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.
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 - 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.
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.
Keeney - Overton Reunion
Taken at home of Mary (Keeney) Overton's house in Brownsville, Oregon
Keeney - Overton Reunion
Taken at home of Mary (Keeney) Overton's house in Brownsville, Oregon
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
Daughter of James and Nancy Keeney.
(B. 1852 - Mo.)
(D. Sept. 1 1932, Yakima, Wa.)
Md. George Warren - JAn 14, 1884 Linn Co., Ore.
A Keeney Family Genealogy was established in 1986
& has been online ever since under one name or another.
This site is maintained as a hobby
site, some information may not be
accurate.
