Evermore Genealogy

Category: McKenney line

  • Patrick Shannon and Elizabeth Shepherd

    Patrick Shannon and Elizabeth Shepherd

    What I know of Patrick Shannon is through a bio of his grandson, John Shannon, whose father was Joseph Cresap Shannon. COL. JOHN A. SHANNON. Although of alien ancestry, our subject and the family to which he belongs have been conspicuous for the services they have rendered their country, both in the Colonial times and…

  • William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow

    William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow

    The following was written Sept 29 1931 by Sadie Hackney CROCKETT, wife of Samuel Kelly. Samuel Kelly Crockett was born in Boone Co. MO on Oct 6 1855. His father moved his family to Chautauqua Co. Kans in 1871 and from which time his home has been in the above named county. Sarah Elizabeth Hackney…

  • William Hackney and Sarah Shannon

    William Hackney and Sarah Shannon

    William Hackney was born 1794 in Virginia and died before 1846, in either Logan Co., IL or Iowa. On 1815 Nov 24 in Pike Co., Ohio he married Sarah Shannon. I’ve yet to locate William’s parents but I’ve located Sarah’s, which I will write of in another post. They were Patrick Shannon and Elizabeth Shepherd.…

  • Lloyd C. McKenney with Dorothy Noyes and Siblings

    Lloyd C. McKenney with Dorothy Noyes and Siblings

    This photo is circa 1985 at the home of Lloyd and Dorothy at Carthage, Missouri. It shows, left to right, Dorothy Noyes McKenney, Lloyd Clinton McKenney, Lela McKenney Zieglar and Thelma McKenney.

  • Photo of James Albert McKenney and Family

    Photo of James Albert McKenney and Family

    Lela, Ada, James Albert McKeney, Thelma Photo of James Albert McKenney b. 1884, daughters Lela b. 1914 and Thelma b. 1911, 2nd wife Ada Brunger Sanborn McKenney . 1891. The photo was likely taken in Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas. The date is unknown but I would speculate it was taken some time in the mid…

  • McKenney and Crockett Tombstones at El Cado Cemetery

    McKenney and Crockett Tombstones at El Cado Cemetery

    Images of Crockett and McKenney headstones/tombstones at El Cado Cemetery in Chautauqua County, Kansas. These images are courtesy of Judy Berndt. I don’t know which woman is Gladys and which is Bernice but the photo would have to be before 1989 as Gladys Brockey (married to James Arthur Tresner, 1922 Oct 16) died 1989 Feb…

  • George Sparks and Elizabeth Betsy Wells

    George Sparks and Elizabeth Betsy Wells

    The Sparks Family Tree Website gives this on George Sparks: SQ, p. 1319: GEORGE SPARKS OF LEWIS AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES, KENTUCKY “George Sparks was born about 1767 and died prior to 1840, probably in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He was probably the George Sparks who married Rachel McClenahan in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on April 18, 1805.…

  • Joseph Burch Jr. and Elizabeth Gardner

    Joseph Burch Jr. and Elizabeth Gardner

    Joseph BURCH Jr., son of Joseph BURCH and Malinda COLLINS, is given as having been born 18 Feb. 1812 in Surry County NC. He died 11 July 1842 in Greene County, IN. at about 30. Joseph BURCH Jr. married Elizabeth GARDNER, daughter of John GARDNER and Elizabeth BREEDEN, in 1834 in Greene Co. IN. Elizabeth…

  • Samuel Kelly Crockett and Sarah Elizabeth “Sadie” Hackney

    Samuel Kelly Crockett and Sarah Elizabeth “Sadie” Hackney

    The following was written Sept 29 1931 by Sadie Hackney CROCKETT, wife of Samuel Kelly. “Samuel Kelly Crockett was born in Boone Co. MO on Oct 6 1855. His father moved his family to Chautauqua Co. Kans in 1871 and from which time his home has been in the above named county. “Sarah Elizabeth Hackney…

  • James Kelly Crockett and Millie Ann Stricklin

    James Kelly Crockett and Millie Ann Stricklin

    The following was written Sept 29 1931 by Sadie Hackney CROCKETT, wife of Samuel Kelly. “Samuel Kelly Crockett was born in Boone Co. MO on Oct 6 1855. His father moved his family to Chautauqua Co. Kans in 1871 and from which time his home has been in the above named county. “Sarah Elizabeth Hackney…