Maranda Minerva Keeney was born on 12 August 1847 in Holt County, Missouri, United States. She married Jacob Hunsaker Wigle (1842-1925) on 22 December 1865 in Oregon. Maranda died on 26 April 1943 in Silverton, Marion, Oregon, United States.
Martha Elizabeth Keeney was born in February 1851 in Missouri, United States. She married George H. Warren (1848-1928) c. 1884. Martha died on 1 September 1932 in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States.
John Wesley Keeney was born on 10 February 1859 in Missouri, United States. He married Annis A. Reisinger (1861-1916) c. 1886. John died on 16 April 1942 in Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States.
1/2 Siblings
Mary Elizabeth Keeney was born on 22 January 1843 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. She married George Daniels Overton (1830-1908). Mary died on 22 June 1933 in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States.
Sarah Catherine Keeney was born on 6 December 1845 in Ray County, Missouri, United States. She married 1) Sylvester R. Clark (1838-1871) on 1 January 1867 in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon and 2) Rev. Alexander Bennett (1824-1907), called Alex, on 16 October 1879 in Linn County, Oregon. Sarah died on 28 April 1916 in Philomath, Benton, Oregon, United States.
Travel to Oregon
Irene traveled with her family from Missouri to Oregon on the Keeney Wagon Train in 1851 when she was only about a year old.
Marriage and Family
She married Isaac Newton Warmoth (1839-1916) on 23 October 1873 in Linn County, Oregon, United States.
Death and Burial
Irene died on 4 August 1879 in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States at the age of 30. She was buried in the Union Point Cemetery, Brownsville, Linn, Oregon. Find A Grave: Memorial #38010766
Sources
Keeney, Ralph Ray. Wagon Ruts West. Keeney, R.R., 1983. [1]
1850 United States Federal Census on 12 September 1850 in District 38, Holt, Missouri. Page 39, lines 23-30. [2]
1860 United States Federal Census on 11 July in Linn County, Oregon. [3]
1870 United States Federal Census on 7 September in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon. Page 13, lines 27-28. [4]
Find A Grave Index. A photo of the headstone is available.
Early Oregonians Database Index. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon.
Footnotes
↑ Keeney, RR: It is out of print, but the author had granted pieces of it for educational purposes to be read on line. Find at:
[1]
It gives family genealogy.
↑ 1850: Keeney, James 34, farmer, head; Nancy 40, wife; Nancy 12, daughter; Mary 8, daughter; Sarah 6, daughter; Miranda 3, daughter; Ira (Irene) 1, daughter.
↑ 1860: Keeney, James 44, farmer, head; Nancy 51, wife; Mary 17, daughter; Sarah 15, daughter; Minerva 12, daughter; Irene 11, daughter; Martha 9, daughter; John 9 months son; Mary 77, widowed mother.
↑ 1870: Keeney, James 50, farmer, head; Irene 21, daughter; Martha 18, daughter; Overton, George D. 40, stock raiser; Mary 27, wife of George; Ulysses 2, son. His next wife is on line 5 with her 5 children.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Irene 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 Irene:
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