Kenan was a Captain in the C.S.A. He was a member of Georgia state senator(1867-68).
The following are newspaper accounts of Mr. Kenan's last days:
May 23, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
ON TUESDAY EVENING about two o'clock a difficulty occurred between two well known gentlemen of this place, that almost resulted fatally. Mr. John Stother, in a buggy, accompanied by Mr. P. Fair, jr., had stopped in front of Moore & Co's store on Wayne street. Col. Lewis H. Kenan, a member of the bar, stepped out of Moore & Co.'s store with a double barreled hot gun in his hands. Raising the weapon, he fired. Mr. Stevens knocked the gun upward, and the load lodged in Mr. Staley's house on the opposite side of the street. The horse sprang forward, throwing both Mr. Strother and Fair out backwards. Col. Kenan again fired, but as they were falling the load passed over then, taking effect in the leg of a negro on the sidewalk. A crowd immediately assembled, and any further demonstration of hostilities was prevents. Mr. Strother was considerably bruised by the fall, and has been confined to his bed ever since. Not the slightest clue to the motives which prompted Col. Kenan to this act, is given. Even Mr. Strother is in doubt as to the cause. Col. Kenan was arrested, but gave bond in the sum of $2,500 for his appearance at court.
May 30, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
On Tuesday night last an attempt was made to burn the house of Col. L. H. Kenan, in the suburbs of this place. No one was in the house at the time, but fortunately the fire did not take hold upon the building, though a quantity of fodder and fat lightwood placed under the floor.
July 6, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
HOMICIDE AT MILLEDGEVILLE - A dispatch was received here by Mr. McCombs, of the H. I. Kimball Huse, announcing the fact that Louis (sic) Kenan, of Milledgeville, was shot and killed, yesterday, by John Strother. We know nothing of the particulars concerning this homicide further than that there was a quarrel between the two men dating back some months, and that a few weeks ago an encounter took place between them inwhich some shots were fired, injuring neither gentlemen. After that the quarrel was amicably adjusted, and the friends of both thought the affair had passed over entirely. The altercation yesterday whichled to thehomicide, grew out of the original quarrel. Atlanta Sun, 4th.
July 13, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
The Southern Recorder of the 11th says that "all attempts to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Strother (who killed Capt. Kenan in Milledgeville) have so far filed," but that it is reported that Mr. Strother's friends will be "ready to give bond for his appearance at court whenever Judge Robinson arrives.
July 25, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
A TOUCHING INCIDENT- Within the past week an aged and worthy woman - once the property of the mother of Captain Lewis Kenan, an his nurse throughout infancy - came to our city alone and over three hundred miles of travel, with no other object than to look at his grave and sympathize with her old mistress in the deep distress of the family! Her feelings were those of a mother; and when the poor, sorrowing soul gazed upon the narrow bounds which holds all that is mortal of him she had tended and cared for as her own, there is little doubt she shared much of the sad bereavement of the real parent. Such instances of devoted attachment and unostentatious gratitude are few, even amongst the highest grades of society - illustrating as it does those ties which subsisted in the relation of Southern masters and their slaves - making it a mutual joy and a last benefit to both alike.
The woman here alluded to is Dicy, well and kindly remember by many citizens of Milledgeville - born and owned in the family of the late Col. Robert W. Alston, and who has never lived under any other protection. She is now, and has been ever since the war, in the service of one of her former young mistresses (Mrs. Reid, of Thomasville, Ga.) and the same attentive, unswerving friend and assistant, as she had been the dutiful, faithful and trusted servant. Her mission ended, and her feelings gratified, she has gone back to her home, where, we hope, her days may be prolonged, and their termination crowned with the assurance of a happy hereafter.
September 12, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
The Grand Jury of Baldwin county found a true bill for murder against John R. Strother, at its late session. Stother, it will be remembered, murdered Captain Lewis H. Kenan and has never been arrested. He is supposed to have left the State. The Sheriff of the county is his uncle.
April 2, 1872
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ On Friday evening, 29th ult, died Mrs. SALLIE R. KENAN, widow of the late Capt. Lewis H. Kenan of this city.
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From Memory Hill Cemetery Tour:
Memory Hill Cemetery, Lewis Holmes Kenan (Co. I., 1st GA Reg.)
(Jan. 18, 1833-July 3, 1871) was wounded July 7, 1864 at John's Island, SC. He was State Senator and Secretary of the Georgia Senate. He was murdered on Hancock Street by John R. Strother, who had recently married Kenan's father's widow. Strother escaped justice by being shipped out of town, by train, concealed in a crate. (Memory Hill Cemetery tour)
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The following are newspaper accounts of Mr. Kenan's last days:
May 23, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
ON TUESDAY EVENING about two o'clock a difficulty occurred between two well known gentlemen of this place, that almost resulted fatally. Mr. John Stother, in a buggy, accompanied by Mr. P. Fair, jr., had stopped in front of Moore & Co's store on Wayne street. Col. Lewis H. Kenan, a member of the bar, stepped out of Moore & Co.'s store with a double barreled hot gun in his hands. Raising the weapon, he fired. Mr. Stevens knocked the gun upward, and the load lodged in Mr. Staley's house on the opposite side of the street. The horse sprang forward, throwing both Mr. Strother and Fair out backwards. Col. Kenan again fired, but as they were falling the load passed over then, taking effect in the leg of a negro on the sidewalk. A crowd immediately assembled, and any further demonstration of hostilities was prevents. Mr. Strother was considerably bruised by the fall, and has been confined to his bed ever since. Not the slightest clue to the motives which prompted Col. Kenan to this act, is given. Even Mr. Strother is in doubt as to the cause. Col. Kenan was arrested, but gave bond in the sum of $2,500 for his appearance at court.
May 30, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
On Tuesday night last an attempt was made to burn the house of Col. L. H. Kenan, in the suburbs of this place. No one was in the house at the time, but fortunately the fire did not take hold upon the building, though a quantity of fodder and fat lightwood placed under the floor.
July 6, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
HOMICIDE AT MILLEDGEVILLE - A dispatch was received here by Mr. McCombs, of the H. I. Kimball Huse, announcing the fact that Louis (sic) Kenan, of Milledgeville, was shot and killed, yesterday, by John Strother. We know nothing of the particulars concerning this homicide further than that there was a quarrel between the two men dating back some months, and that a few weeks ago an encounter took place between them inwhich some shots were fired, injuring neither gentlemen. After that the quarrel was amicably adjusted, and the friends of both thought the affair had passed over entirely. The altercation yesterday whichled to thehomicide, grew out of the original quarrel. Atlanta Sun, 4th.
July 13, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
The Southern Recorder of the 11th says that "all attempts to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Strother (who killed Capt. Kenan in Milledgeville) have so far filed," but that it is reported that Mr. Strother's friends will be "ready to give bond for his appearance at court whenever Judge Robinson arrives.
July 25, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
A TOUCHING INCIDENT- Within the past week an aged and worthy woman - once the property of the mother of Captain Lewis Kenan, an his nurse throughout infancy - came to our city alone and over three hundred miles of travel, with no other object than to look at his grave and sympathize with her old mistress in the deep distress of the family! Her feelings were those of a mother; and when the poor, sorrowing soul gazed upon the narrow bounds which holds all that is mortal of him she had tended and cared for as her own, there is little doubt she shared much of the sad bereavement of the real parent. Such instances of devoted attachment and unostentatious gratitude are few, even amongst the highest grades of society - illustrating as it does those ties which subsisted in the relation of Southern masters and their slaves - making it a mutual joy and a last benefit to both alike.
The woman here alluded to is Dicy, well and kindly remember by many citizens of Milledgeville - born and owned in the family of the late Col. Robert W. Alston, and who has never lived under any other protection. She is now, and has been ever since the war, in the service of one of her former young mistresses (Mrs. Reid, of Thomasville, Ga.) and the same attentive, unswerving friend and assistant, as she had been the dutiful, faithful and trusted servant. Her mission ended, and her feelings gratified, she has gone back to her home, where, we hope, her days may be prolonged, and their termination crowned with the assurance of a happy hereafter.
September 12, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
The Grand Jury of Baldwin county found a true bill for murder against John R. Strother, at its late session. Stother, it will be remembered, murdered Captain Lewis H. Kenan and has never been arrested. He is supposed to have left the State. The Sheriff of the county is his uncle.
April 2, 1872
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ On Friday evening, 29th ult, died Mrs. SALLIE R. KENAN, widow of the late Capt. Lewis H. Kenan of this city.
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From Memory Hill Cemetery Tour:
Memory Hill Cemetery, Lewis Holmes Kenan (Co. I., 1st GA Reg.)
(Jan. 18, 1833-July 3, 1871) was wounded July 7, 1864 at John's Island, SC. He was State Senator and Secretary of the Georgia Senate. He was murdered on Hancock Street by John R. Strother, who had recently married Kenan's father's widow. Strother escaped justice by being shipped out of town, by train, concealed in a crate. (Memory Hill Cemetery tour)
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Kenan was a Captain in the C.S.A. He was a member of Georgia state senator(1867-68).
The following are newspaper accounts of Mr. Kenan's last days:
May 23, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
ON TUESDAY EVENING about two o'clock a difficulty occurred between two well known gentlemen of this place, that almost resulted fatally. Mr. John Stother, in a buggy, accompanied by Mr. P. Fair, jr., had stopped in front of Moore & Co's store on Wayne street. Col. Lewis H. Kenan, a member of the bar, stepped out of Moore & Co.'s store with a double barreled hot gun in his hands. Raising the weapon, he fired. Mr. Stevens knocked the gun upward, and the load lodged in Mr. Staley's house on the opposite side of the street. The horse sprang forward, throwing both Mr. Strother and Fair out backwards. Col. Kenan again fired, but as they were falling the load passed over then, taking effect in the leg of a negro on the sidewalk. A crowd immediately assembled, and any further demonstration of hostilities was prevents. Mr. Strother was considerably bruised by the fall, and has been confined to his bed ever since. Not the slightest clue to the motives which prompted Col. Kenan to this act, is given. Even Mr. Strother is in doubt as to the cause. Col. Kenan was arrested, but gave bond in the sum of $2,500 for his appearance at court.
May 30, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
On Tuesday night last an attempt was made to burn the house of Col. L. H. Kenan, in the suburbs of this place. No one was in the house at the time, but fortunately the fire did not take hold upon the building, though a quantity of fodder and fat lightwood placed under the floor.
July 6, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
HOMICIDE AT MILLEDGEVILLE - A dispatch was received here by Mr. McCombs, of the H. I. Kimball Huse, announcing the fact that Louis (sic) Kenan, of Milledgeville, was shot and killed, yesterday, by John Strother. We know nothing of the particulars concerning this homicide further than that there was a quarrel between the two men dating back some months, and that a few weeks ago an encounter took place between them inwhich some shots were fired, injuring neither gentlemen. After that the quarrel was amicably adjusted, and the friends of both thought the affair had passed over entirely. The altercation yesterday whichled to thehomicide, grew out of the original quarrel. Atlanta Sun, 4th.
July 13, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
The Southern Recorder of the 11th says that "all attempts to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Strother (who killed Capt. Kenan in Milledgeville) have so far filed," but that it is reported that Mr. Strother's friends will be "ready to give bond for his appearance at court whenever Judge Robinson arrives.
July 25, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
A TOUCHING INCIDENT- Within the past week an aged and worthy woman - once the property of the mother of Captain Lewis Kenan, an his nurse throughout infancy - came to our city alone and over three hundred miles of travel, with no other object than to look at his grave and sympathize with her old mistress in the deep distress of the family! Her feelings were those of a mother; and when the poor, sorrowing soul gazed upon the narrow bounds which holds all that is mortal of him she had tended and cared for as her own, there is little doubt she shared much of the sad bereavement of the real parent. Such instances of devoted attachment and unostentatious gratitude are few, even amongst the highest grades of society - illustrating as it does those ties which subsisted in the relation of Southern masters and their slaves - making it a mutual joy and a last benefit to both alike.
The woman here alluded to is Dicy, well and kindly remember by many citizens of Milledgeville - born and owned in the family of the late Col. Robert W. Alston, and who has never lived under any other protection. She is now, and has been ever since the war, in the service of one of her former young mistresses (Mrs. Reid, of Thomasville, Ga.) and the same attentive, unswerving friend and assistant, as she had been the dutiful, faithful and trusted servant. Her mission ended, and her feelings gratified, she has gone back to her home, where, we hope, her days may be prolonged, and their termination crowned with the assurance of a happy hereafter.
September 12, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
The Grand Jury of Baldwin county found a true bill for murder against John R. Strother, at its late session. Stother, it will be remembered, murdered Captain Lewis H. Kenan and has never been arrested. He is supposed to have left the State. The Sheriff of the county is his uncle.
April 2, 1872
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ On Friday evening, 29th ult, died Mrs. SALLIE R. KENAN, widow of the late Capt. Lewis H. Kenan of this city.
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From Memory Hill Cemetery Tour:
Memory Hill Cemetery, Lewis Holmes Kenan (Co. I., 1st GA Reg.)
(Jan. 18, 1833-July 3, 1871) was wounded July 7, 1864 at John's Island, SC. He was State Senator and Secretary of the Georgia Senate. He was murdered on Hancock Street by John R. Strother, who had recently married Kenan's father's widow. Strother escaped justice by being shipped out of town, by train, concealed in a crate. (Memory Hill Cemetery tour)
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The following are newspaper accounts of Mr. Kenan's last days:
May 23, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
ON TUESDAY EVENING about two o'clock a difficulty occurred between two well known gentlemen of this place, that almost resulted fatally. Mr. John Stother, in a buggy, accompanied by Mr. P. Fair, jr., had stopped in front of Moore & Co's store on Wayne street. Col. Lewis H. Kenan, a member of the bar, stepped out of Moore & Co.'s store with a double barreled hot gun in his hands. Raising the weapon, he fired. Mr. Stevens knocked the gun upward, and the load lodged in Mr. Staley's house on the opposite side of the street. The horse sprang forward, throwing both Mr. Strother and Fair out backwards. Col. Kenan again fired, but as they were falling the load passed over then, taking effect in the leg of a negro on the sidewalk. A crowd immediately assembled, and any further demonstration of hostilities was prevents. Mr. Strother was considerably bruised by the fall, and has been confined to his bed ever since. Not the slightest clue to the motives which prompted Col. Kenan to this act, is given. Even Mr. Strother is in doubt as to the cause. Col. Kenan was arrested, but gave bond in the sum of $2,500 for his appearance at court.
May 30, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
On Tuesday night last an attempt was made to burn the house of Col. L. H. Kenan, in the suburbs of this place. No one was in the house at the time, but fortunately the fire did not take hold upon the building, though a quantity of fodder and fat lightwood placed under the floor.
July 6, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
HOMICIDE AT MILLEDGEVILLE - A dispatch was received here by Mr. McCombs, of the H. I. Kimball Huse, announcing the fact that Louis (sic) Kenan, of Milledgeville, was shot and killed, yesterday, by John Strother. We know nothing of the particulars concerning this homicide further than that there was a quarrel between the two men dating back some months, and that a few weeks ago an encounter took place between them inwhich some shots were fired, injuring neither gentlemen. After that the quarrel was amicably adjusted, and the friends of both thought the affair had passed over entirely. The altercation yesterday whichled to thehomicide, grew out of the original quarrel. Atlanta Sun, 4th.
July 13, 1871
Daily Columbus Enquirer
The Southern Recorder of the 11th says that "all attempts to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Strother (who killed Capt. Kenan in Milledgeville) have so far filed," but that it is reported that Mr. Strother's friends will be "ready to give bond for his appearance at court whenever Judge Robinson arrives.
July 25, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
A TOUCHING INCIDENT- Within the past week an aged and worthy woman - once the property of the mother of Captain Lewis Kenan, an his nurse throughout infancy - came to our city alone and over three hundred miles of travel, with no other object than to look at his grave and sympathize with her old mistress in the deep distress of the family! Her feelings were those of a mother; and when the poor, sorrowing soul gazed upon the narrow bounds which holds all that is mortal of him she had tended and cared for as her own, there is little doubt she shared much of the sad bereavement of the real parent. Such instances of devoted attachment and unostentatious gratitude are few, even amongst the highest grades of society - illustrating as it does those ties which subsisted in the relation of Southern masters and their slaves - making it a mutual joy and a last benefit to both alike.
The woman here alluded to is Dicy, well and kindly remember by many citizens of Milledgeville - born and owned in the family of the late Col. Robert W. Alston, and who has never lived under any other protection. She is now, and has been ever since the war, in the service of one of her former young mistresses (Mrs. Reid, of Thomasville, Ga.) and the same attentive, unswerving friend and assistant, as she had been the dutiful, faithful and trusted servant. Her mission ended, and her feelings gratified, she has gone back to her home, where, we hope, her days may be prolonged, and their termination crowned with the assurance of a happy hereafter.
September 12, 1871
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
The Grand Jury of Baldwin county found a true bill for murder against John R. Strother, at its late session. Stother, it will be remembered, murdered Captain Lewis H. Kenan and has never been arrested. He is supposed to have left the State. The Sheriff of the county is his uncle.
April 2, 1872
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ On Friday evening, 29th ult, died Mrs. SALLIE R. KENAN, widow of the late Capt. Lewis H. Kenan of this city.
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From Memory Hill Cemetery Tour:
Memory Hill Cemetery, Lewis Holmes Kenan (Co. I., 1st GA Reg.)
(Jan. 18, 1833-July 3, 1871) was wounded July 7, 1864 at John's Island, SC. He was State Senator and Secretary of the Georgia Senate. He was murdered on Hancock Street by John R. Strother, who had recently married Kenan's father's widow. Strother escaped justice by being shipped out of town, by train, concealed in a crate. (Memory Hill Cemetery tour)
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