Solomon Keeth (abt. 1835 - 1913)

Born about 10 Sep 1835 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Bourne) Keeth — married 14 May 1856 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1913 at about age 77 in Camden County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Solomon Keeth was born on September 10, 1835 or 1836 or 1837 in Edmonson County, Kentucky to John Keeth and Ruhama Allen^{[1] [2]}

Solomon Keeth was born in September 1837 in Edmonson Co., Kentucky. He was a son of John Keeth Sr. and his second wife, Ruhama (Allen). John Keeth Sr. was born circa 1775 in Virginia (perhaps Montgomery County). The Keeth family (the name originally spelled Keith--later Keath-and finally Keeth) were natives of Scotland. In the mid 1600s, a man named Sir Robert Keith lived in Aberdeen, Scotland and some of his descendants came to America in the 18th century and settled in Virginia. There is no definite proof that John Keeth Sr. was a descendant of Sir Robert, but there is the strong possibility he was.......

John Keath Sr. married Mary/Polly Allen (daughter of Stephen & Sarah (Radford) Allen) on January 14, 1813. After Mary's death, John then married her younger sister, Ruhama Allen, in Warren Co., KY on November 23, 1820.

John Keath died in Edmonson Co., KY and did not make the trip to Missouri with the Keeth families. Ruhama came along with her children and lived the rest of her life in Richwoods Township of southern Miller County. The Whittle family also came in the same group of immigrants from Edmonson County, Ky. The two families intermarried in the mid 19th century and have continued to remain close-knit to our day. There is no record of Ruhama's death, but family members believe she is buried at the old Rankin Wright/Spearman Cemetery which is located near where the Keeth and Whittle families homesteaded in the late 1840s. Ruhama was still alive in the 1860 census and was living in what today is known as the Pleasant Hill Community. She was 64 years old in that census and still had 3 children still living at home. There were two girls in her home named Lucinda Keeth.....I believe one was a daughter and the other was a granddaughter.

Solomon Keeth, the 11th child of John Keeth Sr., married Mary Ellen Bourne in Miller County on May 14, 1856. I believe the name Bourne was the same as the Boren family in the area today. In early records I found the name spelled BOURNE and later was changed to BOREN. I have not been able to definitely prove that Mary Ellen was a daughter of Mary B. Bourne but I think she was her child. Mary B. Bourne married John R. Keith in Miller County on March 12, 1858. She was about 43 years old at the time and I think she had several children by her first husband, Mr. Bourne (first name not found).

He died on June 8, 1913 in Camden County, Missouri.^[1]

He is buried in the Rankin Wright Cemetery in Miller County, Missouri.^[3]

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

Children of MARY BOURNE and SOLOMON KEETH are:

1. MARY ANN3 KEETH, b. March 24, 1857, Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; d. April 16, 1938, Versailles, Miller County, Missouri.
2. SARAH J. KEETH, b. February 28, 1859; d. 1939; m. ASA SHELTON, October 08, 1874.
3. LUCINDA CATHERINE KEETH, b. March 02, 1861, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1942; m. LEVI ALLEN, 1880.
4. ANDREW JACKSON (JACK) KEETH, b. April 30, 1866, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1959; m. MARY JANE THOMAS, August 08, 1889, Miller County, Missouri.
5. GEORGE WASHINGTON KEETH, b. May 31, 1868, Miller County, Missouri; d. Unknown; m. MARTHA E. PLEMMONS, April 27, 1895, Miller County, Missouri.
6. 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.
7. LUCY FRANCIS KEETH, b. December 27, 1873, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1974; m. JAMES M. SLOAN, September 27, 1891, Miller County, Missouri.
8. JOHN WILLIAM KEETH, b. February 24, 1875, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1962; m. MARY E. WOOD, January 21, 1896, Miller County, Missouri.
9. FRANCES (FANNIE) ELLEN KEETH, b. December 20, 1879, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1947; m. CHARLES ANDREW CARROLL, November 26, 1899, Miller County, Missouri.
10. HARRIETT EMILY (EMMA) KEETH, b. April 05, 1882, Miller County, Missouri; d. 1923; m. ALBION KNOWLES, September 17, 1902, Miller County, Missouri.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 10.4 cM segment on chromosome 17, consisting of GW and Jerry Slone, his 4th cousin 1x removed, and KGE, his 3rd cousin 2x removed. (Jerry and KGE are 3rd cousins 1x removed.) These matches have been independently verified via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Keeth and Ruhanna Allen, the 4x great grandparents of GW and 3x great grandparents of Jerry and 2x-great-grandparents of KGE.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Missouri Death Certificates; http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1913/1913_00019344.PDF
2. ↑ Miller County Museum Bios; http://www.millercountymuseum.org/bios/bio_k.html
3. ↑ Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12832139/solomon-keeth