Gideon
Keeney
Born in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Keeney
and Catherine Stogsdill
Husband of
Mary Ann (Cordell) Keeney
— married
about 9 Jul 1865 in Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Abner Martin Keeney and Francis Marion Keeney
Died
at age 54
in Edgar Springs, Phelps, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2014
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Biography
Gideon was born in Kentucky in 1842 to Moses Keeney and Catherine Stogsdill. His father died when he was two. He moved to Missouri by 1865, when he married at age 22. Gideon passed away in 1896 at 54 years old.
Timeline with Sources
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- 1842 Sep 22 - Birth - Pulaski, Kentucky
- 1850 United States Federal Census[1] family #814 - Division 1, Pulaski, Kentucky
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace | Mar Stat | Occupation |
| Cathrine Keeney | Head | F | 44 | Kentucky | W | None listed |
| Margret Keeney | Daughter | F | 14 | Kentucky | S | |
| Daniel Keeney | Son | M | 12 | Kentucky | S | |
| Sarah Keeney | Daughter | F | 10 | Kentucky | S | |
| Gideon Keeney | Son | M | 8 | Kentucky | S | |
| Polly Keeney | Daughter | F | 6 | Kentucky | S | |
| Jenkins Keeney | Son | M | 2 | Kentucky | S |
- 1865 Jul 9 - Marriage to Mary Ann Cordell - Missouri - Date not documented
- 1868 - Birth of Son Daniel Moses Keeney - Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #40573862
- 1870 Mar 6 - Birth of Son Abner Martin Keeney - Pulaski Co, Missouri
- 1870 United States Federal Census[2] p 21 family #153 - Watkins, Dent, Missouri - Personal Estate: 125
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace | Mar Stat | Occupation |
| Gideon Kenney | Head | M | 25 | Kentucky | M | Farmer |
| M A Kenney | Wife | F | 23 | Missouri | M | Keeping House |
| Moses Kenney | Son | M | 3 | Missouri | S | |
| Martin Kenney | Son | M | 0 | Missouri | S | |
| Catharine Kenney | Mother | F | 65 | Kentucky | W | |
| Sarah Stogsdille | Grandmother | F | 85 | Kentucky | W |
- 1872 May 7 - Birth of Daughter Sarah Catherine Keeney - Phelps, Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #20645432
- 1874 Feb 18 - Birth of Son Francis Marion Keeney - Phelps, Missouri
- 1877 May 22 - Birth of Son James William Keeney - Phelps County, Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #28852000
- 1880 Jan 4 - Birth of Son John Samuel Keeney - Raleigh Phelps, Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #43263961
- 1880 United States Federal Census[3] p 10 family #92 - Spring Creek, Phelps, Missouri
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace | Mar Stat | Occupation |
| Gideon Keeney | Self | M | 36 | Kentucky | M | Farmer |
| Mary A Keeney | Wife | F | 34 | Missouri | M | Keeping house |
| Moses D Keeney | Son | M | 12 | Missouri | S | |
| A Martin Keeney | Son | M | 10 | Missouri | S | |
| Sarah C Keeney | Daughter | F | 8 | Missouri | S | |
| Francis M Keeney | Son | M | 5 | Kentucky | S | |
| James W Keeney | Son | M | 3 | Missouri | S | |
| John S Keeney | Son | M | 0 | Missouri | S | |
| Catharine Keeney | Mother | F | 74 | Kentucky | W | Midwife |
- 1896 Jan 6 - Death of Wife Mary Ann Cordell - Duke, Phelps, Missouri
- 1896 Oct 18 - Death - Edgar Springs, Phelps, Missouri - Burial: Smith Cemetery, Edgar Springs, Phelps, Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #22083860
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gideon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gideon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Dan Keeney
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup R1a1, FTDNA kit #22981 - David Keeney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #458676
- Robert Kinney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #336799
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Ruby (Langley) Brands :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a760144 [compare]
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
B (Parsons) Yeager :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A946617 [compare], Ancestry member LindyBee60
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B52473
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~0.78%
Monique (Rothe) Denson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ceil Stahr :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Stahr64
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