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Isley Keeney (1811 - 1842)

Isley Keeney
Born in Fayette County, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Died at age 31 in Holt, Clay, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Isley Keeney was born on 15 May 1811 in Fayette County, Indiana, United States as the third child of twelve born to John Keeney, Jr. (1772-1845) and Mary R. Burkhalter (1783-1872).

Siblings

All children were born in Fayette County, Indiana, United States with the exceptions of the the last three, twins Elias and Eli and their sister Sarah.
  1. Mary Eleanor Keeney was born on 6 April 1806. She married Alexander Bogart (c. 1784-1873) on 22 December 1822 in Ray County, Missouri. Mary died on 26 February 1874 in Ray County, Missouri, United States.
  2. Thomas Keeney was born in September 1808. He married Psyche Allen (c. 1814-c. 1844) on 22 June 1829 in Ray County, Missouri. Thomas died of tuberculosis on 5 December 1842 Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States. His wife died soon after that and their orphaned children were taken to Oregon with the rest of the family on the Keeney Wagon Train in 1851.
  3. Capt. Jonathan Keeney was born on 27 April 1813. He married Mary Catherine Shoemaker (1820-1896) in July 1837 Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. They had 10 children. Jonathan died when he was traveling to the high desert and fell from his horse on 15 August 1878 Willow Creek, Baker, Oregon, United States. The fall caused his pistol to go off and shoot him in the thigh.
  4. James Mordecai Keeney was born on 20 August 1816. He married 1) Catherine Stewart (1824-1845) on 17 March 1840 in Ray County, Missouri and 2) Nancy Keeney (1809-1862), daughter of his paternal uncle, Thomas Keeney (1780-1846). She was his first cousin. He married 3) Miranda Ruth Michael (1839-1919), widow of John Alexander Pearl (1833-1864) on 10 January 1878 in Linn County, Oregon. He had children with all three of his wives. James died on 27 April 1885 Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.
  5. Daughter Keeney was born and died in 1817 in Fayette County, Indiana, United States.
  6. Abraham Keeney was born on 11 December 1818. He married Elvira A. Chesney (c. 1820- ) in 1839. His children went to Oregon with the rest of the family on the Keeney Wagon Train. Abraham died of tuberculosis before 25 May 1843 in Holt County, Indiana, United States.
  7. Andrew Jackson Keeney, also known as Jackson or Blackjack, was born on 7 October 1819. [1] Jackson married 1) Elizabeth Mulholland (1825-1843) on 18 November 1841 in Henry County, Missouri and 2) Hannah Daniels Walden (1830-1860), widow of John Wesley Cooper (1822-1848), on 3 June 1849 in Atchison County, Missouri and 3) Amanda Jane Morse (1827-1892), widow of Alfred A. Matthews (1823-1860), on 22 December 1861 in Lane County, Oregon. He had children with all three wives. Jackson died on 4 March 1898 Goshen, Lane, Oregon, United States. He arrived in Oregon in 1857.
  8. Rebecca Katherine Keeney was born on 4 July 1821. She married 1) William Landingham (1814-1850) on 24 November 1838 in Ray County, Missouri and 2) Daniel Bennett Putman (1810-1887) in 1851. Rebecca died on 23 September 1895 in Amity, Yamhill, Oregon, United States.
  9. Elias Keeney, twin of Eli, was born on 18 December 1828 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. He married 1) Margaret Jane Hyatt (1835-1859) on 26 November 1850 in Holt County, Missouri and 2) Lucinda Catherine VanWinkle (1840-1887) in 1860 in Linn County, Oregon and 3) Matilda Lee (1839-1907), the widow of Samuel Noffsinger (1822-1870), in 1887. He had children with his first two wives. Elias died on 20 December 1910 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. He arrived in Oregon in September 1846.
  10. Eli Keeney, twin of Elias, was born on 18 December 1828 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. He married Elizabeth G. Pierce (1832-1904) on 24 February 1848 in Holt County, Missouri. They had eight children. Eli died on 10 November 1878 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. He arrived in Oregon on 10 September 1851 along with Elizabeth. Their small daughter Frances Ann Keeney was the only casualty on the 2000 mile trip. She almost made it, but died in Oregon just before their final destination.
  11. Sarah Elizabeth Keeney was born in 1830 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. She married John Franklin Williams (1822-1896) on 1 December 1844 in Holt County, Missouri. Sarah died on 6 December 1847 in Holt County, Missouri, United States.

Marriage and Family

He married Elizabeth Keeney (b. about 1815) his cousin, the daughter of Thomas Keeney (1782-1845) and Nancy Fugate (1785-1832) on 29 January 1832 in Saline County, Missouri.

Children of the Keeney-Keeney Marriage

  1. John Keeney was born about 1837.
  2. Nancy Ann Keeney was born on 17 April 1839 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. She died on 22 January 1923 in Creswell, Lane, Oregon, United States. Nancy married James Luney Smith who was born on 27 September 1837 in Indiana. He died on 12 March 1907 in Creswell, Lane, Oregon, United States. They had 8 children.[2]

Later Life

On 20 June 1836 Isley purchased 42.92 acres of land in Ray County, Missouri for cash.

In the early 1840's the family was struck with tuberculosis. Isley and his brothers Thomas and Abraham along with their father all died within a matter of weeks of each other.

Death and Burial

Isley died of Tuberculosis on 6 December 1842 in Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States. His burial place is unknown.

Sources

  • Keeney, Ralph Ray. Wagon Ruts West. Keeney, R.R., 1983. It is out of print, but the author had granted pieces of it for educational purposes. The entire article is available here.
  • 1836 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. Document Number 4809. Accession Number MO0230__.474.
  • Missouri Marriages to 1850 about Elizabeth Keeny (sic)

Footnotes

  1. 1822 is given on Find A Grave, but Ruts West and the Early Oregonian site give 1819.
  2. James L. Smith was the son of Abraham Smith (15 May 1796 Washington County, Tennessee, United States-15 August 1893 Chrisman, Edgar, Illinois, United States) and Julia Ann Hockett (about 1805 Guilford County, North Carolina, United States-23 April 1849 Chrisman, Edgar, Illinois, United States).




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