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Hannah Daniels (Walden) Keeney (1830 - 1860)

Hannah Daniels Keeney formerly Walden aka Cooper
Born in Jackson, Clarke, Alabama, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 27 Nov 1845 in Atchison Township, Clinton County, Missouri, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 3 Jun 1849 in Atchison County, Missouri, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 29 in Lane County, Oregon, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Hannah Daniels Walden was born on 3 June 1830 in Jackson, Clarke, Alabama, United States to Robert Sanders Walden (1803-1890) and Hannah Daniels (1795-1866).

Sibling

  1. Eleanor Daniels Walden, called Ellen, was born in 1835 in Tennessee, United States. She married Willis Law (1833-1859) on 1 September 1850 in Atchison County, Missouri. Eleanor died c. 1865 in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.

After her mother died in 1866, her father married again on 31 October 1867 in Andrew, Missouri to Eleanor Jane Essex (1837-1915), widow of David Brooks Taylor (1836-1865. She brought 2 children by Taylor to the marriage: Jesse P. Taylor born 1859 and Odie B. Taylor born 1863.

Half Siblings

  1. Ina Melvina Walden born 4 December 1868 in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, USA. She married Thomas Henderson Lawrie Jr. (1868-1926) in March 1888. Ina died on 15 February 1954 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA.
  2. Sarah J. Walden was born c. 1871 in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States.
  3. Nellie I. Walden was born on 30 January 1875 in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States. She married George M. Miller (b. 1874- ) c. 1897. Nellie died on 6 March 1931 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.
  4. Robert Sanders Walden, Jr., DVM was born on 15 August 1877 in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States. He married Gertrude H. McElkenny (b. c. 1881- ) on 24 November 1910 in Savannah, Missouri. Robert died on 3 November 1946 in Shiner, Lavaca, Texas, United States.

Marriage and Family

She married first to John Wesley Cooper (1822-1848) on 27 November 1845 in Atchison County, Missouri.

Child of the Cooper-Walden Marriage

  1. Anna Isabella Cooper born 18 November 1847 in Missouri, USA. She married James W. Matlock (1842-1903) on 22 February 1863 in Lane County, Oregon. Anna died on 30 November 1919 in Heppner, Morrow, Oregon, USA.

Hannah was a widow by 1849 when she was 19 years old and had a year old daughter. She married next on 3 June 1849 in Atchison County, Missouri to Andrew Jackson Keeney.

Almost immediately upon their marriage Jackson decided to go to California, probably because the gold strike had begun there, via Nicaragua. Some say that he took Hannah along, but it looks like maybe she stayed with her parents. By 12 September 1850 they are all three found on the census living with her father and mother in Atchison County, Missouri. Jackson is said to have returned home sometime in 1850 by oxen team and wagon. He farmed in Holt County, Missouri for a few years.

Children of the Keeney-Walden Marriage

  1. Elias P. Keeney was born on 27 June 1852 in Holt County, Missouri, United States. He died on 31 July 1857 in Oregon, United States on the trail for resettlement.
  2. James Madison Keeney was born on 15 December 1853 in Holt County, Missouri, United States. He married Mary Susanna Handsaker (1861-1936) on 2 February 1879 in Lane, Lane, Oregon. James died on 8 February 1912 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States.
  3. George R. Keeney was born on 22 January 1856 Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States. He died on 18 June 1859 in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
  4. William Daniels Keeney was born on 27 February 1857 in Holt County, Missouri, United States. He died on 11 April 1930 in Dexter, Lane, Oregon, United States. His birth date is problematic because he couldn't have been born a month after his brother George (which is what it would be if the obit and headstone were correct).
  5. John Blanden Keeney was born on 20 October 1859 in Goshen, Lane, Oregon, United States. He married Ella Leora Hurt (1865-1929) in about 1882. John died on 1 September 1942 in Condon, Gilliam, Oregon, United States.

The family didn't choose to accompany the members of the Keeney family who went out to Oregon on the Keeney Wagon Train in 1851. In 1857 they decided to go west and arrived in Oregon in October of 1857. Her husband purchased the Milton Riggs Donation Land Claim of 640 acres which was 7 miles south of Eugene, Oregon, near Goshen. In June of 1859 their three year old son George died and another son, John was born that October.

Death and Burial

Hannah died on 15 March 1860 at 29 years old in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The cause of death was heart disease. She was buried in the Keeney Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Lane, Oregon. Find A Grave: Memorial #35966860

Sources

  • 1850 United States Federal Census on 12 September in Atchison, Clinton, Missouri. [1]
  • Missouri Marriages to 1850 about Hannah Walden and J. Wesley Cooper.
  • Missouri Marriages to 1850 about Hannah Cooper and Jackson Keeney.
  • United States Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 about Hannah Keeney.
  • Find A Grave Index. A headstone photo is available.
  • Keeney, Ralph Ray. Wagon Ruts West. Keeney, R.R., 1983. [2]

Footnotes

  1. 1850: Walden, Robert 47, head; Hannah 54, wife; Eleanor 15, daughter; Keeney, A.J. 27, Hannah 20, wife of A.J.; Anna I (should be Cooper).
  2. Keeney, R.R.: It is out of print, but the author had granted pieces of it for education purposes to be read on line. at www.k-f-g-online.info/Ralph Ray Keeney/Wagon-Ruts-West It gives family genealogy.




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PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE the placement of the reference and footnote notations. 1/2 of the census data and other is lost if you do. No rule that I know of that says you have to have no space between "Sources" and References or can't have footnotes. And yes, I have read the "Help" page. Thank you.
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