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The obituary for William Perry Keeney, my grandfather, which was featured in the newspaper. I do not have the paper's name attached to the clipping but I suspect it was probably in the "Carlisle Citizen" of Carlisle, Iowa, the local paper. The date is not listed, however, William died May 06, 1938 so I assume it was printed shortly thereafter.(Newspaper clipping contributed by Constance L. Keeney Jameson, Oct. 1999.) By way of Cindy Marcell
KEENEY, POLK PIONEER, DIES
Veteran of Civil War: Farmer 70 Years. One of Polk county's pioneers, William P. Keeney, 94, died Friday morning at his home in Allen township, seven miles southeast of Des Moines. Mr. Keeney, who had lived on the same farm for 70 years, came to Polk county when Des Moines was little more than the original fort around which the town was built. The city then had one store, and board sidewalks. Starts Orchard. After the Civil War he established Keeney's orchard, thus becoming one of the state's pioneer orchardists and horticulturalists. Mr. Keeney broke the prairie soil with oxen, but kept abreast of the times with his farming and during the latter portion of his 60 years in the fruit business he did considerable work with a tractor. Enlisting during the Civil War when he was only 18, Mr. Keeney served three years and three months in Company B, Tenth Iowa Infantry Survivors.
(at this point the newspaper article was tore out and I do not have this part of it)
A note: WILLIAM PERRY KEENEY (JONATHAN ANTHONY, JONATHAN ANTHONY, JOHN JONATHAN) was born 09 September 1843 in Montgomery, Indiana, and died 06 May 1938 in Polk, Iowa. He married NANCY ELLEN KEENEY 25 September 1867 in Polk, Iowa, daughter of JONATHAN KEENEY and MELISSA GOOCH. She was born 15 November 1852 in Polk, Iowa, and died 18 March 1902.
Also in the August 99 issue of the KFG I included a story about W.P.K. from the Keeney Update of December 1986 ~Dan
