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Abraham Keeney (1818 - bef. 1843)

Abraham Keeney
Born in Fayette County, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Abraham Keeney was born on 11 December 1818 in Fayette County, Indiana United States as the seventh child of twelve born to John Keeney, Jr. (1772-1845) and Mary Ramsey Burkhalter (1783-1872).

Siblings

All children were born in Fayette County, Indiana, United States with the exceptions of the the last three, twins Elias & Eli and 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. Isley Keeney was born on 15 May 1811. Isley married Elizabeth Keeney (c. 1815- ), his cousin, and had two children before he died. His brothers Jonathan and Elias took them as part of the Keeney Wagon Train to Oregon with the family. He died of tuberculosis on 6 December 1842 in Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Daughter Keeney was born and died in 1817 in Fayette 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

Abraham married Elvira A. Chesney (b. about 1820) before 1840 [2]

Residences

He lived in Cole, Missouri in 1830 when the census was taken.

He purchased for cash 80 acres on 1 June 1827 south of the Missouri River for cash and 40 acres on 28 July 1838 in Caldwell County, Missouri.

Death and Burial

Abraham died of tuberculosis before 25 May 1843 at about 24 years old in Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States.

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.
  • U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907. 1 June 1827. Document 2181 at the Land office in Franklin. Accession Number MO0450__.197.
  • U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907. 28 July 1838. Document 9676 at the Land office in Lexington. Accession Number MO1240__.133.
  • 1830 United States Federal Census. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Totally unreadable.

Footnotes

  1. 1822 is given for birth of Andrew Jackson Keeney on Find A Grave, but Ruts West and the Early Oregonian site give 1819.
  2. There is mention of the wife and children of Abraham being taken on the Keeney Wagon Train West, but the only name so far seen for a child is a son, Chesney Keeney (28 September 1840 in Ray County, Missouri-12 December 1926 in Tillamook, Tillamook, Oregon, United States) who married Mary Jane Keeney (1857 in Oregon Territory-13 January 1898 in Ada County, Idaho, United States) daughter of Silas John Keeney (1830-1875) (who was the son of Thomas 1808 and Psyche Allen 1810) and Malinda R. Pearl (1838-1869). They would have been cousins and had 8 children, 7 girls and 1 boy.




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