MichiganFamily Group Sheet

Lyman KEYES Family

Counties: Kalamazoo & Van Buren


 HUSBAND & WIFE
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. 1812Marriage Place: NY

CHILDREN
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.
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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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