Marion
Wolford
Keeling
Born in Washington, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Fowler Keeling
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Uriah L. Keeling [half], Henry Keeling, Joel G Keeling [half], Ruth Ellen (Keeling) Colvin [half] and Emily Jane (Keeling) Goff [half]
Husband of
Nancy R Searcy
— married
22 Oct 1856 in Washington, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Franklin Keeling and Martha J (Keeling) Herndon
Died
at about age 32
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Dec 2016
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Biography
BURIAL Andersonville National Cemetery Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA PLOT , Row: 1173
Marion Keeling was born in Washington county, Kentucky in 1832, to Rev. Benjamin Fowler Keeling and Rebecca Gordon Keeling. On October 21, 1857 he married Nancy Ray Searcy in Anderson county, Kentucky and they had two children, Benjamin Franklin and Martha Jane. He was killed in battle in Andersonville, GA.
Records indicate that Marion Wolford Keeling was a Union Prisoner of War in the notorious Andersonville Confederate prison camp, where his death was attributed to typhoid, by Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65, Roll M1303_ pp. 1, 2, 3.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2019), memorial page for PVT Marion Keeling (1832–16 May 1864), Find A Grave Memorial no. 51138643, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marion:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marion:
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~0.78%
Merrilee Cobb
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23andMe, GEDmatch JH1685368 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JH1685368 [compare], Ancestry member mdhansen3
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
William Crouch :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GA4295481 [compare], yourDNAportal WILdcfd8d87, Ancestry member archiron77
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~0.39%
Cody Bell :
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