McDonald Keeney and Mamie Chloe Stanley . |
17.00--Sir Thomas Keney (sic), b. 1578, Norfolk, England; d. in New London, CT;
18.00--John Keeney, b. 1600, Norfolk, England; d. 1622 Salem, MA; m. Sarah Cheever (1621-1674)
19.00--Henry Keeney, b. 8 Jul 1623 in England; d. 6 Jun 1710; m. Ann Putnam;
20.00--John Keeney, b. ca.1651-2; d. 1718 Lynn, MA; m. Elizabeth Locke;
22.00--David Keeney; m. Martha (nee unk.) (b. 12 Mar 1714; moved to Greenbrier Co., VA, in 1756;
23.00--Moses
Keeney, b. 1766 in Greenbrier Co., WV; d. about
1840 in Kanawha Co.; m. 11 Aug 1789 in Greenbrier Co. to Frances Harris; 10
children
26.03--McDonald Keeney,
b. 28 July 1877 (but his stone says 1876); d. 16 May
1938 at Witcher, WV; bd. beside Mamie in Witcher
Cem., Witcher, Kanawha Co., WV; carpenter,
contractor, homebuilder, husband, father ("Daddy
Mack"); m. 11 Nov 1911 to Mamie Chloe Stanley (b. 8 Sept 1879 in Nicholas Co.,
WV [Everyone
thought she was born in 1882; indeed, even her
tombstone records the error based on her own
testimony; however, the census of 14
Jun 1880 records her age as 9/12!
So did she intentionally lie to make herself
seem younger, or did she really believe she
was born in 1882?]; d/o George
Washington
Stanley and Frances
"Fannie" Young Stanley; d. 30 Oct 1957
at Witcher;) 7 children; 22
grandchildren;
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27.01--Maxine Stanley Keeney, b. 30 Nov 1912; Maxine retired in 1978 as teacher in Greenbrier Co. Schools, Lewisburg, WV; d. 14 Jun 1992 in Greenbrier Co., WV; bd. Rosewood Cem., Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV--FaG Mem. ID# 17078215); m. 18 Mar 1933 to Norman Holt Harless (b. 26 Nov 1910; d. 9 Nov 1975; s/o Joseph Tilden Harless and Mary Ellen Bailey of Cyclone, Wyoming Co., WV; bd. Rosewood Cem., Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV--FaG Mem. ID# 17078210); Norman served as pastor of American Baptist churches in Landville, Mabscott, and Lewisburg, WV.; 7 children (click on Maxine's link to go to her family's page); 27.02--Hannah Margaret Keeney, b. 16 Jan 1914; d. on George W. Bush's inauguration day, Jan 2001; lived at Witcher, WV, at the family home; retired a Kanawha Co. Public Schools teacher; bd. in Witcher Creek Cem., Kanawha Co., WV; m. never; no ch.;
The light green Pontiac in the driveway at 2000 Orchard Ave.
27.03--Dorothy Lee Keeney, b. 10 Feb 1915; d. 31 May 2005 in Las Cruces, NM; cremated in Las Cruces, NM and ashes bd. at Witcher Creek Cem.; m. on 11 Aug 1942 in New Orleans, LA--when she was taking a class at Tulane Univ., working at the Jewish Children's Home, and a summer boarder at the Gwin home on Freret St.--to Adrian Sutton Gwin (b. 12 Sep 1916 at Selma, AL; d. 7 May 2001 at Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, NM, after a five-month bout with blood-clotting disease); retired from teaching with Kanawha County Schools; lived in St. Albans, WV from WW2 to Nov 1999; resided in Las Cruces, NM, near son John, until her death; cremated in Las Cruces, NM and ashes bd. at Witcher Creek Cem.; 2 children; an Adrian-and-Dot album;
27.04--Mildred Agnes Keeney, b. 8 Aug 1916 at Charleston; taught school in Manassas, Virginia, after a long career in Girl Scout and Conservation leadership, a prize-winning journalism program at DuPont High, and teaching biology and mathematics in high school, at West Virginia Tech, in New York, and in the continuing education program of West Virginia University; lived with her sister Hannah at the family homeplace in Witcher, WV, for many years, serving as Hannah's caregiver most of Hannah's last years; never married; no children.
27.05--Albert McDonald ("Buster") Keeney, b. 3 Jun 1918 in Kanawha Co., WV; d. 8 Feb 2010 in Charleston, WV; m1. Geraldine Kincaid of Witcher in Sep 1938--marriage dissolved after Bus returned from WW2--no children; m2. 19 Jan 1947 to Phyllis Eileen Caldwell (b. 20 Apr 1922; d. unk.; bd. unk.) of Bomont (Clay Co.); 3 children; div.; m3. 19 Jun 1970 to Juanita Marshall Lewis (b. 28 Jul 1924); 27.06--Helen Pauline ("Bennie") Keeney, b. 9 Nov 1920; d. Nov 1999 in Waldorf, Maryland; bd. in Witcher Cemetery, Witcher, WV, next to daughter Jane Lynn Metheny; m. 10 Nov 1941 to James Thomas (Tom) Metheny, Sr. (b. 19 Jan 1916; d. Nov 1999); 5 children;
Helen Keeney MethenyWALDORF, Md. - Helen Keeney "Bennie" Metheny, 78, of Waldorf, formerly of Witcher, W.Va., died Nov. 5, 1999, at the home of her daughter, Judith Karen Lindley of Waldorf, after a short illness.
She was a retired secretary from National Education Association, Washington, D.C., and International Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Washington, D.C.
Also surviving: husband, James Thomas Metheny Sr. of Dumfries, Va.; daughters, Joan Elizabeth Bousher of LaPlata, Md., Jennifer Gail Tolbert of Dumfries; son, James Thomas Jr. of Witcher; sisters, Dorothy Lee Gwin of St. Albans, W.Va., Mildred A. Keeney and Hannah M. Keeney, both of Witcher; brothers, George McClure Keeney of Hurricane, W.Va., Albert "Buster" Keeney of Belle, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fidler & Frame Funeral Home, Belle, with the Rev. Roscoe Keeney officiating. Burial will be in Witcher Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
27.07--George McClure Keeney, b. 18 Aug 1922 in Kanawha Co., WV; d. 25 Aug 2007; m. 24 Dec 1954 to Frankie Shirley Lucas (b. 21 May 1936); 5 children;
George M. KeeneyGeorge M. Keeney, 85, of Hurricane passed away Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston.
George retired from FMC, South Charleston, with 30 years of service. He was a former employee of West Virginia Water Company, Charleston, a graduate of Dupont High School, Belle, attended Morris Harvey College, Charleston, and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his loving wife, Frankie Keeney of Hurricane; daughter, Lynn Bright of Milton; sons and daughters-in-law, Chuck and Patti Keeney, Kent and Lori Keeney, Danny Keeney and Chris and Hilarie Keeney, all of Hurricane; sister, Mildred Keeney of Belle; sister-in-law, Ruby Snead of Rand; brother, Albert M. Keeney of Belle; and brother-in-law, Roy Lucas of Witcher. Also surviving are his loving grandchildren, Erin, Nikki, Makinzie, Ryan, Sean and Brendan Keeney; great-grandson, Ian Keeney; and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. Samuel Henson, special friend, Joe Bentley Sr., friends and neighbors, and the wonderful, loving people at Hubbard Hospice House.
Ceremonies will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in his honor to Hubbard Hospice House, 1001 Kennawa Drive, Charleston, WV 25311. Online condolences may be made at www.chapmanfuneralhomes.com.
Chapman Funeral Home, 3941 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane, is serving the family.
Mamie's unmarried oldest sister, "Aunt Maude" Stanley,lived at the old Stanley family homeplace at Tad, and loved hosting overnight parties, day picnics, and other fun events for her nieces. No doubt that this photo was taken by Aunt Maude when the girls had been taken there for one of these visits in June of 1920. I can just imagine Aunt Maude, herself a school teacher, gathering the nieces and a couple of neighbor girls around her dining room table with flour sacks, ribbons, scraps of cloth, scissors, and glue to make their own hats
Below: Photo taken June 1920; the four oldest children (l-r: Hannah, Dorothy Lee, Maxine, and Milly) with friends "Bulah Lucas" and "Philis Cline" on a "picnic" in front of the post office at Tad, WV, (sign says "Robert L. Dunlap, Postmaster"). Someone has written on back (in June 2005, Milly told me it was in "Aunt Maude's handwriting" and that Aunt Maude couldn't spell very well and always spelled and pronounced DOR-o-thy as DOR-thy): Stamped on the back in purple Old English text is,
"Kiser Studio, Monticello, Indiana. Mail Orders Solicited."June 1920. Maxine Keeney
Hannah "
Dorthy L "
Mildred "
Bulah Lucas.
Philis Cline.Picnic
A larger version of this photo is at the bottom of this page.
The McDonald Keeney family of Dickenson, WV, 1933
l-r, front row: George, age 11; Mack, 56; Mamie, 54; Bennie, 13;
back row: Maxine, 21; Hannah, 19; Dot, 18; Milly, 16; Buster, 15.
My mother,
Dot, often told me growing up that her family was "a
baseball team, perhaps only
because there were nine of them,
perhaps because they really did play baseball
together. Their positions listed here are from my
own imagination. Below, L-R, Back Row: Bus,
3rd base; George, 1st base; Milly, left
field; Middle Row: Maxine, shortstop; Hannah,
2nd base; Dot, center field; Front: Bennie,
right field. Absent when picture was taken, having
moved up to the Majors and currently playing with the
East Gate Angels: Mack and Mamie,
catcher and pitcher, respectively. Now Maxine
(1992), Hannah (2000), Bennie (2001), Dot (2005), George
(2007), Buster (2009), and Milly (2011) have also received their
upward calls and joined their parents.
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I used to labor around the mines, When men could make the dough, Until the panic struck us all, Which changed the times you know. The panic's on throughout the State; There's nothing much to do, So I became an ornery cuss And joined Mac Keeney's crew. Now Mac, he owns a circle saw And employs men by the day, Where people have to work like slaves Who are fools enough to stay. Old Mac is full of business sense And right good looking, too, And though he falls in his timber deal, His face will take him through. His brother Dan is saw mill boss; He keeps things from going wrong And labors like the rest of us To help old Mac along. He don't forget to watch around And put us folks through, Which often makes us "peter out," To work in Keeney's crew.
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The engineer is Wilson
Moore,
He labors with a will; He feeds the furnace wood and coal Which runs Mac Keeney's mill. He used to be a wrestling chap, Or at least, he tells us so, But when he tried Tom Grafton once, It proved his overthrow. Tom Grafton measures lumber here; He is very large and tall And the hunting trips he took out west He likes to tell to all. He appears to be a city dude, And is quite a talker, too, And if lumber works were run with gas, He'd beat all in Keeney's crew. Jake Darby works at Keeney's mill; His equal's hard to find; In fact, old Jacob's face will show He's not of the human kind. It takes all sorts to make a world I have often heard it said; That's why they spoiled a kangaroo And made old Jake instead. |
We'll mention Staunton
Thomas next,
Who is cute as he can be, And his merry ways would make you think That he was on a spree. He sees the sunny side of life, And is never feeling blue, Which can't be said of everyone That works in Keeney's crew. Jim Beasley and Foster Lytton's next; Their job is quite a pill. They're the only ones to truck the logs That's sawed at Keeney's mill. Old Jim's a right good looking chap, Though he's not a ladies' man, While Foster's looks will show he's not Made after Adam's plan. Young Anderson runs the lumber truck But still he doesn't despond, For he is quite a merry chap And courts the widow Bond. Now, let us drink to the future bright Of our friend and the widow, too, And that their boys may never work In a gang like Keeney's crew. |
Street/ Res/Fam |
Name |
Relat 2HoH |
Race/ Sex |
Age |
Est. YOB |
MS/ YrsMd/ ch/lvg |
POB S/F/M |
Occupation |
Other |
John M. Gwin Comments |
Street/ Res/Fam |
Name |
Relat 2HoH |
Race/ Sex |
Age |
Est. YOB |
MS/ YrsMd/ ch/lvg |
POB S/F/M |
Occupation |
Other |
John M. Gwin Comments |
---/---/5 |
Roscoe
Keeney |
head |
wm |
28 |
1882 |
m/5 |
WV/WV/WV | carpenter |
This
is
my
granduncle Roscoe Conkling Keeney, son of John Stires
Keeney and Hannah Catherine Frazee and brother of my
grandfather, McDonald Keeney. He will become the father
of Roscoe Conkling Keeney, Jr., the grand old
genealogist of the Keeney clan, still living in
Charleston as of this writing (14 Nov 2009). |
|
Margurette Keeney | wife |
wf |
23 |
1887 |
m/5/1/1 |
WV/WV/WV | none |
This
is
Maggie
Paxton. Until seeing this census, I'd never heard her
called anything but Maggie. |
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Julia Keeney | daughter |
wf |
2 |
1908 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none |
|||
---/---/10 |
John Keeney | head |
wm |
58 |
1852 |
m/38 |
WV/WV/WV | contractor |
John
S. Keeney |
|
Hanna Keeney | wife |
wf |
54 |
1856 |
m/38/13/12 |
WV/WV/WV | none | Hannah Catherine Keeney | ||
Nick Keeney | son |
wm |
30 |
1880 |
wd |
WV/WV/WV | none | 4th-born
Nick Burks Keeney |
||
Johnnie Keeney | son |
wm |
24 |
1886 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | 7th-born
John S. Keeney, Jr. |
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Walter Keeney | son |
wm |
22 |
1888 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | 8th-born
Walter Henson Keeney, Sr. |
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Hanna Keeney | daughter |
wf |
18 |
1892 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | 9th-born
Hannah Catherine "Katie" Keeney who will
marry Johnny Fout (see my speculation 11 lines below) |
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Fannie Keeney | daughter |
wf |
16 |
1894 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | 10th-born
Frances Holt Keeney |
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Eben Keeney | son |
wm |
14 |
1896 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | 11th-born
Ebon
Oakes
Keeney |
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Robert Keeney | son |
wm |
12 |
1898 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | This
is
my
granduncle Robert Keeney, "Uncle Bob", as I knew him. He
and his two sons, Tommy and Bobby, built our house at 7
Keiffer Drive in St. Albans. I got to watch and help
them build it the winter of 1960-61. My mother, Uncle
Bob's niece, designed the house, and they built it from
her drawings--without an architect's blueprints. |
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---/---/11 | Traber Keeney | wm |
36 |
1874 |
m/14 |
WV/WV/WV | contractor |
Traber
Gatewood
Keeney,
Baptist Deacon |
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Cloie Keeney | wf |
34 |
1876 |
m/14/5/5 |
WV/WV/WV | none | Chloe |
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Annie Keeney | wf |
13 |
1897 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | Eliza
Ann |
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Lonnie Keeney | wm |
12 |
1898 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | Lonnie
Gatewood |
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Fredie Keeney | son |
wm |
9 |
1901 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none |
Charles
Frederick |
||
Juliet Keeney | daughter |
wf |
7 |
1903 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none |
Juliette
Madison |
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Elizabeth Keeney | daughter |
wf |
3 |
1907 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none |
Elizabeth
Rose.
Son (and youngest child) Cameron Hubbard will not be born until July 28, 1910, some three months after this census. |
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---/---/33 |
John
Fout |
head |
wm |
54 |
1856 |
m/31 |
VA/VA/VA |
carpenter, Gov.
Locks |
I
can't imagine this being anyone else but the father of
the John Anderson"Johnny" Fout who married our Hannah
Catherine "Katie" Keeney (9th-born child of John S. and
Hannaah Catherine Frazee Keeney, 11 lines above). |
|
Sallie |
wife |
wf |
53 |
1857 |
m/31/4/4 |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Annie |
daughter |
wf |
30 |
1880 |
m1 |
WV/VA/WV | none | |||
---/---/35 | U.
B. |
head |
wm |
38 |
1872 |
m/14 |
WV/WV/WV | work out farmer |
Who is this person?
His family is living in Malden only 25 houses away
from our John S. Keeney, yet Roscoe has absolutley no
mention of U. B. or anyone in his family in his book,
2597 Keeney
Relatives (Roscoe C. Keeney, Jr., McClain
Printing, Parsons, WV, 1978). |
|
Margurette |
wife |
wf |
32 |
1878 |
m/14/8/8 |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Ethel |
daughter |
wf |
13 |
1897 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Virginia |
daughter |
wf |
11 |
1899 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Ben |
son |
wm |
9 |
1901 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
David |
son |
wm |
8 |
1902 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
U.
B., Jr. |
son |
wm |
5 |
1905 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Margurette |
daughter |
wf |
4 |
1906 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Frank |
son |
wm |
3 |
1907 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Leslie |
son |
wm |
1 |
1909 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none |
Street/ Res/Fam |
Name |
Relat 2HoH |
Race/ Sex |
Age |
Est. YOB |
Marr Stat |
POB S/F/M |
Occ |
Other |
John M. Gwin Comments |
1702/12/33 |
McDonald
Keeney |
head |
wm |
42 |
1878 |
m |
WV/WV/KY | building contractor |
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Mamie Keeney | wife |
wf |
37 |
1883 |
m |
WV/WV/WV | ||||
Maxine S. Keeney | daughter |
wf |
7 |
1913 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | ||||
Hannah M. Keeney | daughter | wf |
5 |
1915 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | ||||
Dorthy L. Keeney | daughter | wf |
4yr11mo |
Feb
1915 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | This
is
my
mother, Dorothy Lee Keeney, who will marry Adrian Sutton
Gwin on 11 Aug 1942, 22 years from this census. |
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Mildred A. Keeney | daughter | wf |
3yr5mo |
Aug
1916 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | ||||
Alfred Mc. Keeney | son |
wm |
1yr7mo |
Jun
1918 |
s |
WV/WV/WV |
Street/ Res/Fam |
Name |
Relat 2HoH |
Race/ Sex |
Age |
Est. YOB |
MS/Age 1stMd |
POB S/F/M |
Occ |
Other |
John M. Gwin Comments |
709 Greenbrier St./144/176 |
McDonald
Keeney |
head |
wm |
53 |
1877 |
m/35 |
WV/WV/KY |
mechanical engineer
in the building industry |
This
is
my
grandfather, McDonald Keeney, for whom I was named. |
|
Mamie C. Keeney | wife |
wf |
48 |
1882 |
m/38 |
WV/WV/WV | none |
This
is
my
grandmother, Mamie Chloe Stanley Keeney. She is not the
age she reports here, since she was age 2 in the 1880
census. |
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Mayaie S. Keeney | daughter |
wf |
17 |
1913 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Hannah M. Keeney | daughter | wf |
16 |
1914 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Dorothy L. Keeney | daughter | wf |
15 |
1915 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Mildred A. Keeney | daughter | wf |
13 |
1917 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
McDonald Jr. Keeney | son |
wm |
11 |
1919 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Helen P. Keeney | daughter | wf |
9 |
1921 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
George M. Keeney | son |
wm |
7 |
1923 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
621
Greenbrier St./145/177 |
Thomas
Grafton |
head |
wm |
52 |
1878 |
m/25 |
WV/England/England | miner, coal mine |
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Mabel Grafton | wife |
wf |
52 |
1878 |
m/25 |
WV/WV/WV | none | She
is
my
grandaunt, Mabel Stanley, older sister of my grandmother
(see 9 lines above). |
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Elizabeth Grafton | daughter |
wf |
18 |
1912 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | Investment Co.
stenographer |
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George E. Grafton | son |
wm |
15 |
1915 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Mabel F. Grafton | daughter |
wf |
12 |
1918 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none | |||
Thomas A. Grafton | son |
wm |
10 |
1920 |
s |
WV/WV/WV | none |