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Esther Davidson Keeney

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
29 Feb 1904 (aged 85)
Blue Ridge, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Gilman City, Harrison County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Died in a leap year, age 85
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Daughter of Virginia born, James Davidson (1785-1868) and North Carolina born, Mary Polly Morris (1789-1880).
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One Marriage, Married 43 years:

Joseph Keeney (age 25) (1811-1879)
To: Miss ESTHER DAVIDSON (age 18) (1818-1904)
Married: May 25, 1836 in Hendricks County, Indiana
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-XBQM

Children together:
1)Daniel T Keeney (1840-1864) Died Civil War
2)John Keeney (1842-1863) Died Civil War
3)Sarah Jane Keeney (1844-)
4)Margaret Ester Keeney CASE (1846-1904)
5)Jonathan M Keeney (1849-1917)
6)James W Keeney (1851-)
7)William Keeney (1852-)
8)Joseph F Keeney (1860-1891)
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1860 CENSUS (Bloomfield, Polk, Iowa)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M822-B6Q

Joseph Keeney - 1810 M 50 Indiana
ESTHER KEENEY - 1817 F 43 Kentucky
Daniel Keeney - 1840 M 20 Indiana
John Keeney - 1843 M 17 Indiana
Sarah J Keeney - 1845 F 15 Indiana
Margarett E Keeney - 1847 F 13 Indiana
Jonathan Keeney - 1848 M 12 Iowa
James W Keeney - 1851 M 9 Iowa
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1870 CENSUS (Grand River twp, Madison, Iowa)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVV-3QC

Joseph Kenny - 1811 M 59 Tennessee
ESTHER KENNY - 1818 F 52 Kentucky
Jonathan Kenny - 1849 M 21 Iowa
William Kenny - 1852 M 18 Iowa
Joseph Kenny - 1860 M 10 Iowa
Fannie Harrison - 1862 F 8 Iowa (cousin)
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1880 CENSUS (Macksburg, Madison, Iowa)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLM-VPL

Joseph Keeney - 1861 Self M 19 Iowa
ESTER KEENEY - 1818 Mother F 62 Kentucky (widowed)
Fanny Harrison - 1863 Cousin F 17 Iowa
Maggie Keeney - 1880 Daughter F 0 Iowa
Laura Keeney - 1865 Wife F 15 Iowa
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1900 CENSUS (Adams twp, Blue Ridge Village, Harrison, Missouri)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CL-L5W

William Case 1842 Head M 58 Illinois
Maggie Case - 1846 Wife F 54 Indiana
Charley Case - 1882 Son M 18 Missouri
Stephen Williams - 1817* Stepfather M 82 KY
Clay Williams - 1854 Half-brother M 46 Indiana
ESTER KEENEY - 1818* Mother-in-law F 82 Kentucky (widowed)

*Note: Ester & Stephen's birthdates were both incorrectly transcribed as 1854. Above dates are corrected, based on ages & dates seen in the original document image.
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Only graves with headstones are listed at the Old Blue Ridge Cemetery rootsweb website. "There are many burials for this cemetery either without headstones or with unreadable headstones", so the website is not a complete list for all burials. No headstone is shown for her grave.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moharris/
oldblueridgecem.html

*A daughter, "Maggie Case", with whom she was living with in the above 1900 CENSUS (Adams twp, Blue Ridge Village, Harrison, Missouri), died a few days after her mother's death. The daughter, Margaret Ester Keeney CASE (1846-1904) is also buried at the Old Blue Ridge Cemetery. This daughter does have a headstone photo at the above website.
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----------No Marker---------
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Died in a leap year, age 85
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Daughter of Virginia born, James Davidson (1785-1868) and North Carolina born, Mary Polly Morris (1789-1880).
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One Marriage, Married 43 years:

Joseph Keeney (age 25) (1811-1879)
To: Miss ESTHER DAVIDSON (age 18) (1818-1904)
Married: May 25, 1836 in Hendricks County, Indiana
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-XBQM

Children together:
1)Daniel T Keeney (1840-1864) Died Civil War
2)John Keeney (1842-1863) Died Civil War
3)Sarah Jane Keeney (1844-)
4)Margaret Ester Keeney CASE (1846-1904)
5)Jonathan M Keeney (1849-1917)
6)James W Keeney (1851-)
7)William Keeney (1852-)
8)Joseph F Keeney (1860-1891)
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1860 CENSUS (Bloomfield, Polk, Iowa)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M822-B6Q

Joseph Keeney - 1810 M 50 Indiana
ESTHER KEENEY - 1817 F 43 Kentucky
Daniel Keeney - 1840 M 20 Indiana
John Keeney - 1843 M 17 Indiana
Sarah J Keeney - 1845 F 15 Indiana
Margarett E Keeney - 1847 F 13 Indiana
Jonathan Keeney - 1848 M 12 Iowa
James W Keeney - 1851 M 9 Iowa
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1870 CENSUS (Grand River twp, Madison, Iowa)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVV-3QC

Joseph Kenny - 1811 M 59 Tennessee
ESTHER KENNY - 1818 F 52 Kentucky
Jonathan Kenny - 1849 M 21 Iowa
William Kenny - 1852 M 18 Iowa
Joseph Kenny - 1860 M 10 Iowa
Fannie Harrison - 1862 F 8 Iowa (cousin)
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1880 CENSUS (Macksburg, Madison, Iowa)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLM-VPL

Joseph Keeney - 1861 Self M 19 Iowa
ESTER KEENEY - 1818 Mother F 62 Kentucky (widowed)
Fanny Harrison - 1863 Cousin F 17 Iowa
Maggie Keeney - 1880 Daughter F 0 Iowa
Laura Keeney - 1865 Wife F 15 Iowa
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1900 CENSUS (Adams twp, Blue Ridge Village, Harrison, Missouri)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CL-L5W

William Case 1842 Head M 58 Illinois
Maggie Case - 1846 Wife F 54 Indiana
Charley Case - 1882 Son M 18 Missouri
Stephen Williams - 1817* Stepfather M 82 KY
Clay Williams - 1854 Half-brother M 46 Indiana
ESTER KEENEY - 1818* Mother-in-law F 82 Kentucky (widowed)

*Note: Ester & Stephen's birthdates were both incorrectly transcribed as 1854. Above dates are corrected, based on ages & dates seen in the original document image.
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Only graves with headstones are listed at the Old Blue Ridge Cemetery rootsweb website. "There are many burials for this cemetery either without headstones or with unreadable headstones", so the website is not a complete list for all burials. No headstone is shown for her grave.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moharris/
oldblueridgecem.html

*A daughter, "Maggie Case", with whom she was living with in the above 1900 CENSUS (Adams twp, Blue Ridge Village, Harrison, Missouri), died a few days after her mother's death. The daughter, Margaret Ester Keeney CASE (1846-1904) is also buried at the Old Blue Ridge Cemetery. This daughter does have a headstone photo at the above website.
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144401288/esther-keeney: accessed ), memorial page for Esther Davidson Keeney (Apr 1818–29 Feb 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 144401288, citing Old Blue Ridge Cemetery, Gilman City, Harrison County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by AB674 (contributor 48331648).