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  • MORE RECOLLECTIONS FROM LLOYD CLINTON MCKENNEY

    MORE RECOLLECTIONS FROM LLOYD CLINTON MCKENNEY

    MORE RECOLLECTIONS FROM LLOYD CLINTON MCKENNEY These are my notes from a conversation with Lloyd about 1981. — jk Lloyd Clinton McKENNEY started school at about the age of 6 at the Crockett schoolhouse in Chautauqua County, Kansas which was located 1/4 mile from the main house. He says the kitchen at the farm house…

  • McKenney Bible Images

    McKenney Bible Images

    Thanks to my cousins for sending photocopies of these pages to me. Lloyd McKenney’s bible was used for recording some family history. I didn’t see it until about 2003. The genealogy I received as a child wasn’t in the bible, it was instead on loose paper, but in the case of the Hackney and McKenney…

  • James Albert McKenney Family Photo, circa 1922

    James Albert McKenney Family Photo, circa 1922

    Photoshopped Original scan. Image courtesy of descendents of Mabel Clair (McKenney) Tripp. Family of James Albert McKenney and Vera Crockett. Right to left: Lela, James, Lloyd (in rear), Vera, and Thelma. Making a guess that this was circa 1922 when Lloyd was about 13, Thelma about 11 and Lela about 8. For more information on…

  • Vera and Dorothy “Dot” Crockett

    Vera and Dorothy “Dot” Crockett

    Undated photo. Vera Crockett (1886-1933) is direct line, married to James Albert McKenney. That family is covered elsewhere on this blog. Dorothy Sadie Crockett was born 1892 Oct 7 in Chautauqua County, Kansas and would die 1980 July 24 in Rogers, Benton, Arkansas. She was married on 1910 Dec 21 to John Allen Fleming. He…

  • James Albert McKenney and Vera Crockett

    James Albert McKenney and Vera Crockett

    Photoshopped version. This would be their wedding photo from 1904. Vera’s in a lovely dress. Original version courtesy of Mabel Tripp family. James Albert McKenney, son of George Washington McKenney Jr. and Belle Sparks, was born 1884 March 22 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas and died 1971 May 30 in the same. On 1904 Oct 23…

  • George Washington McKenney Jr. and Belle Sparks

    George Washington McKenney Jr. and Belle Sparks

    George Washington MCKENNEY, son of George Washington MCKENNEY Sr. and Isabella LOVE was born 2 Sept. 1861 in Iowa. He died 3 March 1947, at the age of 85, in Sedan, Chautauqua Co. KS, and is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Chautauqua Co. On 3 June 1883, in Elgin, Chautauqua Co. KS, George…

  • 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…

  • 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…