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Andrew Jackson McKeever

Male 1866 - 1955  (89 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Andrew Jackson McKeever was born 8 Jun 1866, Pope, Arkansas, USA (son of William Hampton McKeever and Sophia Shinn Harkey); died 2 Nov 1955, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 38390827
    • Reference Number: 49459

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Palmer Cemetery


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Hampton McKeever was born 25 Jan 1835, Clinton, Illinois, USA (son of Robert Collins McEver, Sr and Celia Ann Wadsworth); died 27 Mar 1912, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 38389133
    • Reference Number: 9544

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Palmer Cemetery

    William married Sophia Shinn Harkey 31 Jul 1855, Arkansas, USA. Sophia (daughter of David Harkey and Elizabeth Shinner) was born 5 Mar 1829, North Carolina, USA; died 25 May 1914, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sophia Shinn Harkey was born 5 Mar 1829, North Carolina, USA (daughter of David Harkey and Elizabeth Shinner); died 25 May 1914, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 38389201
    • Reference Number: 21254

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Palmer Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Mary Caroline McKeever was born 11 Jun 1856, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 8 Dec 1935, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.
    2. Melisa Jane McKeever was born 6 Jun 1858, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 19 Aug 1860, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    3. John Jasper McKeever was born 9 Apr 1860, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 11 Jun 1862, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    4. Jesse James McKeever was born 6 Oct 1861, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 19 Aug 1862, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    5. William Adam McKeever was born 1864, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    6. 1. Andrew Jackson McKeever was born 8 Jun 1866, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 2 Nov 1955, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Collins McEver, Sr was born 1777, Pennsylvania, USA (son of John McEver, Sr and Margaret Collins); died 1838, Franklin, Arkansas, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 9537

    Notes:

    Robert Collins McEver married Celia (Seley) A. Wadsworth, a welsh girl, in Jackson County Georgia. By 1814, they had Robert Collins, Jr., John, Lacey and Sarah. They moved by lumber wagon, drawn by 4 horses to declare County Illinois, and were in Clinton County by the fall of 1816, where he filed on two parcels of Land. Robert Collins McEver and Thomas Wadsworth were prominent in organizing the County government and public school system for Clinton County Illinois. R. C. McEver was an associate Justice of Illinois. He was well to do.

    Andrew McEver was born March 12, 1816, Brice in 1819, Arnold, Holleywell and Celia between 1819 and 1835. William Hampton, the last child, was born January 25, 1835. Andrew married Delphia ( Nicey) Petre or Petray, daughter of William and Susanah (Kershea) Petre, on October 21 1835, with their parent's consent. Thomas Wadsworth officiated the ceremony. Delphia was born 1817, in North Carolina, Andrew and Delphia left Illinois with Robert and Seley, and younger brothers and one sister in 1835 for Arkansas. They settled in south Madison County now Franklin County near what is known as Ozark.

    Robert died in 1838 and Seley in 1839. Brice married Mary Ann Petray, daughter of Jacob Petray at Russellville Pope County Arkansas, October 11, 1838, Andrew and family, Brice and family, Arnold and Holleywell were on the census for Franklin County in 1840. They moved to Pope County in 1840 and settled west of Russellville. Brice with one quarter section, Andrew with one quarter section just top the north of Brice and by 1856, William Hampton on 80 acres just south of Brice.

    Robert married Celia Ann Wadsworth 1803, Jackson, Georgia, USA. Celia (daughter of Thomas Wadsworth and Sarah (Unknown)) was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 1839, Pope, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Celia Ann Wadsworth was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA (daughter of Thomas Wadsworth and Sarah (Unknown)); died 1839, Pope, Arkansas, USA.

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    • Name: Seley
    • Reference Number: 14537

    Children:
    1. Andrew J McEver was born 12 Mar 1814, Clinton, Illinois, USA; died 6 Jul 1883, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    2. Arnold McEver was born Between 1820 and 1825, Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    3. Brice McEver was born Abt 1822, Clinton, Illinois, USA; died 11 Dec 1859, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    4. Celia Ann McEver was born Abt 1831, Clinton, Illinois, USA; died Aft 1850, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    5. Holleywell McEver was born Between 1820 and 1825, Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    6. John McKeever was born Abt 1811, Georgia, USA; died Bef 1850, Clinton, Illinois, USA; was buried , Hoffman, Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    7. Lacey McEver was born Bef 1804, Georgia, USA.
    8. Robert Collins McEver, Jr was born Jul 1810, Georgia, USA; died 7 Nov 1890, Clinton, Illinois, USA; was buried , Hoffman, Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    9. Sarah McEver was born Abt 1808, Georgia, USA; died Aft Jun 1870, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    10. 2. William Hampton McKeever was born 25 Jan 1835, Clinton, Illinois, USA; died 27 Mar 1912, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.

  3. 6.  David Harkey

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    • Reference Number: 21255

    David — Elizabeth Shinner. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Shinner

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    • Reference Number: 21256

    Children:
    1. 3. Sophia Shinn Harkey was born 5 Mar 1829, North Carolina, USA; died 25 May 1914, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John McEver, Sr was born Dec 1739, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Andrew McEver and Mary Elizabeth (Unknown)); died 1807, Tennessee, USA.

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    • Name: McKeever
    • Reference Number: 9516

    Notes:

    The following information about John McEver was adapted from information received from Earl Strebeck and Truman McEver. Most came from a journal of John McEver Forbes, which he wrote in 1887 at the age of 87. It later (1934) appeared in the Anniston Times, Anniston, Alabama. John Forbes was the son of Arthur and Catherine McEver Forbes. Catherine was the daughter of John McEver.
    John was born December 1739. He lived in Pennsylvania during the Colonial days, and there, about 1764, he married Margaret Collins, an Irish girl, daughter of John and Catherine Collins of the same state. During the American Revolution, John served under General George Washington. In Pennsylvania, he owned a farm, which was well improved with all the necessary out buildings to sustain itself. His dwelling was built of limestone over a large limestone spring, having a basement that contained a kitchen and dining room.
    Being a trusting soul, John stood account for a man in the amount of 500 pounds sterling and unfortunately, was left to pay the debt, To cover the amount, he was forced to sell his farm. After selling his property and paying the debt, John and his family moved south and settled in Georgia. John and Margaret had. a large family. Andrew was born 1768, John, Jr. in 1771, Brice in 1774, James in 1776, Robert Collins McEver in 1777, Samuel in 1778, William in 1780, Mary Margaret in 1783, Isaac and Thomas M. between 1783 and 1789, Catherine in 1789, and Joseph in 1790. The family was in Jackson County Georgia in 1787. In Georgia, John McEver bought a tract of land in Jackson County on the Mulberry Fork- of the Oconee River, adjoining the then Cherokee Nation, ten miles from Hog Mountain. He began farming again and paid for the land. with tobacco. He also built a good frame house with corner posts twelve inches square. About 1807 or 1808, John road horseback top the Louisiana Territory where he purchased 2 shares of the Mississippi Land Company (Louisiana Purchase, 1803). He paid 2,000 pounds for 15,000 acres (two or three leagues) of land He placed a man in charge of his purchase until he could return to Georgia, dispose of his property, and move his family to the Louisiana Territory.
    On his way home, he put up for a night with a man living on the Tennessee River in the Cherokee Nation. That night his mare was stolen. Being subject to rheumatism, he couldn't walk, so he wrote to one of his sons telling him to meet him 30 or 40 miles up the Tennessee River at a designated point with a horse. Also, in his letter to his son, John gave instructions that if he were not at this meeting place agreed upon, then the son was to come down the river to the man's house where he had lodged and from where his horse was stolen. He further wrote that he had bought land for a home for every grandchild that he might have.
    After writing his letter to his son, John bought a canoe and started up the river to meet his son. When John's son reached the meeting place agreed upon, he could not fine his father. He went further down the river until he reached the man's house where John had stayed and from whom John has purchased the canoe. There, he inquired about his father. The man told him his father had left in the canoe loaded with his saddle bags and other possessions. Three days later the same canoe came floating back down the river smeared with blood and empty! It was thought that all was lost, John, his papers identifying his land purchase and the man's name that he had left in charge of his purchase. With a sad heart, the son started home. After riding about 20 miles, he thought he heard a horse neigh. He explored and behold a short distance from the road was his father's mare, tied to a tree. He untied the horse and she followed his home, but John's body and his precious papers were never found. Margaret Collins McEver, John's widow, continued to live in Jackson County Georgia, and I assume. she died there and is buried there.

    John married Margaret Collins 1764, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice) was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaret Collins was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice); died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 3099

    Children:
    1. Andrew McEver was born 1768, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1863, Madison, Georgia, USA.
    2. Brice M McEver was born 7 Dec 1774, Pennsylvania, USA; died 19 May 1857, White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    3. Catherine McEver was born Abt 1772, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. James McEver was born 1776, Pennsylvania, USA; died snakebite; was buried , Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    5. John McEver, Jr was born 10 Feb 1771; died 30 Jan 1852, Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    6. Joseph McEver was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died Aft Jan 1855, Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    7. Mary Margeret McEver was born 1783; died 20 Jan 1867, Clayton, Georgia, USA.
    8. 4. Robert Collins McEver, Sr was born 1777, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1838, Franklin, Arkansas, USA.
    9. William McEver was born 1780.
    10. Nancy McEver was born Abt 1779, Pennsylvania, USA.
    11. Samuel McEver was born 1778.
    12. Isabell McEver was born 1789, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 1850, Clarke, Alabama, USA.

  3. 10.  Thomas Wadsworth was born Abt 1765, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA (son of Thomas Wadsworth and Elizabeth (Unknown)); died 1806, Jackson, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 14552

    Thomas married Sarah (Unknown) Georgia, USA. Sarah died Aft 1809, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah (Unknown) died Aft 1809, Jackson, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 251

    Children:
    1. 5. Celia Ann Wadsworth was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 1839, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
    2. James Wadsworth was born May 1803, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died 12 Jan 1844, Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    3. John Wadsworth was born 1788, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 15 Feb 1847, Clinton, Illinois, USA; was buried , Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    4. Lesea Ann Wadsworth was born 24 Feb 1784, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 30 Jul 1861, Clinton, Illinois, USA; was buried , Clinton, Illinois, USA.
    5. Sally Wadsworth was born Abt 1796.
    6. Seaborn Wadsworth was born Abt 1801, Jackson, Alabama, USA; died Abt 1866, Perry, Missouri, USA.
    7. Thomas Wadsworth was born 1792, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died Aft Jul 1860, Logan, Arkansas, USA.
    8. William Wadsworth was born 1795, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died Between 1867 and 1869, Alabama, USA.