Ohio Records & Pioneer Families, Quarterly, Oct- Dec, 1968, Vol. IX, No. IV, page 207: Putnam County, Ohio Pioneer Settlers: KIENE, Francis A., b. in France, 10-5-1839, son of John & Agatha. He m. 1867 at Findlay, O., Rose DORIOT, b. in France, 8-24-1847, dau. or Fred'k. & Clements (SHAPIE) Doriot, here in 1854. 7 ch. In C. War. His sister m. Joseph KIENE, b. Danmore, France, 6-16-1835 where she also was b. 4-16-1841. 8 ch. Her parents here 1847.
Contributor: Dorothy Alvis (46492593)
Birth location sent by DAVID Gilles (48893070)
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
Francis A. Kiene
lot owner: F.A. Kiene
Lot 196, Section I, Grave 5
died: 5/13/1924
buried: 5/15/24
age: 84-7-8
born: Alsace Lorraine
late residence: Topeka
cause of death: senility
funeral director: Conwell
interment authorized by Guy Kiene

Topeka State Journal, Tuesday, May 13, 1924, page 1:
F.A. Kiene Is Dead
Was Shawnee County Pioneer and Civil War Veteran
Had Been a Resident of County Forty-Two Years
F.A. Kiene, 84, of 901 Lincoln street, a Civil war veteran, and for the last forty-two years a resident of Shawnee county, died this morning in a local hospital.

Mr. Kiene was born in Alsace-Lorraine, in 1839 and came to America with his parents in 1847. In 1867 he was married to Rosa Doriot, who died two years ago.

Mr. Kiene spent the greater part of his life as a farmer on Mission creek. He was the father of L.L. Kiene, ex-sheriff of Shawnee county and Guy Kiene, present candidate for the same office. He served in the Civil war for more than three years, and was slightly incapacitated by a wound received in his arm.

Survived by Ten Children
He is survived by eight sons, L.L. Kiene and Guy Kiene, Topeka; Carl Kiene, Shreveport, La.; Arthur Kiene, Dequeen, Ark.; Julian Kiene, Chillicothe, Ill.; John Kiene, Tulsa; Albert Kiene, Berryton, Kan.; and Dr. Otto Kiene, Concordia, Kan., and two daughters, Mrs. W.W. Harris, and Mrs. E.C. Longacre, Topeka. Also thirty-three grandchildren, eight of whom served as volunteers in the World war.

Funeral services will be held from the home, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial in the Mount Hope cemetery.
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From A Standard History Of Kansas And Kansans, Volume 3 by William Elsey Connelley published in 1918 starting on page 1649:
Francis A. Kiene, of Dover Township in Shawnee County, has lived more than three-quarters of a century. His has been a long life of wholesome industry, strict integrity and more than ordinary achievement and experience. The fruits of such a life are not to be measured in material prosperity alone. He has done his part as a patriot soldier, as a citizen, and as a father and husband. The declining years of himself and his noble wife are being spent in comfort and peace at their fine country home in Dover Township, and they are blessed not only with memories of the long journey they have made together but also in the lives of their worthy children. One of Mr. Kiene's sons is now serving as sheriff of Shawnee County.

Born October 5, 1839, in Alsace, France, now a part of the German Empire, Francis A. Kiene is a son of John and Agatha Kiene. His father was a thatcher by trade. In that occupation he had much employment in putting the straw roofs on the dwelling places in Alsace. Such roofs were exceedingly common in Europe at that time, though almost unknown on American homes. John Kiene also served fifteen years as a regular soldier in the French army.

In 1847 the family emigrated to America. A sailing vessel brought them across and was sixty-three days in making the passage. Arriving in New York City they all started west for Ohio. At Buffalo while en route the mother of the family died. After seeing her laid to rest, the others continued on their way, crossing Lake Erie by boat to Toledo, and thence going by canal to Putnam County, Ohio. There John Kiene located on a farm and followed farming until his death in 1882. He and his wife were members of the Catholic Church.

Of the three children that grew to maturity Francis A. was the oldest. Eight years of age when brought to America, he grew to manhood on the Ohio farm and had very limited opportunities to obtain an education. From youth down to the present farming has been his one staple occupation. On September 23, 1861, he volunteered to maintain the Union and the institutions of his adopted land. The love of America and its institutions which he thus so signally manifested has always been one of the strongest traits in Mr. Kiene. He enlisted as a private in Company I of the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in service the full term of three years, going out on September 23, 1861, and receiving his honorable discharge in November, 1864.

Few of these surviving old soldiers of the Civil war had so much campaigning as Mr. Kiene. There were skirmishes almost too numerous to mention. He joined the army in time to participate at the two days battle of Shiloh, then took part in the siege of Corinth, from there moved eastward to Chattanooga, and as a part of the Army of the Cumberland his regiment hastened north to Louisville to check the advance of Bragg 's army. During this expedition Mr. Kiene was detached from his regular command and was under the command of General McCook, and thus he participated in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, an engagement in which his regiment bore no part. After that he was south in Tennessee under General Roseerans and fought in the battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro. His next important battle was Liberty Gap and then followed the Battle of Chickamauga, the siege of Chattanooga, the battle of Missionary Ridge, and after that his corps was sent to relieve Burnside at Knoxville. He and his comrades returned in time to join Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. He was in the almost continuous fighting between Chattanooga and that city up to Picket's Mill. There he received a severe bullet wound in the left elbow joint. The bullet tore away a part of the joint and left his arm practically ossified in the form of a right angle. Being thus disabled for further service he received his honorable discharge.

After the war Mr. Kiene farmed for three years in Ohio during the summer season and taught school in the winters. In March, 1867, he married Rose S. Doriot. She was born in the same locality of France as himself. At the time of this writing only a few months remain until Mr. and Mrs. Kiene will have opportunity to celebrate their golden or fiftieth wedding anniversary.

In the fall of 1882 Mr. Kiene moved with his family to Kansas and bought his present farm in Dover Township of Shawnee County. He has a splendid estate, Comprising 640 acres, and there for more than thirty years he has enjoyed the routine of farm management and the love and companionship of his devoted family. Mr. Kiene has always been one of the stalwart supporters of the republican party.

Twelve children were born to himself and wife. Eleven of these are still living, named as follows: Llewellyn L.; Emma, Mrs. William Harris; Carl; Guy; Julian; Albert; Otto; Carey Frances, who died at the age of three years; Arthur; Rose C, Mrs. Ernest Longacre; Ray; and John.