Joseph Berry Keys Sr. (1819 - 1896)

Born 19 Dec 1819 in South Carolina, USA

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Died 19 Oct 1896 at age 76 in Smith, Mississippi, USA

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JoBerry Keys Sr. is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.

Biography

Joseph Berry Keyes was born on Dec 19, 1819 in South Carolina, USA as the youngest child of Joshua Franklin Keys/Keyes and Rachel Sarah Harvey. He died on Oct 19, 1886 (Age at Death: 66).

When he was 22, he married Elizabeth Ann "Betty/Betsy" Sellers daughter of John Sellers and Sarah Joriah McLemore about 1842.

Joseph Berry Keyes lived in Covington County, Mississippi, USA in 1850. He lived in Covington County, Mississippi, USA in 1860. He lived in Township 1 Range 7, Smith, Mississippi, United States in 1870. He lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA in 1880.

He was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Pine Grove Cemetery).

Joseph Berry Keys/Keyes and Elizabeth Ann "Betty/Betsy" Sellers had the following children (Note: in the 1910 census lists her as having 12 of 14 children still living):

1. Ellender Ann Keyes was born on Mar 21, 1843 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Oct 15, 1922 (Age at Death: 79).
2. John Wiley/Wily Keyes was born on Dec 25, 1845 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jan 04, 1916 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 70).
3. William Newton Keyes was born in 1848 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Sep 28, 1935 (Age at Death: 87).
4. Juriah Keyes was born on Oct 07, 1850 in Mississippi, USA. She died on May 16, 1933 (Age at Death: 82). She married William Cicero "Wild Bill" Sullivan about 1869.
5. Joseph Berry Keyes Jr. was born in 1853 in Mississippi, USA. He died in 1920 (Age at Death: 67).
6. James Keyes was born in 1855 in Mississippi, USA. He died after the 1870 census.
7. Sarah Caroline Keyes was born on Jan 07, 1856 in Covington, Mississippi, USA. She died on May 22, 1914 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 58). She married Albert G. Bryant on Sep 09, 1874.
8. Elizabeth Rachel "Betty" Keyes was born on Jul 31, 1859 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jul 22, 1940 (Age at Death: 80).
9. Martha Ann Keyes was born on Mar 19, 1860 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 13, 1914 (Age at Death: 54).
10. Joshua Claiborne Keyes was born on Feb 27, 1862 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Aug 13, 1915 (Age at Death: 53). He married Caroline Elizabeth Robinson about 1886 (based upon 1910 census data).
11. Mary C. Keyes was born on Mar 06, 1864 in Mississippi, USA. She died in Jul 1947 (Age at Death: 83).
12. Nancy H. Keyes was born on Mar 06, 1864 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 29, 1932 (Age at Death: 67).
13. Richard Frank Keyes was born on Dec 05, 1869 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Mar 25, 1939 (Age at Death: 69).

Sources

• Author: Avis W. Dewitt, Title: Dewitt Roots & Shoots" by Avis W. Dewitt, Published: (not stated) Page: (not stated)
• Mississippi Death Certificate of daughter Juriah.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P3-911 : 11 August 2016), J B Keys, Beat 1 Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 103, sheet 280B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0664; FHL microfilm 1,254,664.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSR-V47 : 17 October 2014), Joseph B P*Ys, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 1, family 4, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,248.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GC-49H : 30 December 2015), Joberry Keys, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-26Q : 9 November 2014), Joseph Berry Keys, Covington county, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing family 23, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).