| In 1978 Roscoe Keeney of West
Virginia published "2,597 KEENEY RELATIVES", focusing on the Moses Keeney (son
of John, original Keeney settler in VA/WV) family from 1750. Five hundred copies
were published and distributed and the material was out of date so no new printing was
scheduled. Piles of additional material came in (from those who refused to respond
when asked earlier), prompting the need for an organ to keep all these relatives up to
date. In the eighteen years following UPDATE has spread in coverage to 45 states and
numerous articles and family listings have been published, with authors mainly from
Oregon, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and elsewhere. The issues have been
financed by voluntary contributions from a couple of dozen appreciative family members. Every issue of KEENEY UPDATE has been sent to the KEENEY FAMILY WEBSITE, started and owned by Daniell Keeney. Items from KEENEY UPDATE may be reproduced and distributed, provided credit is given to KEENEY UPDATE, PO Box 5519, Charleston WV, with date of issue.) R. Keeney This issue had the OCR corrections completed by Patsy Litten.
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From Roscoe C. Keeney, Jr's.
Keeney Update Volume 3, Number 3 June 1986
(from page 1)
JOSEPH KEENEY OF TENNESSEE
In the book, GREENBRIER PIONEERS AND THEIR HOMES, Ruth Woodson lists this land
transaction: JOSEPH KEENEY - land in Washington County, Tennessee, 1777; land grant 1320
acres in Cooks County, Tennessee May 25, 1810.
Family Bible records indicate that Michael, Moses and David Keeney, who lived in the Muddy
Creek section of Greenbrier Co., had a brother Thomas, who went to the mid-west, and a
brother Joseph. This Joseph would have been born in about 1765.
Land records show that Joseph Keeney lived in Anderson County, TN in 1802. He had three
sons: JOSEPH KEENEY, JR., b. ca.1790, William KEENEY, b. ca.1795, and MICHAEL KEENEY, b.
ca. 1797.
WILLIAM KEENEY was married to Elizabeth Dunams (or Dunham). Their son JACKSON H. KEENEY
was born about 1819 in Anderson Co. He married Mary Ann *Polly* Mabry on March 9, 1843..
He died during the 1870's.
WILLIAM J. KEENEY, son of Jackson and Polly, was born in September 1849. He married
Angeline Overton on 9-11-1869 in Anderson County and died there on 8-9-1921.
PARALEE (Pearl) KEENEY, daughter of William and Angeline, was born is 1884 and married
Earl L. Warwick 3-18-1911 in Knoxville. She died 11-10-1924 in Cincinnati, OH. Their son,
William Paul Warwick, born 9-25-1911, married Minnie Mae Allen in Milton, FL 4-1-1934.
They reside is Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
Evelyn Frances Warwick, a daughter, is married to Frank Harold Williams (6-25-1955).
(from page 1)
TENNESSEE
This is the Heiskell, Anderson County,Tennessee home of William J. "Billy"
Keeney (1849-1921) in about 1908. "Billy" was a son. of Jackson H. Keeney and
Mary Ann Mabry, a grandson William Keeney & Elizabeth Dunams, and a great grandson of
Joseph Keeney (b. ca. 1765). "Billy" is standing alone at the right corner of
the fence. Others, left to right are: son Columbus and wife Lizzie Fraker Keeney, son
Joseph Fulton "Creed' Keeney holding son Irwin, Hattie Lowery (Creed's wife),
daughter Florence Keeney, daughter Paralee Keeney Black, and (on the fence) Hobart son of
Columbus, and Horace Black, son of Paralee (called Pearl).
(from page 1)
KEENEY, WILLARD FRANKLIN,
lawyer, was born in Areola, IL., Jan. 2 1862, son of Daniel and Rhoda Ann (White) Keeney.
Willard F Keeney attended public schools in Grand Rapids, Mich. and the University of
Michiga, where he took academic courses in 1879-1880 and studied law in 1881-1883. He then
read law in the office of Roger W. Butterfield (q.v.) in Grand Rapids, was admitted to the
bar in 1883, and became a clerk in Butterfield's office. He formed a partnership with his
former teacher four years later under the name of Butterfield & Keeney and continued
in this association until 1919. In that year the name of the was changed to Butterfield,
Keeney & Amberg with Roger C. Butterfield, son of the founder and Julius H. Amberg
admitted as partners. Keeney remained as active member of this firm until the close of his
life. He practiced in all courts including the Supreme Court of the United States,
engaging in general practice. He was an authority on trust and estate law drawing up the
set passed in 1889 by the Michigan state legislature under which the Michigan Trust Co.,
the first trust firm in the state, was established. He was also considered an authority on
??? throughout the country and assisted in the organization
and financing of many ???. At many times in his career he was
President of the Garden River Timber Co. and the ???? Lumber
Co. and he was a director of the Grand Rapids Chair Co, Grand Rapids ????,
Peoples National Bank and the Reubeush Timber Co. Keeney was a member of the Grand Rapids????? Police and Fire Commission until 1938, and a trustee of the ??Art Association from ?????. For
forty-one years he served as president of the Grand Rapids High School Scholarship
Association, which assisted local college students to continue their education at the
University of Michigan.
Keeney's religious affiliation was with the Park Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, of
which he was a trustee. Politically he was a Republican. He made a hobby of painting and
his recreation was golf.
Married to Margaret Morton, a daughter of James Madison Morton, on November 10, 1897,
Keeney was the father of three sons: Willard Franklin, Morton, and Roger Butterfield.
Willard Franklin Keeney died in Grand Rapids, MI on July 12, 1946.
(from page 1)
REUNIONS
MISSOURI July 5, 1986: offspring of Rachelle Keeney Harris Kissiak and their relatives,
Licking MO: Contact Mabel L. Kissiak, RR 1, Box 942E, Licking, MO 65542, carry-in dinner.
WEST VIRGINIA August 3, 1986, ANNUAL REUNION, carry-in dinner; Contact Keeneys, 2000
Orchard Ave. Belle, WV 25015, 949-4579.
(from page 2)
ANCESTRAL CHART
| 1. CHRISTIAN AMES KEENEY, b.5-9-1942 Northfield, MA 2. ROBERT LOUIS KEENEY, b.1-28-1923 in MA 3. Ruth Maxwell Ames 4. LEMUEL WALDO KEENEY, b.12-21-1895 at Highland, MA; d. 5-7-1917 5. Blanch Evelyn Davis 6. Francis Whitney Ames 7. Grace Evelyn Maxwell 8. CHARLES HENRY KEENEY, b. 1-7-1858 at Hartford, CT, d. 1-22-1940 |
9. Sarah Elizabeth Rice 10. Charles Henry Davis 11. Harietta Harmond 12. Charles Francis Ames 13. Mary Harriet Whitney 14. William Maxwell 15. Lucinda Evelyn Smith 16. HENRY RUSSELL KEENEY, b. 3-22-1819 17. Martha Forties (1830-1866) 18. Lemuel Rice 19. Caroline Preston 20. Andrew Jackson Davis |
21. Charlotte Heeley 22. Charles Harmon 23. Mary E. Bly 26. Aaron P. Whitney 28. James Maxwell 30. Robert Smith 31, Elizabeth McConnell 32. ASHBEL KEENEY - Hartford, Ct. 64. BENJAMIN KEENEY - Hartford (great-grandson of Alexander Keeney, of Weathersfield, CT, JOHN KEENEY, father, JOHN KEENEY, grandfather) |
| Christian A. Keeney |
(from page 2)
Nine First Cousins in Army, Seven in
Foreign Service (picture Charleston Gazette 4-7-1944)
The nine young man above, seven serving overseas, are grandsons of the late Mrs.
Hannah Catherine Keeney of Witcher. Left to right they are Pfc. Phillip P. Keeney, son of
J. S. Keeney of Witcher, on duty in New Guinea; Pvt. Paul Keeney, son of W.H. Keeney of
Witcher, serving in Italy; Staff Sgt. U. Z. Keeney, son of Mrs. N. B. Keeney of Witcher,
in the south Pacific; Cpl. Charles M. Keeney, son of F. D. Keeney of Charleston in
England; Cpl. Charles C. Hill, Jr. son of Mrs. Francis Hill of Charleston, on duty in the
Panama Canal; Pvt. Albert M. Keeney, son of Mrs. McD. Keeney of Witcher, at CampWhite,
Ore.; Pvt. Herman A. Keeney, son of D. W. Keeney of Anderson, Ind., stationed in the Canal
Zone; Av. Cadet Richard V. Lee, son of Mrs. Pattie Lee of 927 6th St., Charleston,
stationed with the Air Force in California, and Sgt. D. W. Keeney. Son of W. H. Keeney,
serving in the South Pacific. Cadet Lee was serving in Alaska prior to his transfer to the
U. S. for training in the air forces. He visited his mother enroute to his new duties.
(from page 2)
Deaths
(Son of George (1870-1936) Keeney & Maggie Dundas, d. 1-27-86, 6.201, p. 52)
Tuesday, January 28, 1986
Keeney Portsmouth, OH
George D. Keeney, 70, of Portsmouth, died Monday at home.
A native of Portsmouth, he was a retired plant manager at Ohio Stove Co. (OSCO), and a
member of First Christian Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Marilee Sand of Canton; a sister, Helen Rollins of Portsmouth
and three grandchildren.
Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Daehler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Richard
Wilburn officiating, and interment in Memorial Burial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 tonight.
Harold D. Richards
GRAND BLANC, Mich - Harold d. Richards, 54, of Grand Blanc, formerly of Miami, Wva.,
died Sunday in St. Josephs Hospital, Flint, after a long illness.
Surviving: wife, Doris; sons, Ralph, Steven and Darrell; daughter, Mrs. Deb Braquily;
brothers, Robert, Glenn and Lloyd; sister, Katie Schooner; two granddaughters.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Hill Funeral Home, Grand Blanc, with the Rev. Dick
Gunther officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m today at the funeral home. The family requests
donations be made to the Harold D. Richards Memorial Fund, in care of the Hill Funeral
Home.
(Son of Arch (6.24) and Esther Richards, p. 15, great grandmother: Mary Keeney Richards,
4-26-86)
Mrs. Pricilla Jane Keeney
Pricilla Jane "Dolly" Keeney, 79, of Laing, died Monday in Memorial
Division, CAMC, after a short illness.
She was a 60-year resident of Cabin Creek.
Surviving: husband, Elsie Keeney; daughter, Belvia Newcomer of Carbon; 10 grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren.
Pryor Funeral Home, East Bank, is in charge of arrangements.
(6.97, p.24, d. 4-21-86, nee: Pricilla Atkins)
IOWA
(d.3-24-86, last of the John Wesley Keeney/Adelaid Long children)
Spragueville, IA
GOLDA SMITH
Golda Smith, 94, of Spragueville, died Tuesday in her home.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, in Andrew Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Brad -----
officiating. Burial will be in Andrew Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m.
Thursday in Haylock, O'Hara & Kelly Funeral Home, Maquoketa, and from noon until the
service hour Friday in the church.
Pallbearers will be Delbert, Reynolds, William and Kelly Keeney; and Fay and Wayne
Moeller.
Mrs. Smith was born April 20, 1891, in Andrew, to John and Adelaide Long Keeney. She
married Ben Smith March 25, 1909, in Maquoketa. He died in 1984.
Surviving: son, Franklin of Spragueville; two granddaughters, three great grandchildren
and two step-great grandchildren.
Elmer Russell Stone
SHARON - Elmer Russell "Buck" Stone, 69, of Box 34, Sharon, died Wednesday
in Memorial Division, CAMC, after a long illness.
He was a retired miner from Imperial Colleries and a member of Chandler Drive Church of
God.
Surviving: son, Haven Darrell of Retteller; daughters Mrs. Sonya Welch of Miami, Mrs.
Deanna Combs of South Charleston, Mrs. Trish Whited of Cheapeake, Mrs. Barbara Daws Brewer
of Ronda, Mrs. Linda Coley of Sharen; seven grandchildren; on great grandchild.
Service will be 1 p.m. Friday in Fidler Frame Funeral Home, Belle, with the Rev. David
Bowen and the Rev. Ray ------ officiating. Burial will be in
Montgomery Memorial Park, London. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Husband of Irene Keeney, daughter of Haven Keeney; d. 4-16-86, 7.40, p.24)
Cyril Alvin Keeney
Prenter - Cyril Alvin Keeney, 79 of Prenter, Boone County, died Friday in Beckley VA
Hospital after a long illness.
He was retired from Big Mountain Coal Co. and was a member of the Baptist Church at
Prenter. He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Gladys Smith Keeney; daughter, Mrs. Burdis ----- of Malden; sister, Mrs.
Marti Bradham of Newport News, Va; brothers, Kermit and Keith, both of Seth, Kenneth of
Titusville, Fla, and Cecil of Springville, Tenn; two grandchildren.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet, with the Rev. ---
Emrick and the Rev. Ray Cross officiating. Burial will be in Pineview Cemetery, Orgas.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Son of Asa Addison and Stella Halstead Keeney; d. 5-23-86, 7.130, p. 34)
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UPDATED by E-mail on 01 March 2008 |
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Hello! My name is Brooke Randolph and my mother is the daughter of Cyril Alvin Keeney of Prenter, WV. I came across your website yesterday and found my grandfather's obituary listed under the June 1986 Keeney Update. In reading his obit, I noticed some incorrect information. I am not sure if this is something that can be changed, but if it can my family would greatly appreciate it. His age was listed as 79, but he was 70 at his time of death. Also, my mother's name is listed as Mrs. Burdis ----, and her name is Mrs. Sarah Hunter. Finally, his sister is listed as Marti Bradham and her name is Maria Branham. It was great to find this page. My mother and grandmother are excited to explore the page and find more information on relatives. |
(from page 2)
A R I Z 0 N A (picture)
WALTER RUSSELL KEENEY (6.430) and Lucy D. Puckett Keeney; living in Phoenix, AZ; son of
Daniel & Myrtle George Keeney.
(Daughter of Haven R. & Mamie Stevens Keeney, d. 4-26-86, 7.41, p.24)
Mrs. Zelphia Mae Heal
Mrs. Zelphia Mae "Chitch" Heal, 64, of Miami, died Saturday in General Division,
CMAC, after a long illness.
Surviving: son, Thomas D. Ramsey, Jr. of Miami; brother, Ray Keeney of Sharon; sisters,
Christina Neech of Ronda and Shelby Bowyer of East Buck; two grandchildren.
Services will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday at Fidler-Frame Funeral Home, Belle, with the Rev.
David Bowen officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery Memorial Park, London. Friends may
call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(from page 2)
Abner Martin Keeney compiler of
records, 1981, Blanche Keeney Stephens b. 30 Aug. 1810 Pulaski Co., KY, d. 9 Jan. 1896
probably Texas Co., Mo., buried Prescott Cemetery, Texas Co., Mo., Married 11 Mar., 1833,
Pulaski Co., KY. 1900 census Texas Co., Mo., 1880 Census, Texas Co., Mo., 1870 census
Texas Co., Mo., 1860 census Phelps Co., Mo., migrated to Ind. Aft Oct. 1850, Va. &
Phelps Co., Mo. Oct. 1856
Father: Moses Keeney
Mother: Catherine Pence
Spouse: Elizabeth Stogsdill b. 4 May, 1810, Pulaski Co., KY, d. 22 Aug, 1902, Texas Co.,
Mo. buried Prescott Cemetery, Texas Co., Mo. 9 of 12 children alive in 1900 census.
Children:
Elizabeth B., b. 22 Feb. 1835, Pulaski Co., Ky., d. 11 Sept 1912, Piney, Texas Co., Mo. m.
Benj./Berryman Stogsdale 27 Aug. 1855, Monroe Co., In.
Rachel, b. 4 Nov., 1837, Pulaski Co., Ky., d. 11 July 1915, Piney, Texas Co., Mo., m1. G.
B. Harris, ca. 1858, m2. Thos. Kissiar, 28 Jan., 1875 Texas Co., Mo.
Henry A., b. Dec. 1838, Pulaski Co., Ky, d. 23 July 1922 Houston, Texas Co., Mo., m. Eliz.
Jane Reagan 22 March, 1863 Rolla, Phelps Co., Mo.
Mehaley, b. 1840 Pulaski Co., KY., alive 1880, m.(1) John Stockstill, 15 Sept. 1858
Phelps, Mo.
William, b. 24 Apr. 1842, Pulaski Co., KY., d. 25 July 1934, Carter Co., Mo., m. Mary
Hargis 8 Oct 1853, Phelps, Mo.
Cynthia, b. 1844, Pulaski Co., KY, d. by 1876, m. John Parker, 28 July, 1865, Phelps Co.,
Mo.
Catherine (Kate), b. 7 Oct. 1846, Pulaski Co., KY, d. 20 Jan. 1930 Burlson, Tarrant Co.,
Tx., m. Pleasant Whitehead 21 June 1868, Texas Co., Mo.
Bluford Abner, b. 4 Feb 1848, Pulaski Co., KY., d. 4 Sept. 1935, Prescott, Texas Co., Mo.,
m. Eliza Jane Watson 26 Nov. 1871, Texas Co., Mo.
Mary (Polly), b. 23 Mar. 1850, Monroe Co., In., d. 15 Apr. 1919, Prescott, Texas Co., Mo.,
m. John Jones 27 Feb. 1868, Texas Co., Mo.
Pat/sic/ b. 1852, Monroe Co., In., alive 1860
George C. or B., b. 12 Oct. 1854, Monroe Co., In., d. 20 May, 1941, Licking, Texas Co.,
Mo., m. 1. Clarissa J. Pratt 23 May, 1874 Texas, Mo., m. 2. Emma Eliz Harmon 2 Sept. 1893,
Texas, Mo.
(from page 3)
KANSAS CEMETERY LIST
Computer printouts of cemeteries in Pottawatomie Co., Kansas,
show offsprings of the Robert Keeney family, which went to NE Kansas in the 1860's and
1870's, along with the Kelly returned to West Virginia and died in 1876.
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | AGE | CEMETERY | COMMENTS |
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| KEENEY, CAROLINE E | 1869 | 1937 | 68-00-00 | ONA | |
| KEENEY , CLYDE E | 1896 | 1918 | 22-00-00 | ONA | CO D 353 REG INF 89 DIV |
| KEENEY, GEORGE T | 1862 | 1940 | 78-00-00 | ONA | |
| KEENEY, GERTRUDE G | 1896 | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | ONA | |
| KEENEY, LEROY | 1896 | 1960 | 64-00-00 | ONA | |
| KEENEY, LEROY CHARLES | 6/04/1896 | 8/28/1960 | 64-02-24 | ONA | KSCFL CO A 110 ENGRS 35D1 |
| KEENEY, RORERT H. | 3/01/1834 | 12/0/1912 | 78-09-00 | ONA | |
| KELLY, DAYTON DALE | 9/12/1921 | 11/24/1951 | 30-02-11 | ONA | KS PFC 8 MAFINES,2DIV W6 |
| KELLY, ELIZABETH | 8/22/1818 | 5/29/1896 | 77-09-06 | ONA | W/O J. M |
| KELLY, IOLA FLORENCE | 5/21/1907 | 8/03/1909 | 2-02-11 | ONA | D/O M. K. & NELLIE M. |
| KELLY, J.M. | 10/17/1810 | 10/08/1885 | 74-11-20 | ONA | |
| KELLY, LENA | 1897 | 1931 | 34-00-00 | ONA | |
| KELLY. LESTER M. | 7/19/1892 | 8/11/1948 | 56-00-22 | ONA | PVT 353INF 89 DIV. WWI |
| KELLY, LLOYD T. | 1896 | 1969 | 73-00-00 | ONA | |
| KELLY, T. A. | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | ONA | CO I 110 ILL INF |
| KEENEY, EARL 0. | 1905 | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | NEU | |
| KEENEY, L. ROSINE | 10/05/1871 | 3/31/1974 | 1O2-05-25 | NEU | |
| KEENEY, LORENE R. | 1908 | 1973 | 65-00-00 | NEU | |
| KEENEY, S. JADE | 5/26/1869 | 5/03/1953 | 83-11-07 | NEU | |
| KELLY, ALMON | NOT KNOWN | 1/18/1905 | 0-1-22 | NEU | |
| KELLY, CHARLES A. | 12/12/1875 | 12/14/1952 | 77-00-01 | NEU | |
| KELLY, ESTELLA JANE | 4/19/1875 | 11/04/1947 | 72-O6-15 | NEU | |
| KELLY, EVA C. | 1885 | 1970 | 85-00-00 | NEU | MOTHER, W/O WILLIAM H. |
| KELLY, IDA | 11/10/1874 | 12/11/1881 | 7-01-00 | NEU | D/O R. & M. |
| KELLY, ISABEL | 1881 | 1921 | 40-00-00 | NEU | W/O THOMAS |
| KELLY, LUCY | NOT KNOWN | 01/19/1882 | NOT KNOWN | NEU | D/O R. & M. |
| KELLY, MARY | 4/01/1856 | 4/13/1929 | 73-00-11 | NEU | |
| KELLY, REUBEN | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | NEU | 89: COULD BE AGE OR YEAR |
| KELLY, VALDA | 9/13/1906 | 3/27/1907 | 0-06-13 | NEU | D/O W. H. & EVA |
| KELLY, VALERIE | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | NOT KNOWN | NEU | 79: COULD BE AGE OR YEAR |
| KELLY, WILLIAM H. | 8/01/1852 | 3/05/1895 | 42-07-03 | NEU | |
| KELLY, WILLIAM H. | 1880 | 1949 | 69-00-00 | NEU | FATHER, H/O EVA C |
(from page 4)
SUSAN STEPTO KEENEY REYNOLDS FAMILY HISTORY AS OF MAY 6, 1986
SUSAN STEPTO KEENEY b. 6-8-1870, d. 10-4-1957 m. Charles William Reynolds (b. 1867, d.
12-8-1950) on 1-1-1891. Lockmaster, Lock 11, Mason Co., W. Va. (retired). Buried Lone Oak
Addition Pt. Pleasant
6.217 Bessie Maria Reynolds, b. 10-3-1891, d. 9-9-1985)
m. Captain Charlie Stone (b. 2-28-1892, d. 9-16-1977) in 1914
7.262 Charles Henry Stone b. 6-2-1915, m. Barbara Jean Roush b. 10-3-1921
8.273A Jennifer Jean Stone b. 4-7-1953 (adopted), m. Samuel Lee Bates b. 8-9-1939
9.175A Jennifer Lynn Bates b. 2-24-1973
9.175B Charles Chad Bates b. 12-6-1977
8.273B Barbara Bess Stone b. 4-7-1956 (adopted), m. Richard Nixon (Divorced)
7.263 Margaret Ann Stone b. 12-14-1917
7.264 Bess Evelyn Stone b. 11-6-1919, m. George E. Merrill. Jr. (b. 2-18-1916) on 9-9-1938
8.274 George E. Merrill, III b. 10-11-1940, m. Ann Johnson (b. 2-26-1946) in 1972
9.175C Leila Ann Merrill b. 9-17-1972
9.175D Michael James Merrill b. 8-31-1974
9.175E Shane Robert Merrill b. 9-19-1980
8.275 Alan Reynolds Merrill b. 8-15-1944, m. Lynn E. Wagner (b. 5-11-1944) in 1966
9.175E Matthew Alan Merrill b. 6-16-1971
9.175G Benjamin Edward b. 1-9-1973
8.276 Robert Stone Merrill b. 1-18-1947 m. Terry Priddle (b. 9-15-1947) in 1947 (Divorced)
9.175H Christopher C. Merrill b. 7-20-1967
9.175I Gretchen Louise Merrill b. 12-10-1970 m. Mary M. Riley (b. 6-2-1952) in 1980
9.175J Brent Arthur Merrill b. 11-17-1981
9.175K Katherine Irene Merrill b. 10-11-1983
8.277 Charles Cameron Merrill b. 12-6-1949, m. Patricia Gail Scarbrough (b. 7-31-1948) in
1949
7.264A Robert William Stone b. 1921, d. 1921 (died as infant)
6.219 Robert Traber Reynolds, b. 1894, d. 2-8-1923
6.219 Katherine Ann Reynolds b. 2-6-1900, d. 3-19-1979 m. James Bell Couch (b. 2-15-1893,
d. 11-5-1965) on 10-6-1942
7.265 Eleanor Virginia Couch b. 4-27-1922, m. Raymond L. Spear, II (b. 10-14-1918) on
7-24-1943
8.278 Raymond L. Spear, III b. 11-9-1944, m. Judith Marie Bias (b. 2-17-1947) on 2-13-1967
9.175L Leann Marie Spear b. 8-12-1967
9.175M Christie Daneen Spear b. 1-22-1969
9.175N Erin Elizabeth Spear b. 6-21-1972
8.279 James Couch Spear b. 7-1-1947, m. Martha Jan May (b. 4-24-1948) on 12-5-1970
6.220 Thomas Emory Reynolds b. 11-9-1904, d. 10-16-1983, m. Jean J. Elliott (b. 4-24-1906)
on 8-9-1929
7.265A Julia June Reynolds b. 1930, d. 1930
7.266 Peggy Ann Reynolds b. 2-23-1932, m. Forrest E. Jacobs (b. 8-21-1929) on 5-16-1952
8.279A Beverly Jean Jacobs b. 4-11-1954, m. Gary Lee Midkiff (6-24-1958) on 5-24-1975
10.1 Kara Dawn Midkiff b. 7-21-78
8.279B Sheldon Ray Jacobs b. 7-7-1956 m. Regina Sue Clark (b. 3-5-1961) on 5-13-1978
10.2 Kristy Leigh Jacobs b. 12-6-1978
7.267 Charles Thomas Reynolds b. 12-28-1944, m. Brenda Gay Kirk (b. 12-27-1942)
8.279 Lisa Nicole Reynolds b. 2-23-1972
information compiled by Eleanor Couch Spear, 6146 S. Peck Ave., LaGrange, Il 60525
picture
SUSAN STEPTO KEENEY REYNCI.DS (5.115, p.55) daughter of Rev.
Thomas Y. E Eliza Ann White Keeney; m. Charles William Reynolds
(from page 4)
SUPPORTERS
After the 8-page issue in March, there was some question of finance, since postal service
required 39c for each envelope. But you came through. Keeneys are coming out of the woods
from coast to coast. Many thought they were members of a small family. No more!
Some wonder why we don't sell subscriptions. Frankly, we'd have to charge too much for the
"old timers", whose interest is high and income limited. It's those $20 bills
from the more prosperous (this happens about once an issue) that keeps us going.
Continuation of KEENEY UPDATE still depends on news and records contributed by YOU. If it
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