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Wagon Ruts West

JOHN KEENEY, JR. FAMILY
By Ralph Ray Keeney

Published in 1983


Acknowledgment

    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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The following is Section 28

Family Pictures

REBECCA KEENEY

REBECCA KEENEY
(B. July 1821 - D. Sept. 23, 1895
Daughter of John, Jr., and Mary Ramsey Backhalter Keeney

Rebecca married William Landingham in Missouri in 1838, and was left a widow with five children when he died in 1849. She came to Oregon on the Keeney Wagon Train in 1851. She married Daniel Putnam, a widower with six children. They had seven children of their own and raised, all eighteen children. She and Daniel are buried in Amity, Oregon Cemetery.


Murat Keeney and first wife, 1953

Murat Keeney and first wife - taken in 1953 a year before she died. Murat was grandson of Rev. Jonathan Keeney - son of John, Sr., Keeney

 
REBECCA (KEENEY) LANDINGHAM PUTMAN
Daughter of John, Jr and Mary Buckhalter Keeney.
Rebecca was widowed with five children. She came west on the "Keeney Wagon Train", married Daniel Putnam, a widower with six children. They had seven children of their own, and raised all 18 children.
Keeney daughters
  • Mary (Keeney) Overton
  • Sarah (Keeney) Bennett -- Mother was Catherine Stewart Keeney.
  • Miranda (Keeney) Wigle
  • Martha (Keeney) Warren -- Mother was Nancy Keeney, daughter of Thomas and Lovina Keeney.

Daughteres of James Keeney: He had five girls and one boy.


James Keeney Descendants

Keeney - Overton Reunion
Taken at home of Mary (Keeney) Overton's house in Brownsville, Oregon


James Keeney Descendants

Keeney - Overton Reunion
Taken at home of Mary (Keeney) Overton's house in Brownsville, Oregon


Sarah (Keeney) Bennett
SARAH (KEENEY) BENNETT
(B. 1845 - Ray Co. Mo.)
(D. 1916 - Benton Co. Ore.)
Daughter of James and Catherine (Stewart) Keeney. She came to Brownsville, Oregon in 1851 from Missouri on the "Keeney Wagon Train."
Martha (Keeney) Warren
MARTHA (KEENEY) WARREN
Daughter of James and Nancy Keeney.
(B. 1852 - Mo.)
(D. Sept. 1 1932, Yakima, Wa.)
Md. George Warren - JAn 14, 1884 Linn Co., Ore.

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