Louis Nelson Van Keuren, born in Wurtsborough, New York on April 17, 1850, was the thirty-first Adjutant General of the State of Connecticut.

Before Van Keuren was 20 years old he became a Cashier and Head Accountant in Pacific Iron Works, Bridgeport.

[1] Louis Nelson Van Keuren was captain and adjutant of the old Fourth Regiment from 1885 to 1890.

Louis Nelson Van Keuren was involved in a case that took him to court; but there were no further complications.

On September 22, 1914 Louis Nelson Van Keuren died of uremic poisoning, following a sicknesses of several weeks of rheumatism.