.
Albert McDonald "Buster" Keeney
and
Geraldine Kincaid
and
Phyllis Eileen Caldwell
and
Juanita "Gina" Marshall Lewis
.

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Most of the material on these Keeney pages
is taken directly from the excellent work of
Roscoe C. Keeney
in his 2,597 Keeney Relatives and its related after-followings.

Page updated Jul 2009
The updating of the numbering system used on this page has been completed. Generation 28 is my own;
27 is that of my parents; 29 is that of my children, etc.  --   John M. Gwin, May 2009

[John M. Gwin Note:  One of those above-mentioned related after-followings, a special issue of the Keeney Update, March 1987, includes a preface which numbers the generations beginning in America.  The first ancestor mentioned in that preface is unnumbered, so I originally gave it a negative 1 numbering here. However, in early 2009, I renumbered all my pages, using my generation arbitrarily as number 28, my children's as 29, my parents' as 27, etc. Therefore, Sir Thomas Keney, below, who for years was numbered -1.00, is now generation 17.]

17.00--Sir Thomas Keney (sic), b. 1578, Norfolk, England; d. in New London, CT;

18.00--John Keeney, b. 1600, Norfolk, England; d. 1622 Salem, MA; m. Sarah Cheever (1621-1674)

19.00--Henry Keeney, b. 8 Jul 1623 in England; d. 6 Jun 1710; m. Ann Putnam;

20.00--John Keeney, b. ca.1651-2; d. 1718 Lynn, MA; m. Elizabeth Locke;

21.00--John Keeney, b. 15 Aug 1689, New London, CT; d. unk.; m. Mary Smith;

22.00--David Keeney;  m. Martha (nee unk.) (b. 12 Mar 1714; moved to Greenbrier Co., VA, in 1756;

23.00--Moses Keeney, b. 1766 in Greenbrier Co., WV; d. about 1840 in Kanawha Co.; m. 11 Aug 1789 in  Greenbrier Co. to Frances Harris;  10 children

24.09--Stires Jade Keeney, b. 1813 in Greenbrier Co.; moved to Cabin Creek, Kanawha Co., as a boy with his father, Moses; d. in 1876 at age 63; m1. Amelia P. (Milly) Gatewood (25 Jan 1813-10 Jul 1860), 11 children; m2. Cynthia Hudnall White (b. 1818), d. after 1880 census; no ch. by SJK;
25.09--John S. Keeney, b. 9 May 1849 at Fairview, WV,  on Cabin Creek; d. 22 Dec 1932 at Witcher, WV; m. 16 Nov 1871 to Hannah Catherine Frazee (b. 6 Aug 1853, in Greenup Co., KY; d. 1944); 13 children; 71 grandchildren!

John S. Keeney Family of Witcher, WV, ca. 1906.
Front, seated, l-r:  John S., Catherine, Uri, Mack; standing, l-r:
Flem, Nick, Ebon, Katie, Fannie, Bob, Dan, Roscoe, Walter,
and Johnny; absent; Daisy (firstborn, 1872; d. 1874).
26.01--Daisy May Keeney--------------------(1872-1874)--age 1.5--0 children
26.02--Urias Zara "Urie" Keeney----------(1874-1928)--age 54--3 children
26.03--McDonald "Mack" Keeney---------------(1877-1938)--age 60--7 children--b. 28 July 1877; d. 16 May 1938 at Witcher, WV; carpenter, contractor, homebuilder, husband, father ("Daddy Mack"); m. Mamie Chloe Stanley ; (b. 8 Sept 1879--age 7 months in the 1880 Kanawha County census--in Nicholas Co., WV; d/o George Washington Stanley and Fannie Young Stanley; d. 30 Oct 1957 at Witcher;) 7 children;  22 grandchildren;
Mack and Mamie's seven kids:  L-R, Back Row:  Bus, 3rd base; George, 1st base; Milly, left field; Middle Row: Maxine, shortstop; Hannah, 2nd base; Dot, center field; Front: Bennie, right field.  Absent when picture was taken, having moved up to the Majors and currently playing with the East Gate Angels: Mack and Mamie, catcher and pitcher, respectively.  As of Feb 2009, Maxine, Hannah, Bennie, Buster, and George have also received their calls, leaving only Milly still here.

27.01--Maxine Stanley Keeney,
27.02--Hannah Margaret Keeney,
27.03--Dorothy Lee Keeney,
27.04--Mildred Agnes Keeney,
27.05--Albert McDonald "Buster" Keeney,
27.06--Helen Pauline "Bennie" Keeney,
27.07--George McClure Keeney,
26.04--Nick Burks Keeney-----------------------------------------(1878-1951)--age 73--11 children
26.05--Flem Davis Keeney---------------------------------------(1879-1965)--age 86--7 children
26.06--Roscoe Conkling Keeney, Sr.------------------------(1882-1969)--age 87--8 children
26.07--Daniel Webster "Dan" Keeney-----------------------(1884-1973)--age 88--5 children
26.08--John S. "Johnny" Keeney, Jr.----------------------------(1886-1961)--age 75--5 children
26.09--Walter Henson Keeney, Sr.----------------------------------(1888-1957)--age 68--7 children
26.10--Hannah Catherine "Katie" Keeney--------------------(1890-1962)--age 72--8 children
26.11--Frances Holt "Fanny" Keeney------------------------------(1892-1963)--age 71--6 children
26.12--Ebon Oakes Keeney---------------------------------------- ---------(1894-1976)--age 82--0 children
26.13--Robert H. "Bob" Keeney-------------------- -          ------------(1896-1982)--age 86--4 children
13 children; family is pictured below about 1905
Meet the family of Buster and Phyllis!
27.05--Albert McDonald ("Buster" or "Bus") Keeney, b. 3 Jun 1918; m1. Geraldine Kincaid of Witcher in Sep 1938--marriage dissolved after Bus returned from WW2--no children; m2. 19 Jan 1947 to Phyllis Eileen Caldwell (b. 20 Apr 1922, Bomont, Clay Co., WV);  3 children; div.; m3. 19 Jun 1970 to Juanita Marshall Lewis (b. 28 Jul 1924);

 
28.01--George McDonald "Mack" Keeney, b. 22 Dec 1948; m1. 4 Aug 1975 at Highlawn Bapt. Ch., St. Albans, WV, to Bonnie Gay Ray (b. 5 Aug 1952); no children; div.; m2. 21 Aug 1992 at WV to Teresa Gail Ball (b. 17 Jan 1971; ); no children; div.



Clockwise from top left:  Mack and Becky Lou, early 1950's, at 409 Main Street, Belle; Teresa and Mack share family dinner at 409 Main with (clockwise from behind Teresa) Charity Gwin, Stan and Frances Hamrick, George Keeney, Sharon and John Gwin, and Frankie Keeney; more of the same crowd, different angle.

28.02--Rebecca Louise "Becky Lou" Keeney, b. 5 Oct 1950; m. 1969 at WV to Amon Letch Samples (b. 30 Apr 1948); 3 children;


Left: Milly, Bus, and Dot at 7 Keiffer with Becky, Amon, and an unidentified youngster; right: Amon assists Adrian at 409 Main St. while Hannah and Dot watch from above.
29.01--Amon Gregory "Greg" Samples, b. 25 Oct 1969

Greg Samples, 1977, age 8

29.02--Shannon Elizabeth Samples, b. 21 May 1974

29.03--Mark Hunter Samples, b. 4 Oct 1976

28.03--Joseph William "Joe Bill" Keeney, b. 18 Dec 1952; m. 26 Jun 1977 at Chesterfield Ave. Church of Christ, Kanawha City, WV, to Deborah "Debbie" Pratt; (b. 24 Feb 1956); 2 children;
Left:  Baby Joe at 409 Main St.; center: Buster tells Debbie another "tall tale" at a Keeney reunion ca.1990 (George and Lynn Lee in background); right: Jodi and Joe Bill hang on to each other at the same reunion.
29.01--Brian Joseph Keeney, b. 22 Feb 1983

29.02--Jodi Lynn Keeney, b. 16 Feb 1985