Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1900 — A Golden Wedding. [ARTICLE]

A Golden Wedding.

Saturday, April 7th was the 50th wedding anniversary of Jacob and A**Lucia Keener, of Fair Oaks, and old residents of Union township. The event was celebrated at the hotel of their daughter, Mrs. Francina Lambert, at Fair Oaks. “Uncle Jake” was born April 7th, 1824, in Union Co, Ohio, and married Lucia Harrington on his birthday April 7th, 1850. She was born Mar. 24th 1830, and their respective ages now are 76 and 70 years. Their living children are only two Mrs. Lambert, above mentioned and Mrs. Minnie Cleaver, of Rensselaer. They have lived in Jasper county a great many years, having been here so long that when Keener township was organized, and then embraced much of what is now Union tpwnship was named in Mr. Keener’s honor. Besides the two daughters, there were present at the golden wedding ,5 grand-children and 3 great- grand-children. The company was called into the parlor at half past eleven o’clock and Mr. A. E. Pierson delivered a short speech upon good citizenship and eulogizing Mr Keener and wife very highly which was certainly their just dues. After which they received quite a number of very useful presents,' mostly presented by their children and grand-children. Then came the feast of good things. A table running the full length of Mrs. Lambert’s’dining roem was loaded down with the very best of good things to satisfy the appetite. Seventy persons partook of the grand repast and talked of the wedding dinner of 50 years ago. Mr, Keener said the present one was the best. After congratulations and many good wishes the guests departed happy and refreshed.