Isaac N. Keepers[1]
Rank: Private, Company F, 11th
Ohio Cavalry
Born/died: September 9, 1849
– April 7, 1890
Cause of death: ?
Residence at death: probably, Scio, Ohio, his place of burial
Served: February 29, 1864 – June 14, 1866
Age at enlistment: 14 yr. 6 mo.
Claim filed: Widow’s Declaration: May 7, 1908
Remarks:
Isaac was on active duty
through the last year of the war and served an additional year after the
close. During May and June, 1865, he
was on detached service, scouting. He was
mustered out with his company at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, just before his 17th
birthday.
His pension file has no
record of a casualty. He stated that at
Sandy, Nebraska, while crossing the plains in April, 1864, he was “exposed to
rain and snow without tents or shelters.”
He contracted rheumatism, principally in the feet, and the condition
became chronic. A marriage certificate
stated he was married to “Miss Tina Ball” on December 23, 1869.
A curious note in the file
involves Nellie and Mary, who were “acquaintances” of 15 years and 10 years,
respectively, and who attested to the facts in Christina’s application. Actually, they were two of the four
daughters of Isaac and Christina.
A general affidavit,
supporting her mother’s application, was given on July 15, 1908, by Nellie
Keepers, age 33, from Urichsville, Ohio.
If her age were correct, she would have been born in 1875.
Isaac was a marble cutter
after the war, as was his father and two of his brothers. In the1880 census, his father, William V.
Keepers, was listed as a marble merchant.
There is no record in the
pension file of the disposition of any applications. It is assumed the pension requests were approved.