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Henry Keehn

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Henry Keehn Veteran

Birth
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
2 Aug 1896 (aged 59–60)
Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section K, GAR, Lot 5324
Memorial ID
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Civil War: Co. D, 213th Pennsylvania Infantry
Indian Wars: Co. H, 1st U.S. Cavalry

Henry Keehn enlisted as a private at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1864, and was mustered into Company D, 213th Pennsylvania Infantry, February 26. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C., November 18, 1865, and returned to Carlisle, where he reenlisted as a private February 21, 1866, and was mustered into Company H, 1st U.S. Cavalry. He was discharged for disability at Fort Vancouver, Washington, December 18, 1866. Soon after being discharged, Henry filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension February 15, 1867, and received application No. 122,357 and certificate No. 757,286. In 1886 he was a member of Starr King Post, No. 52, Grand Army of the Republic, in Santa Barbara, California. He was a wholesale fruit dealer and printer living at 301 1/2 East 7th Street in Los Angeles when his health failed him. He was admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home April 25, 1895. His Sawtelle Home record shows his next-of-kin as his wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Keehn (born 1846, Canada). Henry was buried in Evergreen Cemetery August 4, 1896. Sarah filed for a Civil War widow's pension September 10, 1896, and received application No. 640,314. Sarah was living at 2508 Main Street, Santa Monica, from about 1905 until at least 1914, and she was still working as a nurse. Henry and Sarah never had any children.
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SANTA MONICA, Cal., Aug. 3. — Henry Keehn, the inmate of the Soldiers' Home who cut his throat with a razor on Saturday last, died last night. He will be buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, tomorrow.
(San Francisco Call, Vol. 80, No. 65, Tuesday, August 4, 1896)
Civil War: Co. D, 213th Pennsylvania Infantry
Indian Wars: Co. H, 1st U.S. Cavalry

Henry Keehn enlisted as a private at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1864, and was mustered into Company D, 213th Pennsylvania Infantry, February 26. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C., November 18, 1865, and returned to Carlisle, where he reenlisted as a private February 21, 1866, and was mustered into Company H, 1st U.S. Cavalry. He was discharged for disability at Fort Vancouver, Washington, December 18, 1866. Soon after being discharged, Henry filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension February 15, 1867, and received application No. 122,357 and certificate No. 757,286. In 1886 he was a member of Starr King Post, No. 52, Grand Army of the Republic, in Santa Barbara, California. He was a wholesale fruit dealer and printer living at 301 1/2 East 7th Street in Los Angeles when his health failed him. He was admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home April 25, 1895. His Sawtelle Home record shows his next-of-kin as his wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Keehn (born 1846, Canada). Henry was buried in Evergreen Cemetery August 4, 1896. Sarah filed for a Civil War widow's pension September 10, 1896, and received application No. 640,314. Sarah was living at 2508 Main Street, Santa Monica, from about 1905 until at least 1914, and she was still working as a nurse. Henry and Sarah never had any children.
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SANTA MONICA, Cal., Aug. 3. — Henry Keehn, the inmate of the Soldiers' Home who cut his throat with a razor on Saturday last, died last night. He will be buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, tomorrow.
(San Francisco Call, Vol. 80, No. 65, Tuesday, August 4, 1896)

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