Accession #: 1993.019

James Henry Keeny or Keeney was born in Canada Apr. 15, 1839. He enlisted in Company D, Engineers and Mechanics, September 22, 1862 at Grand Rapids. He was mustered October 6, 1862, and was discharged on a Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Nashville, Tennessee on May 30, 1863. Keeney was later a teacher in Kelloggsville and Kent County. He died in Oakland Co., Mich. Nov. 30, 1921.

This collection is composed of all photocopied documents. There are three letters in this collection, one written before and the other two during the Civil War. Of the Civil War letters, one reports on Keeney’s medical problems, while the other is illegible.

The Government documents are records of his enlistment, payroll, certificate of disability for discharge and his medical discharge.

The post-Civil War documents related to his job as a teach, plus his death certificate, which gives his wife’s name as Anna.