Hopewell Keene was the son of Martha Lewis Snell and
Henry Keene of Ivanhoe, Fannin County, Texas.
His Brothers and sisters were:

Sarah Jane Keene, Zeralda Keene, Samuel Louden Keene,
John T. H. Keene, Elizabeth Hopewell Keene,
Judith Keene, George Washington Keene, Henry Clay Keene,
Nancy Lee Keene, Richard Dick Keene, Joseph Todd Keene,
Martha Mattie Keene and James Robert Keene.


Service Record:
Name & Rank: Keene, Hope, Pvt.
Comm. Off: Gwin, Thos., Capt.
Organ: Co.B,9th Regt.,TC, Col. N.W. Townes, comdg., CSA
Enlist: Mar 20-61 at Cantonment Slidell for 6 mo & 20 days.
Disch:
Descrip:
Remarks: R&F 102; Capt.Berry, En Of; D.W. Jones, Mus. Of.
Discip: average; Instr: tolerably good; Arms: good;
Acctre & Mil Ap: not good; Clothing: very inferior.
Co. sta. at Camp Rogers, Miss. O 31-62. 1 MR dtd.Au
31-62
to O 31-62.
Absent: sick at Hospital.

DEATHS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN THE GRENADA. MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE HOSPITALS.

1. Levi C. Bridges, Co. E, 6th Texas Cav., died May 10, 1862.
2. Silas O. Cobb, Co. E, Texas, died May 20, 1862.
3. Jacob or Jos. Carlisle, Co. C, 32nd Texas Cav., died May 18, 1862.
4. J.W. Childers, Co. F, 1st Texas, died in 1862.
5. G.P. Clemens, Co. C, 2nd Texas, died in 1862.
6. John C. Crist, Co. G, 6th Texas Cav., died July 22, 1862.
7. J.M. Hall, Co. A, 2nd Texas, died June 8, 1862.
8. J.P. Harmon, Co. H, 9th (Young's) Texas, died June 6, 1862.
9. W.T. Halford, Co. B, 3rd Texas Bn., died May 18, 1862.
10. Hope Keen, Co. B, 9th Texas Cav., died May 28, 1862.
11. Thos. M. Menefee, Co. K, 2nd Texas, died June 3, 1862.
12. Geo. W. Nash, Co. E, 2nd Texas, died June 3, 1862.
13. Gwo, W. Stephenson, Co. G, 9th Texas Cav., died May 27, 1862.
14. Peter H. Smith, Co. C, 32nd Texas Cav., died May 26, 1862.

Note: List revised in 1985.
Most of the above soldiers are probably buried among the many unknown
in the Grenada, Mississippi Confederate Cemetery.

(This was reproduced from the Holdings of the Texas State Archives.)