Celebrating 100+ Years

 

Thirteen descendants met in 1913 at the Colonial Hotel in Charlottesville to organize the Monticello Graveyard Association and adopt a constitution and bylaws, and thus began the tradition that we continue to this day. The very first meeting was, as recorded in the minutes of the meeting, “pursuant to written notices sent to members by Col. J. R. Kean who had undertaken the task of organizing the said Association.” As the association has grown over the years the descendants of Jefferson Randolph Kean “Uncle Ranny,” Cornelia J. Taylor and the other members that gathered that day have continued to be active in the association, serving as officers and volunteers. The date for the 2013 meeting was selected to coincide with the exact date of the founding of the Association one hundred years prior, and to also have the family gathered together to celebrate Jefferson’s birthday on April 13th. 

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