one of the best known old settlers of the north part of this county.