Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Thomas McKeown    
                Born: Nov- 5-1869          in Harrison Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Feb-12-1942           3
              Buried:                      in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Father: George W. McKeown   (1839 - 1921) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Collins   (1848 - 1910) 
                Wife: Emma Laverna Jenkins     
       Also known as: Amy 4
             Married: Mar-13-1897          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: Apr-25-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,5,2
                Died: Feb-26-1947           3
              Buried:                      in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Jesse Jenkins   (1828 - 1908) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Urzula Costilow   (1822 - 1908) 
           F Child 1: Biddie May McKeown      
       Also known as: Biddie Mae McKeown 4
                Born: Feb-25-1894          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3,6,7
                Died: Jul-15-1952          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1918                 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  7
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Husband: Morris Leander Hayes  b. Feb-25-1888  d. Oct-24-1962  
         Census name: Morrison Hayes 
             Married: May-15-1918          in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Nona A. McKeown      
         Census name: Nonie McKeown 
                Born: Feb- 5-1902          in Wetzel Co, WV  9,10 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov-18-1980           9
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1940                 at Dog Run, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Shirley Heights, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1924                 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  7
              Census: 1910, 1930           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Husband: Frank Orr  
         Not married:                        
             Husband: Gerald Victor Hayes  b. May-15-1897  d. Jan-22-1979  
         Census name: Jeril Hayes 
             Married: Aug-16-1924          in Alma, Tyler Co, WV  11,12
           M Child 3: William Howard McKeown      
                Born: Jul-23-1915           6
                Died: Jul-13-1983           6
              Buried:                      in McKean Memorial Park, Bradford, McKean Co, PA  3
                Wife: Ruby Edith Swiger  b. Nov-17-1917  d. Jun-16-2003  
             Married: 1935                 in Salem, WV  13

Sources:
(1) 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(8) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Gerald Hays, 25, b. Tyler Co, res. Industrial in 
Doddridge Co, son of I. N. & Florence (Williams) Hayes, occupation rig builder; and Miss Nona McKeown, 22, b. Tyler Co, 
res. Shirley in Tyler Co, dau of John & Emma (Jenkins) McKeown.  Marred Aug 16 1924 at Alma, Tyler County. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12044645&Type=Marriage. 
(12) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) Obituary of wife. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Tyler County.







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