Reuben McKeever (1799 - 1879)

Born 6 Jun 1799 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Husband of Polly (Humphreys) McKeever — married 13 Jan 1832 in Pocahontas, Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth (Carpenter) McKeever — married 2 Feb 1843 in Lagrange, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1879 at age 79 in Jasper, Iowa, United States

Reuben McKeever Reuben McKeever was born in Norfolk, Virginia, June 6, 1799. He was married to Polly Humphreys January 13, 1832, in Pocahontas County, Virginia, now West Virginia. Their first son, William Henry, was born November 5, 1832. They travelled to Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, where he purchased 80 acres in Section 27 on November 11, 1833. His wife, Polly, died in 1842 leaving him with nine children, the oldest only ten years old. They were: William Henry, George, John, Morris B., Anthony, Sid, Thomas, Sarah Jane, and James C.

On February 2, 1843, he married Elizabeth Carpenter in LaGrange County, Indiana. He sold his property there in 1850 and accompanied by his oldest son, William Henry and his family, they came to Jasper County. On July 18, 1852, he again was left a widower when his wife, Elizabeth, died at the age of thirty-six years. Their children were: Jasper, Jacob, Eliza, Amanda E., and Margaret H. The two latter girls died less than a week before their mother. All lie buried in the McKeever Cemetery.

William Henry was married in 1851 to Juliana Miller. Her birth had occurred January 15, 1833, in Athens County, Ohio. They were the parents of eight children: Mary E., (who died ten days after her Grandmother McKeever in 1852), Benjamin Asbury, David Amos, Amanda Jane, William Henry, Elijah Levi, Nancy Ellen, and Emma Elsie.

When the Civil War broke out, six of Reuben's sons answered the call. Morris joined Company A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry; William Henry, Anthony, and Thomas signed up for Company C, 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry; and George and Jacob joined Company B, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Only two of the six remained after the war: Morris and Thomas. William Henry was severly injured at the Battle of Vicksburg and died of his wounds June 14, 1863. George and Sid were killed at the Battle of Shilow Mountain, Tennessee. Jacob was reported as Missing in Action and never heard of again.

After the war was over, Reuben, accompanied by several neighbors (including one who had helped bury the soldiers' bodies), took wagons to Memphis and Pittsburg to bring his three sons back home to the family plot in McKeever Cemetery. William Henry's widow, Juliana (Miller) KcKeever, left with five little children, married again on October 12, 1865, in Polk County, Iowa, to William Harmon. They were the parents of six children: Leander T., Alamander N., John A., Middleton Jethia, William Sherman, and Julia Ann. Mr. Harmon died in 1887.

Juliana (Miller) McKeever Harmon was married July 31, 1893, at Adel to Henry McKinney. She passed away March 30, 1901, at Adel and was brought back to McKeever Cemetery to be laid to rest by her first husband, William Henry McKeever.

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Name Reuben Mckeeon Spouse's Name Polly Humphreys Event Date 1832 Event Place Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States Affiliate Repository Type County Records Citing this Record "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTPS-5X1 : 11 February 2018), Reuben Mckeeon and Polly Humphreys, 1832; citing Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 804,324.

Name Ruben Mckever Event Type Marriage Registration Event Date 02 Feb 1843 Event Place Lagrange, Indiana, United States Gender Male Marriage License Date 31 Jan 1843 Spouse's Name Elizabeth Carpenter Spouse's Gender Female Officiator's Name Leonard Woolf Page 156 Number of Images 1 Citing this Record "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKNF-N5W : 27 September 2017), Ruben Mckever and Elizabeth Carpenter, 02 Feb 1843; citing Lagrange, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,871,247.

Name Reuben Mckeever Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Eden, La Grange, Indiana, United States Gender Male Age 47 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1803 Birthplace Virginia 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 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJG-2WM : 9 November 2014), 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.).

Name Reuben Mc Keever Event Type Census Event Date 1860 Event Place Powsheik, Jasper, Iowa, United States Gender Male Age 60 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1800 Birthplace Va Page 16 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Reuben Mc Keever M 60 Va Wm Mc Keever M 27 Va Julia A Mc Keever F 27 Ohio Benj Mc Keever M 8 Iowa David Mc Keever M 6 Iowa Amanda Mc Keever F 4 Iowa Henry Mc Keever M 2 Iowa Levi Mc Keever M 1 Iowa Geo Mc Keever M 25 Ind A Mc Keever M 21 Ind Jasper Mc Keever M 16 Ind Jacob Mc Keever M 13 Ind Eliza Mc Keever F 12 Ind Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M822-V9H : 30 December 2015), Reuben Mc Keever, 1860.

Name Reuben Mckeever Event Type Census Event Year 1870 Event Place Iowa, United States Gender Male Age 65 Race White Race W Birth Year (Estimated) 1804-1805 Birthplace Virginia Page Number 11 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Saml Sewell M 43 Indiana Sarah J Sewell F 30 Indiana Eliza Ann Sewell F 14 Iowa Mary P Sewell F 13 Iowa Amanda D Sewell F 10 Iowa Albert L Sewell M 9 Iowa Sarah E Sewell F 7 Iowa Cynthia E Sewell F 3 Iowa Nyram R Pratt M 24 New York Reuben Mckeever M 65 Virginia Wm Wadkins M 30 Ohio Citing this Record "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVB-VNR : 12 April 2016), Reuben Mckeever in household of Saml Sewell, Iowa, United States; citing p. 11, family 73, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,919.

Birth: Jun. 6, 1799 Virginia, USA Death: Jan. 14, 1879 Colfax Jasper County Iowa, USA

Age 72y6m29d

Family links: Spouse: Elizabeth Carpenter McKeever (1816 - 1852)

Children: George McKeever (____ - 1862)* Anthony McKeever (____ - 1893)* 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)*

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Burial: McKeever Cemetery Colfax Jasper County Iowa, USA Plot: Block 1 Row 10

Created by: Richard Weston Record added: Apr 08, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 50815233

Reuben McKeever Find A Grave Index Name Reuben McKeever Event Type Burial Event Date 1879 Event Place Colfax, Jasper, Iowa, United States of America Photograph Included Y Death Date 14 Jan 1879 Affiliate Record Identifier 50815233 Cemetery McKeever Cemetery Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKK-7GWC : 13 December 2015), Reuben McKeever, 1879; Burial, Colfax, Jasper, Iowa, United States of America, McKeever Cemetery; citing record ID 50815233, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

ID: I0404 Name: Reuben MCKEEVER Sex: M Birth: 16 JAN 1799 in Virginia Death: 14 JAN 1879 in Poweshiek Co., Iowa Burial: McKeever Cemetery, Jasper County, Iowa Census: 1850 Indiana, LaGrange County, Eden Twp Census: 1860 Iowa, Jasper County, Poweshiek Twp, Greencastle Note: Reuben McKeever Colfax, Iowa

Dear Sir,

I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Iowa that you are the father of four sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and may leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

A. Lincoln"

Source: Mingo Iowa Community Centennial 1884-1984 Book by The History Book Committee, Sue Cochran, editor

Reuben McKeever 1799-1879

Reuben McKeever was born in Norfolk, Virginia, June 6, 1799. He was married to Polly Humphreys January 13, 1832, in Pocahontas County, Virginia, now West Virginia. Their first son, William Henry, was born November 5, 1832. They travelled to Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, where he purchased 80 acres in Section 27 on November 11, 1833. His wife, Polly, died in 1842 leaving him with nine children, the oldest only ten years old. They were: William Henry, George, John, Morris B., Anthony, Sid, Thomas, Sarah Jane, and James C.

On February 2, 1843, he married Elizabeth Carpenter in LaGrange County, Indiana. He sold his property there in 1850 and accompanied by his oldest son, William Henry and his family, they came to Jasper County. On July 18, 1852, he again was left a widower when his wife, Elizabeth, died at the age of thirty-six years. Their children were: Jasper, Jacob, Eliza, Amanda E., and Margaret H. The two latter girls died less than a week before their mother. All lie buried in the McKeever Cemetery.

William Henry was married in 1851 to Juliana Miller. Her birth had occurred January 15, 1833, in Athens County, Ohio. They were the parents of eight children: Mary E., (who died ten days after her Grandmother McKeever in 1852), Benjamin Asbury, David Amos, Amanda Jane, William Henry, Elijah Levi, Nancy Ellen, and Emma Elsie.

When the Civil War broke out, six of Reuben's sons answered the call. Morris joined Company A, 100th Pennsylvania Infanty; William Henry, Anthony, and Thomas signed up for Company C, 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry; and George and Jacob joined Company B, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Only two of the six remained after the war: Morris and Thomas. William Henry was severly injured at the Battle of Vicksburg and died of his wounds June 14, 1863. George and Sid were killed at the Battle of Shilow Mountain, Tennessee. Jacob was reported as Missing in Action and never heard of again.

After the war was over, Reuben, accompanied by several neighbors (including one who had helped bury the soldiers' bodies), took wagons to Memphis and Pittsburg to bring his three sons back home to the family plot in McKeever cemetery. William Henry's widow, Juliana (Miller) KcKeever, left with five little children, married again on October 12, 1865, in Polk County, Iowa, to William Harmon. They were the parents of six children: Leander T., Alamander N., John A., Middleton Jethia, William Sherman, and Julia Ann. Mr. Harmon died in 1887.

Juliana (Miller) McKeever Harmon was married July 31, 1893, at Adel to Henry McKinney. She passed away March 30, 1901, at Adel and was brought back to McKeever Cemetery to be laid to rest by her first husband, William Henry McKeever.

Source: Book II Early Land Records of Jasper County, Iowa 1847 - 1853

McKeever, Reuben - DEEDED FROM - Wright, Newell SW 1/4 of Section 2 and the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 11 in Township 80 N of Range 21 W containing 320 acres Signed: Newell Wright, Mary Ann Wright (Her X Mark) $800.00; Book 2, Page 348; Filed: 21 Oct 1852

Source: Book III Early Land Records of Jasper County, Iowa 1847 - 1853

McKever, Reuben - DEEDED TO - Stow, Marcus E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 15 and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 22 in Township 80 N of Range 21W Signed: Reuben McKever (His X Mark), 22 Aug 1853 $500.00; Book 3, Page 130; Filed: 20 Sep 1853

Marriage 1 Polly HUMPHREYS b: 1810 in Ohio Married: 13 JAN 1832 in Pocahontas, Virginia Children Has No Children Catharine MCKEEVER b: ABT 1832 Has Children William MCKEEVER b: 5 NOV 1833 in Pocahontas, Virginia Has No Children George B. MCKEEVER b: 1835 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has Children John MCKEEVER b: 1836 in Indiana Has Children Anthony MCKEEVER b: 27 AUG 1839 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has Children Sarah Jane MCKEEVER b: ABT 1841 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has No Children James Sid MCKEEVER b: 4 OCT 1842 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana

Marriage 2 Elizabeth CARPENTER b: 13 FEB 1816 in Ohio Married: 2 FEB 1843 in Lagrange, Indiana Children Has Children Jasper Newton MCKEEVER b: 3 JAN 1845 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has No Children Thomas W. MCKEEVER b: 1845 in Jasper Co., Iowa Has No Children Jacob P. MCKEEVER b: 1847 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has Children Eliza Ann MCKEEVER b: 1848 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has No Children Amanda E. MCKEEVER b: 7 FEB 1850 in Eden Twp, LaGrange Co., Indiana Has No Children Margaret M. MCKEEVER b: 1851

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