Wagon Ruts West

JOHN KEENEY, JR. FAMILY
By Ralph Ray Keeney

Published in 1983

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    The following selection is taken from "Wagon Ruts West" written & published by Ralph Ray Keeney in 1983. The book  is currently out of print. This section is published with the kind permission of Ralph Ray Keeney. The book this selection is drawn from is under copyright and permission has been granted for educational purposes and it is not to be used in any way for any profit or commercial venture.

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  Select section: Forward & Sources Section  1 - Ralph R. Keeney Section  2 - Willard Warren Keeney Section  3 - John Blanden Keeney Section  4 - Andrew Jackson Keeney Section  5 - John Keeney, Jr. Section  6 - John Keeney, Sr. Section  7 - Roberta A. (Doty) Keeney Section  8 - Harold & Dolors Doty Section  9 - Alice Loa (Crall) Keeney Section 10 - Ida (Crall) Dunn Section 11 - Harvie Leslie (Les) Dunn Section 12 - Albert L. Crall Section 13 - Glenn Keeney Section 14 - Benjamin Franklin Keeney Section 15 - Thomas Paine Keeney Section 16 - Elizabeth Jane Williams Section 17 - Thomas Paine Keeney Section 18 - Leslie Matlock Section 19 - Howard Rogers Section 20 - Willard Handsaker Section 21 - Claire H. Keeney Section 22 - James M. Keeney Section 23 - Jonathan Keeney Section 24 - James Blanden Keeney Section 25 - Elias Keeney Section 26 - Mrs. J. W. Moore Section 27 - James Keeney Section 28 - Family Pictures Section 29 - Joseph B. Keeney Section 30 - Jonathan H. Keeney Section 31 - Genealogy Charts Section 31-1 - Genealogy part 1 Section 31-2 - Genealogy part 2 Section 31-3 - Genealogy part 3 Section 31-4 - Genealogy part 4 Section 31-5 - Genealogy part 5 Section 31-6 - Genealogy part 6 Section 31-7 - Genealogy part 7  

JAMES KEENEY

JAMES KEENEY
(B. Aug. 20, 1816 - D. April 27, 1885)
Son of John, Jr and Mary (Buckhalter) Keeney

James Keeney was born August 20, 1816 in Fayette Co., Indiana. He was the son of John, Jr. and Mary Ramsey (Buckhalter) Keeney. He came with his parents to Ray County, Missouri in the early 1820's. James married three times: First, to Catherine Stewart, on March 19, 1840 in Ray County, Missouri, and fathered two children; Mary and Sarah Catherine. She died in childbirth in 1845. His second marriage was to Nancy Keeney, a cousin and daughter of Thomas and Lovina Boles Keeney, on March 1, 1846, and fathered three children; Miranda, Irena and Martha Elizabeth. Nancy died in 1862, and James' third marriage was to Miranda Michael Pearl, widow of John Pearl, and fathered one son, Mordecia, by this union.

In 1851, James and his family came to Oregon with the "Keeney Wagon Train." He settled on a farm between Elias and Jonathan's land claims.

A short time after arriving in the Calapooya Valley, Indians entered James Keeney's home, unannounced. The children were very frightened, and hid under their mothers' full skirts. The Indians wanted tobacco, which was given to them; then left, grabbing food from the table as they went out the door.

James Keeney died near Brownsville on April 27, 1885. Miranda Michael Pearl Keeney died June 8, 1919 in Kalispell, Montana and was buried in Brownsville, Oregon.

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  Select section: Forward & Sources Section  1 - Ralph R. Keeney Section  2 - Willard Warren Keeney Section  3 - John Blanden Keeney Section  4 - Andrew Jackson Keeney Section  5 - John Keeney, Jr. Section  6 - John Keeney, Sr. Section  7 - Roberta A. (Doty) Keeney Section  8 - Harold & Dolors Doty Section  9 - Alice Loa (Crall) Keeney Section 10 - Ida (Crall) Dunn Section 11 - Harvie Leslie (Les) Dunn Section 12 - Albert L. Crall Section 13 - Glenn Keeney Section 14 - Benjamin Franklin Keeney Section 15 - Thomas Paine Keeney Section 16 - Elizabeth Jane Williams Section 17 - Thomas Paine Keeney Section 18 - Leslie Matlock Section 19 - Howard Rogers Section 20 - Willard Handsaker Section 21 - Claire H. Keeney Section 22 - James M. Keeney Section 23 - Jonathan Keeney Section 24 - James Blanden Keeney Section 25 - Elias Keeney Section 26 - Mrs. J. W. Moore Section 27 - James Keeney Section 28 - Family Pictures Section 29 - Joseph B. Keeney Section 30 - Jonathan H. Keeney Section 31 - Genealogy Charts Section 31-1 - Genealogy part 1 Section 31-2 - Genealogy part 2 Section 31-3 - Genealogy part 3 Section 31-4 - Genealogy part 4 Section 31-5 - Genealogy part 5 Section 31-6 - Genealogy part 6 Section 31-7 - Genealogy part 7