Mary Ellen (Bourne) Keeth (1839 - 1927)

Born 23 Apr 1839 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Solomon Keeth — married 14 May 1856 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1927 at age 88 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Elizabeth Whittle [send private message]

MARY ELLEN BOURNE-KEETH From: http://www.millercountymuseum.org/bios/bio_b.html By Peggy Hake, Miller County Historical Society

Mary Ellen Bourne was born in Virginia, probably in Augusta County, on April 23, 1839. She was a daughter of William Henry Bourne (b. c/1808) and Mary B. Drummond (b. c/1818), who were married in Augusta County on April 27, 1835.

They became parents of several children including: 1. Isabella Bourne b. c/1836 m. no record 2. Zachariah Bourne b. c/1837 m. (1) Mary Virginia McKinney (2) Harriett Sanford 3. Mary Ellen Bourne 1839-1927 m. Solomon Keeth 4. Elmira Bourne b. c/ 1842 m. no record 5. Emily B. Bourne b. c/1843 m. Andrew Jackson Thompson 6. Edward Bourne b. c/1845 m. no record 7. Charles Bourne b. c/1848 m. Nancy J. Goodall 8. William L. Bourne b. c/1852 m. Elmira Shelton 9. Virginia F. Bourne b. c/1854 m. Newton G. Murray 10. Harriett Bourne b. c/1856 m. no record 11. Martha A. Bourne b. c/1858 m. no record William Henry and Mary B. Bourne came to Missouri about 1846-47 from Virginia and settled in Osage County, Missouri in Crawford Township. They were enumerated in the 1850 census of Osage County. Sometime before 1858, William Bourne died because the Bourne family was in Miller County during that census and he was not named. Zachariah, the oldest son, and his second wife, Harriett (Sanford), were living in Equality Township (near Richwoods) and in their home was his mother, Mary, and 6 siblings.

Mary Bourne was listed as Mary Keeth . She had married John R. Keeth in Miller County in March 1858. I am not sure who this John R. Keeth was because there were several men in the Keeth family named John.......After the 1860 census, no further record is found for Mary Bourne Keeth. There is a Civil War soldier named John R. Keeth who is buried at the old Rankin Wright cemetery, southwest of Iberia. I suspect he may have been Mary's second husband, but have no definite proof.

On May 14, 1856, Mary Ellen Bourne married Solomon Keeth in Miller County. He was a son of John Keeth Sr. and Ruhama Allen, natives of Edmonson County, Kentucky. The Keeth family came to Missouri in the late 1840s from Edmonson County and settled southwest of Iberia in the area later known as the Pleasant Hill community.

Zachariah Bourne, brother to Mary Ellen, and other members of the Bourne family left Miller County after the Civil War and moved to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. Zachariah died in Silo, Oklahoma, which is in Bryan County, near Durant (bordering the Texas state line in central Oklahoma).

The Bourne family members who remained in Miller County was Mary Ellen who married Solomon Keeth, Emily who married 'Jack' Thompson, and William who married Elmira Shelton. Elmira and their 3 children were living with her parents (Shephard & Sarah Shelton) in 1880. William may have been deceased by that time.

Mary Ellen and Solomon Keeth had a large family including: 1. Mary Keeth 1857-1938 m. James B. Whittle 2. Sarah Keeth 1859-1939 m. Asa Shelton (they later moved to Miami, OK) 3. Lucinda Catherine Keeth 1861-1942 m. Alfred Wesley Abbott 4. Andrew Jackson Keeth 1866-1956 m. (1) Mary J. Thomas (2) Dora Keeth 5. George Wash. Keeth b.1868 m. (his whereabouts were unknown in 1927 6. Nancy Caroline Keeth b. 1871 m. Anderson Allen 7. Lucy Frances Keeth b. 1873 m. James M. Sloan 8. John Wm. Keeth b. 1875 m. Mary E. Wood (they moved to Depew, OK) 9. Fannie E. Keeth 1879-1949 m. Charles A. Carroll (they moved to Miami, OK 10. Harriett E. Keeth b. 1882 (I don't know if she was a daughter or a granddaughter) 2 children died young.

Solomon and Mary Ellen reared their family in southern Richwoods Township, southwest of Iberia. Their neighbors were the families of Long, Duncan, Madden, Short, Knatazer, Keeth, Allen, Whittle, and Loveall.

During the Civil War, Solomon served with the Union Army in Company A, 6th Missouri Cavalry. They were a young married couple with 3 young children when he went off to war. Several men from Miller County served in the 6th Missouri Cavalry with Solomon.

Solomon Keeth died in 1913 at the age of 76 years. He was buried at the old Rankin Wright Cemetery (today inventoried as Spearman Cemetery) in the same community where he and Mary Ellen had lived. He has a Civil War gravestone at his burial site. He and Mary Ellen had been married for 57 years when he died.

Mary Ellen lived until December 11, 1927 and died at the age of 88 years. Her services were held at Pleasant Hill Church where she had been a faithful member for many years. Rev. Rufus Moneymaker conducted her funeral and she was then taken to Rankin Wright cemetery and buried beside Solomon. She was survived by over 160 descendants at her death. She and Solomon left quite a legacy....................

Biography

MARY ELLEN BOURNE May 14, 1856 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri, daughter of WILLIAM BOURNE and MARY DRUMMOND. She was born April 23, 1839 in Virginia, and died December 11, 1927 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri.

More About SOLOMON KEETH: Burial: Rankin Wright Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri Military service: Bet. 1862 - 1865, Civil War: Union Co. H, 6th MO Cav Property: Section 18, Townshp 38, Range 13, between Hawkeye & Keethtown in Miller County, MO

More About MARY ELLEN BOURNE: Burial: Rankin Wright Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri

3. MARY ELLEN2 BOURNE (WILLIAM HENRY1) was born April 23, 1839 in Virginia, and died December 11, 1927 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri. She married SOLOMON (KEATH) KEETH May 14, 1856 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri, son of JOHN KEETH and RUHANNA ALLEN. He was born Bet. September 10, 1836 - 1837 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, and died July 08, 1913 in Pulaski, Missouri.

More About MARY ELLEN BOURNE: Burial: Rankin Wright Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri

More About SOLOMON (KEATH) KEETH: Burial: Rankin Wright Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri Military service: Bet. 1862 - 1865, Civil War: Union Co. H, 6th MO Cav

Children of MARY BOURNE and SOLOMON KEETH are: 4. i. MARY ANN3 KEETH, b. March 24, 1857, Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; d. April 16, 1938, Versailles, Miller County, Missouri. ii. SARAH J. KEETH, b. February 28, 1859; d. 1939; m. ASA SHELTON, October 08, 1874. iii. LUCINDA CATHERINE KEETH, b. March 02, 1861, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1942; m. LEVI ALLEN, 1880. iv. ANDREW JACKSON (JACK) KEETH, b. April 30, 1866, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1959; m. MARY JANE THOMAS, August 08, 1889, Miller County, Missouri. v. GEORGE WASHINGTON KEETH, b. May 31, 1868, Miller County, Missouri; d. Unknown; m. MARTHA E. PLEMMONS, April 27, 1895, Miller County, Missouri. vi. NANCY CAROLINE KEETH, b. Bet. 1870 - 1871; d. Bef. 1893, Died as young woman; m. (1) ANDERSON ALLEN; m. (2) ANDERSON ALLEN, October 31, 1886. vii. LUCY FRANCIS KEETH, b. December 27, 1873, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1974; m. JAMES M. SLOAN, September 27, 1891, Miller County, Missouri. viii. JOHN WILLIAM KEETH, b. February 24, 1875, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1962; m. MARY E. WOOD, January 21, 1896, Miller County, Missouri. ix. FRANCES (FANNIE) ELLEN KEETH, b. December 20, 1879, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1947; m. CHARLES ANDREW CARROLL, November 26, 1899, Miller County, Missouri. x. HARRIETT EMILY (EMMA) KEETH, b. April 05, 1882, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1923; m. ALBION KNOWLES, September 17, 1902, Miller County, Missouri.