Group 2

Allen Keepers

Rank:  Private

Born/died:  January 25, 1846[1] - May 21, 1862

Cause of death:  Typhoid fever.  Allen was treated for Rubeola from April 24, 1862 until his death at age 16.

Age at enlistment:  15

Children:  None

Residence at death:  At his father’s home in Valley Ford, Meigs County, Ohio.

Served:  Company I, 53^rd Ohio Infantry from December 12, 1861 until about April, 1862. 

Claim filed:  December 6, 1890, by his father.  It is presumed that the application was approved, because there was no letter of rejection in the file.

Remarks:

John Mills Keepers, Allen’s father, made a request for a pension dated December 4, 1890.  John was 76 years old, and had married Allen’s mother on July 16, 1837 at Beaver Township in Pennsylvania.  She died on June 19, 1884.  Anna (Hart) Keepers gave birth to 11 children, three of which died in infancy.