Husband: Lyman KEYES Birth Date: Abt. 1795 Birth Place: Pownal, Bennington Co., VT Death Date: 9-18-1828 Death Place: Niagara Co., NY Burial Place: Father: Henry KEYES a.k.a. Henry KEYS Mother: Elizabeth OLDS | Wife: Hannah FRANCIS Birth Date: Abt. 1795 Birth Place: NY Death Date: 1-5-1866 Death Place: Prairie Rhonde, Kalamazoo Co., MI Burial Place: Father: Mother: Other Spouse: George FLETCHER 6-16-1839 at Climax |
Marriage Date: Bef. 1812 | Marriage Place: NY |
Child No. 1: Mary KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: Abt. 1812 Birth Place: NY Death Date: Aft. 1880 Death Place: MI Burial Place: Marriage Date: Abt. 1829 / Abt. 1850 Marriage Place: NY (Probably Niagara Co.)/Kalamazoo Co., MI Spouse's Name: Samuel CARNEY / Peter CROHART a.k.a. CROWHURST | Child No. 2: Mahala KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: 9-14-1814 Birth Place: NY Death Date: 9-28-1872 Death Place: Alamo, Kalamazoo Co., MI Burial Place: Marriage Date: Bef. 1836 / 4-1-1837 Marriage Place: NY (Probably Niagara Co.)/ Kalamazoo Co., MI Spouse's Name: Joel HORTON / Alexander S. EATON |
Child No. 3: Julia M. KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: 9-18-1817 Birth Place: NY Death Date: 4-29-1880 Death Place: Climax, Kalamazoo Co., MI Burial Place: Marriage Date: Bef. 1838 Marriage Place: NY (Probably Niagara Co.) Spouse's Name: Silas CARNEY | Child No. 4: Charles H. KEYES Sex: M Birth Date: Abt. 1822 Birth Place: NY Death Date: Aft. 1860 Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: 10-15-1843 Marriage Place: Kalamazoo Co., MI Spouse's Name: Mary GILSON |
Child No. 5: Orlando KEYES Sex: M Birth Date: 5-9-1824 Birth Place: Niagara Co., NY Death Date: 1-12-1866 Death Place: Climax, Kalamazoo Co., MI Burial Place: Gilson Cemetery, Scotts, Kalamazoo Co., MI Marriage Date: 5-15-1845 Marriage Place: Cambria, Niagara Co., NY Spouse's Name: Lucinda SHOOK | Child No. 6: Rebecca KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: Abt. 1826 Birth Place: Death Date: Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: |
Child No. 7: Nathaniel KEYES Sex: M Birth Date: Abt. 1827 Birth Place: NY Death Date: 11-12-1878 Death Place: Decatur, Van Buren Co., MI Burial Place: Marriage Date: Bef. 1856 Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Louisa BRIGGS |
Documentation:SOURCES:Keyes, Asa, Genealogy of the Keyes Family, Battleboro: George E. Selleck,Printer, 1880.. History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Durant, Samuel W. comp.,Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1880. 1850, 1860, 1870 Federal census reports for Climax and Alamo, KalamazooCo., and Hamilton and Decatur, Van Buren Co., MI. Death certificate for Sarah M. (KEYES) PAGE CLINE, daughter of Rev.Orlando and Lucinda (SHOOK) KEYES. Files: (1) "Military records for Lyman KEYES in the War of1812"; (2) "Military records for Orlando KEYES in the Civil War"; (3) "Pension 89,426 for Civil War widow Lucinda KEYES." MilitaryService Records (NNCC), National Archives, Washington, DC. =============================================================== NOTES: The John and Polly (FINCH)/Lydia (HORTON) CARNEY family andthe Lyman and Hannah (FRANCIS) KEYES family were neighbors in Cambria,Niagara Co., NY, before migrating to Michigan. The CARNEYS and most ofthe widow KEYES’ family would settle in Climax Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI,in the mid-1830s. Others arrived later, such as the Orlando and Lucinda(SHOOK) KEYES family, arriving at Climax in 1851. Sons Charles H. and Nathanielultimately would settle in Van Buren Co., MI. |
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