Mary Ann Keeney was born on 20 March 1832 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States to Thomas Keeney (1808-1842) and Psyche Allen (1814-1844).
Marriage and Family
She married Henry A. Scott (1821-1873) on 17 September 1849 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri.
Children of the Scott-Keeney Marriage
George Washington Scott was born on 31 August 1850 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States. He married Mary Eliza Broadhurst (1852-1930) on 7 August 1870 in Ray County, Missouri. George died on 8 February 1920 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States.
Sarah F. Scott was born c. 1855 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. She married Oliver Perry Carroll (1845-1909) on 9 December 1872 in Clay County, Missouri. Sarah died on 16 September 1883 in Ray County, Missouri, United States.
John William Scott (1857-1944) was born on 8 February 1857 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. He married Cynthia Sharp (1855-1941) on 6 March 1879 in Ray County, Missouri. John died on 7 December 1944 in Excelsior Springs, Ray, Missouri, United States.
Silas Keeney Scott was born on 25 August 1859 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States. He married Harriet Catherine Tarwater (1861-1930) on 9 March 1879 in Ray County, Missouri. Silas died on 27 September 1938 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States.
Mary Scott was born c. 1861 in Missouri, United States. She died before June 1870.
Jane Q. Scott was born c. 1862 in Missouri, United States. She died after 1880.
Sarah Quantrilla Scott was born and died on 19 February 1863 in Missouri, United States
Henrietta Scott was born on 7 June 1865 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. She married Joseph Pinkum Bellis (1858-1937) on 2 December 1885 in Ray County, Missouri. Henrietta died on 11 August 1915 in Ray County, Missouri, United States.
Julia A. Scott was born c. 1867 in Missouri, United States. She died after 14 June 1870 when she was seen on the United States Federal Census.
Charles Thomas Scott was born on 26 July 1871 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. He died in 1873 in Missouri, United States.
James Oliver Scott was born on 24 September 1872 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. He married 1) Emma Lenora Williams (1872-1924) on 15 December 1895 in Crab Orchard, Ray, Missouri and 2) Hattie B. Unknown (b. 1883- ) before 1930. James died on 4 March 1945 in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States.
Death
Mary died in February 1883 in Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States at the age of 50.
Sources
1850 United States Federal Census, 27 September at District 75, Ray, Missouri. [1]
1860 United States Federal Census on 3 July at Camden, Ray, Missouri. [2]
1870 United States Federal Census on 14 June at Camden, Ray, Missouri. [3]
1880 United States Federal Census on 22 June at Camden, Ray, Missouri.[4]
Missouri Marriages 1754-1850 for Mary Ann Keeney and Henry Scott.
Ray County, Missouri Marriages (1820-50) and Wills (1824-49).
Footnotes
↑ 1850: Scott, Henry 29, farmer, head; Mary A. 18, wife; George W. 1 month, son; Keeney, Eliza J. 14 (She was the orphaned daughter of Thomas and Psyche [Allen] Keeney).
↑ 1860: Scott, Henry 38, farmer, head; Mary A. 28, wife; George W. 9, son; Sarah F. 7, daughter; John W. 3, son; Silas 10 months, son.
↑ 1870: Scott, Henry 50, farmer, head; Mary A. 39, wife; George W. 19, son; Sarah F. 16, daughter; John W. 12, son; Silas K. 10, son; Jane Q. 8, daughter; Henrietta 6, daughter; Julia A. 3, daughter.
↑ 1880: Scott, Mary A. 44, widow, head; Jane Q. 18, daughter; Henrietta 14, daughter; James O. 7, son.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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