Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Keene, John W. 1878 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   John W. Keene, general contractor and cabinetmaker, of Wichita, Kan., was
born in Madison county, Kentucky, on April 8, 1878. His parents were Robert and
Polly (Pinkston) Keene, natives of Kentucky, who moved to Champaign county,
Illinois, in 1894 and there engaged in farming. John W. Keene was educated in
the public schools of Champaign county and began to learn the carpenter's trade
in 1897. He worked for various firms until 1905, when he branched out for
himself and has since conducted a prosperous business. In 1908 he moved to
Wichita, where his shop is located at No. 307 West Douglas avenue. He makes a
specialty of general contracting, cabinet and interior work for first-class
buildings. Fraternally Mr. Keene is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and Woodmen of the World. On June 25, 1904, Mr. Keene was married to
Miss Marie L. Carroll, daughter of Daniel Carroll, of Normal, Ill. One child has
been born of this union, Lawrence C. Keene.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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