Heirology

Ancestors

James Moses McKeown

1863-1899
Born 1863
Died 1899
Children include Mary

James Moses McKeown, called Moses, was born on 12 December 1863, by his gravestone. He married Maggie Roberts, a daughter of a western Chester County family, and they lived a short distance outside the town of Chester, South Carolina. Their daughter Mary Cornelia was born on 28 December 1887.

Moses died on Saturday 29 July 1899, aged thirty-five. The Chester paper reported that "Mr. Moses McKeown, who lived a short distance from town, died last Saturday. His remains were buried at Armenia, an impressive funeral being conducted by the Rev. H. R. Chapman. Mr. McKeown left a widow and four children." His stone in the Armenia churchyard reads "J. Moses McKeown".

Maggie never remarried. She lived on in the mill villages of Chester and died at the Springstein mill in January 1915, "widow of the late J. Moses McKeown". Three of their daughters married, Mary to Chalmers Gaston and two sisters to men named Bigham; their son was George H. McKeown.

Children

Mary Cornelia McKeown 1887-1973

Sources

Yorkville Enquirer (Yorkville, South Carolina), 9 August 1899, page 4, quoting the Chester Lantern of 4 August 1899, Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
Yorkville Enquirer (Yorkville, South Carolina), 5 February 1915, page 1, Chester news, Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
The State (Columbia, South Carolina), August 1973; clipping added 8 February 2014 by GMG to Find a Grave memorial 42421793.
Yorkville Enquirer (Yorkville, South Carolina), 9 August 1899, page 4, Chester news from the Lantern, Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
Photograph added 2 February 2014 by Greg Matthews, Find a Grave memorial 118529281, Armenia United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina.
Yorkville Enquirer, 9 August 1899, from the Chester Lantern; gravestone, Find a Grave memorial 118529281; Yorkville Enquirer, 5 February 1915; obituary of Mary McKeown Gaston, The State, August 1973.

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