Bishop John Christian Keener (1819–1906)

Wilhelm Kühner
Jul 27, 2017 · 3 min read
Bishop John Christian Keener by Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts), 1906 — Public Domain.

“He had the richest Teutonic blood in his veins.”

According to Ed Bain (at Ancestry.com), Bishop John Christian Keener was a near cousin of Joseph and Ulrich Keener. John was the editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate from 1866 to 1870 and an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1870 to 1898. He was a member of the first graduating class of Wesleyan University (1835), but he parted with John Wesley on the issue of slavery. He founded an Methodist Episcopal Church, South mission in Mexico, was “highly esteemed by Jefferson Davis, and served as Superintendent of C.S.A. Chaplains west of the Mississippi River during the Civil War” (Wikipedia).

Snip: Asheville Citizen-Times, Janurary 20, 1906 — via Newspapers.com.

Kühner Kommentar an Amerika

A frank, independent, and courageous look at my German-American heritage, history, and current events with a deep aversion to sham and pretense wherever it appears.

Wilhelm Kühner

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Pruning the “tangled thicket” of Kühner (Keener) Genealogie in Amerika and reflecting on its relevance to current events.

Kühner Kommentar an Amerika

A frank, independent, and courageous look at my German-American heritage, history, and current events with a deep aversion to sham and pretense wherever it appears.

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