John McKeever (abt. 1836 - abt. 1869)

Born about 1836 in Lagrange County, Indiana, USA

Husband of Lucretia Purlyette (Rowe) McKeever — married 4 Oct 1855 in Jasper, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died about Jul 1869 at about age 33 in Shelby County, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Birth: 1836 Indiana, USA Family links: Father: Reuben MCKEEVER b: 16 JAN 1799 in Virginia Mother: Polly HUMPHREYS b: 1810 in Ohio His mother was Reuben's first wife Polly Humphrey or Humphreys, not his second wife, Elizabeth Carpenter. Siblings: Anthony McKeever (____ - 1893)* George McKeever (____ - 1862)* William Henry McKeever (1832 - 1863)* John McKeever (1836 - 1869) Thomas W McKeever (1844 - 1909)* Eliza Ann McKeever Wadkins Watkins (1849 - 1869)* Amanda E McKeever (1850 - 1852)* Margaret M McKeever (1851 - 1852)* Name John Mckeever Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Eden, La Grange, Indiana, United States Gender Male Age 13 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1837 Birthplace Indiana House Number 49 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Reuben Mckeever M 47 Virginia Elisabeth Mckeever F 34 Ohio Catharine Mckeever F 18 Ohio William Mckeever M 17 Virginia Julia Ann Mckeever F 17 Virginia George Mckeever M 15 Indiana John Mckeever M 13 Indiana Anthony Mckeever M 11 Indiana Sarah Jane Mckeever F 9 Indiana James C Mckeever M 8 Indiana Jasper Mckeever M 6 Indiana Jacob Mckeever M 3 Indiana Eliza A Mckeever F 2 Indiana Elisabeth Mckeever F 0 Indiana Mary Mann Miller F 0 Indiana Marriage 1 Purlyette ROWE b: 1837 Married: 14 OCT 1855 in Jasper Co., Iowa The first school house in Jefferson township was built where Oak Hill cemetery now is. E. W. Irwin bought it and moved it down and joined it to his house for a dwelling. The second school house was "Center," up in the Bell settlement. A man by the name of Bill Proctor built the first house in Jefferson township, some time about 1865. It was a hole in the ground with a part of an old box car top for a roof. You can still see the lower part of the house. It is on the Henry Buthman's land, just east of river over the Bayou. Probably the next house was a log structure built by John McKeever, in 1867, afterwards accupied by E. W. Irwin and family when they settled here in 1870. In this house Mr.McKeever, his wife and daughter, Mary, died of small-pox in 1867. They were the first to be buried in Oak Hill cemetery. Win Pixley and Jim Pratt waited on the McKeevers during their sickness and laid them to rest on the hill. Children Has Children Ida Amilia MCKEEVER b: 7 JUN 1856 in Jasper Co., Iowa Has Children Minerva MCKEEVER b: 11 APR 1861 in Iowa, Shelby County, Harlan Twp Has No Children Mary A. MCKEEVER b: 1864 in Iowa Has Children Frank Lyndon MCKEEVER-WINTERS b: 25 DEC 1866 in Jackson Twp, Shelby Co., Iowa Children: Frank Lyndon McKeever-Winters (1866 - 1939)* John McKeever along with his wife Purlyette and a young daughter Mary, all died of small pox and were the first ones to be buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery. All are buried in unmarked graves. Death: 1869 Shelby County Iowa, USA Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery Irwin Shelby County Iowa, USA

Sources

• ancestorsatrest
• Ancestry.com ID: I0414 Name: John MCKEEVER Sex: M Birth: 1836 in Indiana Death: JUL 1870 in Jackson Twp, Shelby Co., Iowa Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin, Shelby Co., Iowa Census: 1850 Indiana, LaGrange County, Eden Twp Census: 1960 Iowa, Jasper County, Poweshiek Twp, Greencastle Note: Source: 1915 Shelby County Iowa History
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJG-2WW : 9 November 2014), John Mckeever in household of Reuben Mckeever, Eden, La Grange, Indiana, United States; citing family 50, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave Memorial#17613652: John McKeever
• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jjy&id=I0414
• https://www.geni.com/people/John-McKeever/6000000010201888624