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John McKeever

Also Known As: "John Mc Keever", "John Mckeever"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lagrange, IN, United States
Death: July 1869 (32-33)
Shelby, IA, United States (Smallpox)
Place of Burial: Jackson, Shelby, IA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Reuben McKeever and Polly McKeever
Husband of Lucrecia Purlyetta Rowe
Father of Minerva Anne McConnell; Mary A Mckeever; Frank Lyndon Mckeever Winters; Sarah Jane Mckeever and Ida Amilia McKeever
Brother of Catherine McKeever; William Henry McKeever; George McKeever; Morris Burney McKeever; Anthony McKeever and 2 others
Half brother of Thomas McKeever; Jasper McKeever; Jacob P McKeever; Eliza Ann Wadkins; Amanda E. McKeever and 1 other

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About John McKeever

Information provided by Marilyn Peverly's research on the McKeever family, March 30, 1995:

The story has been passed down through the generations that Frank Lyndon McKeever and his sisters were found wandering about the farm after the death of their parents, John and Puryetta, along with an Aunt Mary A., John's half-sister and her daughter, Eliza and Mary Emma Wadkins (sometimes shown as Watkins), from Small Pox. Ida and Minerva were in homes with other families and eventually married. Frank and his younger sister were adopted by L.L. and Angie Winters (sometimes shown as Waters) and Sara Jane's name was changes by the Winters to DELILAH.


  • Residence: Powsheik, Jasper, Iowa, United States - 1860
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John McKeever's Timeline

1836
1836
Lagrange, IN, United States
1857
June 7, 1857
Jasper, Iowa, United States
1861
April 11, 1861
Shelby County, Iowa, United States
1865
1865
Iowa, United States
1866
December 25, 1866
Jackson Township, Shelby, Iowa, United States
1868
1868
Iowa, United States
1869
July 1869
Age 33
Shelby, IA, United States
1869
Age 33
Oak Hill Cemetery, Jackson, Shelby, IA, United States

Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin, Shelby Co, Iowa. John McKeever along with his wife Purlyette and a young daughter Mary, all died of small pox and were the first ones to be buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery. All are buried in unmarked graves.