Joshua Claiborne Keys (1862 - 1915)

Born 27 Feb 1862 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Son of Joseph Berry Keys Sr. and Elizabeth Ann (Sellers) Keys

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1915 at age 53 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

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Joshua Keys is buried in Sharon Cemetery.

Biography

Joshua Claiborne Keys/Keyes was born on Feb 27, 1862 in Mississippi, USA as the tenth child of Joseph Berry Keys and Elizabeth Ann Sellers. He had twelve siblings, namely: Elender Ann, John Wily, William Newton, Juriah, Joseph Berry Jr, James, Sarah Caroline, Elizabeth Rachel, Martha Ann, Mary C., Nancy H., and Richard Frank. He died on Aug 13, 1915 (Age at Death: 53). When he was 23, he married Caroline Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of John Hamilton Robinson and Sarah Elizabeth Cook, about 1886 (based upon 1910 census data).

Joshua Claiborne Keys/Keyes was buried in Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Sharon Cemetery). He lived in Township 1 Range 7, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1870. He lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1880. He lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910.

Joshua Claiborne Keys/Keyes and Caroline Elizabeth Robinson had the following children:

1. Lula Jane Keyes was born on Nov 23, 1886 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Mar 09, 1974 in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Covington County Hospital, Age at Death: 87). She married William Murray "Billie" Walker in 1907.
2. Nancy Addie Keyes was born on Dec 14, 1889 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 14, 1983 (Age at Death: 94).
3. Pearlie A Keyes was born on May 11, 1891 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 15, 1969 (Age at Death: 77).
4. Lewis Tillson Keys was born on Sep 15, 1892 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 13, 1973 (Age at Death: 80). He married Gettie Lee Sellers on Dec 18, 1914 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA.
5. Colon Robert Keyes was born on Aug 06, 1894 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on May 28, 1919 (Age at Death: 24).
6. Mary P Keyes was born on Sep 09, 1899 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Aug 29, 1939 (Age at Death: 41). She married James Mark Ashley about 1916 (based upon 1930 census data). She married Jasper Cleveland Sullivan about 1921.
7. Fairel Franklin Keys was born on May 21, 1898 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jul 13, 1969 (Age at Death: 71). He married Mittie Della Currie about 1922 (based upon 1930 census data).
8. Hettie M. Keyes was born on Oct 14, 1899 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Apr 23, 1970 (Age at Death: 70). She married Robert Henderson "Bobby" Sellers on Dec 11, 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA.
9. Ruth Rebecca "Ruthie" Keys was born on Jun 15, 1901 in Mississippi, USA. She died in Apr 1985 in Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, USA (Age at Death: 83).
10. Bertie Elizabeth Keys was born on Jul 31, 1903 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jul 05, 1970 in Forest, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA (Age at Death: 66). She married Joseph Ernest Sellers on Dec 11, 1919 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA.
11. Birthy Annie Keyes was born on Jul 31, 1903 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Oct 14, 1903 in Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 2 mos).
12. John A Keys was born on Jan 03, 1905 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jul 20, 1964 (Age at Death: 59).
13. Myrtle L Keyes was born on Sep 07, 1907 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 11, 1988 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 81).
14. Lillie Leona Keys was born on Nov 01, 1909 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. She died on Nov 19, 1994 in Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA (Age at Death: 85).
15. Mary K Keyes was born about 1910 in Mississippi, USA.

Sources

• 1870 US Census
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-NCR : accessed 3 August 2015), Joshua C Keyes, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 113, sheet 16B, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,772.
• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with a 23andMe test match between Amanda Shumar and Charles H. Keys, who are second cousins once removed. A second to third cousin relationship is predicted by 23andMe based on 1.65% shared DNA over 6 segments The MRCA are JoBerry Keys and Elizabeth Ann Sellers.

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a match of 182.64 cM on gedmatch over 9 shared segments between second cousins once removed Charles H. Keys and Mildred Lou Walker. The MRCA are Joseph Berry Keys and Elizabeth Ann Sellers.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Charles Shumar for creating Keys-271 on 4 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Charles and others.