Friendsville Cemetery, Friendsville, Wabash County IL
Jemina (Gard) Keen
Jemina (Gard) Keen Born: 1769 Died: 26 Jan 1855 Plot:
age 86y Where born: Morristown-Morris Co NJ Where died: Lawrence Co IL Daughter of: Gershom Guard (1735 NJ-1807 OH) & Phoebe Huntington (1731 NJ-1812 OH) m: Peter Keen*; obit: Mrs. Jemina Keen died 1/26/1855; aged 86 years. died at the residence of Mr. Joseph Lamott in Lawrence County IL consort of Peter Keen - deceased - her funeral will be preached the first Sunday of March in the Presbyterian meeting house of Friendsville. The deceased was a native of New Jersey and one of the first pioneers to the West. She was the first lady married between the Miamis of Ohio and one of the first settlers of southern Illinois. being deprived of her eyesight for a period of 10 years before her death. for 50 years being associated with the Christian church. . .[From the Mt Carmel Register-Feb.14]
