John Kean (colonel)

Colonel John Kean (March 27, 1814 – January 17, 1895) was an American businessman and public official.

[11] Kean invested in banks, railroads, and public utilities including the Elizabethtown Gas Light Company (which he founded),[12] and the Elizabethtown Water Company (controlled by his son, John, and today a part of American Water).

[12] While on the staff of Governor William Pennington (under whom he studied law), Kean acquired the rank of Colonel, a title he used the rest of his life.

Through her father, she was a direct descendant of colonist John Ogden, an original patentee of the Elizabethtown Purchase, "the first English settlement in the Colony of New Jersey.

"[15] Together, they were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom survived to adulthood, including:[11] Kean died on January 17, 1895, at the family homestead at Ursino.