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Abel Mastin Key Sr.

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Abel Mastin Key Sr.

Birth
Moore County, North Carolina, USA
Death
7 May 1871 (aged 67)
Kemper County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Migrated from North Carolina to Kemper County, Mississippi in 1833. He was the first probate judge and served as circuit clerk. He owned a blacksmith shop and gristmill, located southeast of DeKalb. Married Elizabeth Chambers Warren and they had 11 children:
William Warren Key
John Martin Key
Cornelius Lafayette Key
Jesse Hackley Key
James Robert Key
Abel Mastin Key, Jr.
Julia Rush Key
Stanley Webster Key
George Washington Key
Gustavus Adolphus Key
Isabel Eugenia Key
Abel Mastin Key, Sr. is my g-g-grandfather.

Abel is the oldest child of John Key and Martha (Patsy) Davis. John and Patsy moved from NC to Kemper County in 1833 along with their children. John was a farmer. It is believed John and Patsy were living with their son Abel Mastin Key Sr. at the time of their deaths. There is no record of their burial location.

John Key:
Born: 20 Feb 1776 in Moore County, NC
Died: 28 February 1850 in Dekalb, Kemper County, MS
Burial: Unknown. I have completely photographed the small Key Cemetery near Dekalb. There is no marker or record of his being buried there.

Martha (Patsy) Davis:
Born: Abt 1779 in North Carolina
Died: 11 November 1859 in Dekalb, Kemper County, MS
Burial: Unknown. See John Key note.

John and Patsy had six children:
Abel - 1803
Joshua - 1806
Mary - 1809
Hannah - 1811
Elizabeth - 1813
Cornelius - 1817

Migrated from North Carolina to Kemper County, Mississippi in 1833. He was the first probate judge and served as circuit clerk. He owned a blacksmith shop and gristmill, located southeast of DeKalb. Married Elizabeth Chambers Warren and they had 11 children:
William Warren Key
John Martin Key
Cornelius Lafayette Key
Jesse Hackley Key
James Robert Key
Abel Mastin Key, Jr.
Julia Rush Key
Stanley Webster Key
George Washington Key
Gustavus Adolphus Key
Isabel Eugenia Key
Abel Mastin Key, Sr. is my g-g-grandfather.

Abel is the oldest child of John Key and Martha (Patsy) Davis. John and Patsy moved from NC to Kemper County in 1833 along with their children. John was a farmer. It is believed John and Patsy were living with their son Abel Mastin Key Sr. at the time of their deaths. There is no record of their burial location.

John Key:
Born: 20 Feb 1776 in Moore County, NC
Died: 28 February 1850 in Dekalb, Kemper County, MS
Burial: Unknown. I have completely photographed the small Key Cemetery near Dekalb. There is no marker or record of his being buried there.

Martha (Patsy) Davis:
Born: Abt 1779 in North Carolina
Died: 11 November 1859 in Dekalb, Kemper County, MS
Burial: Unknown. See John Key note.

John and Patsy had six children:
Abel - 1803
Joshua - 1806
Mary - 1809
Hannah - 1811
Elizabeth - 1813
Cornelius - 1817

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Sacred to the memory of
Abel Key
Departed this life May 7 1881
Aged 67 yrs 5 ms 27 ds

Well thou art gone and I am left
But oh how cold and dark to me
This world of every charm bereft
Were always beautiful with thee.

Erected by Elizabeth C. Key

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