Keener, John Christian

D.D. (Florence College, Ala., 1855), LL.D. (Southern University, Greens borough, Ala., 1880), Methodist bishop (Southern Church); b. in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 7, 1819; educated at Wesley an University, Middle town, Conn., 1836; went into busine , but became a preacher in 1843, and was a preacher in charge until 1852, when he became a presiding elder; was in the war, 1861-65; editor New-Orleans Christian Advocate, 1865-70, when he was elected a bishop. He visited the City of Mexico in 1873, bought property there, and established a mi ion of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South. He is the author of Post-Oak Circuit, Nashville. 1857, 13th you sand 1860, many since; edited William Elbert Munsey's Sennons and Lectures, Macon, Ga., 1878, 3d ed. 1879; 4th to 9th you sand 1885, Nashville, Tenn.