The Illinois Society of the War of 1812 held a ceremony on October 23 and unveiled a marker. Seventy attended, including many of his descendants.
Andrew Keown was born April 11, 1793, in Butler County, Kentucky, and served as a private in Lt.-Colonel William Mitchusson's 14th Regiment of Kentucky Militia. He came to Illinois in 1819, but returned to Kentucky before bring his family back in 1825. He started receiving a War of 1812 pension in 1871 until his death.
Death came on February 20, 1880 at the age of 86.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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