[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;

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

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).

Maxine at two different Keeney reunions--at left, seated with arm outstretched, at 2000 Orchard Avenue, 1988;
and at right with Mary Chloe, perhaps at St. Albans City Park?

Left: family at 7 Keiffer (ca. 1971?)--foreground:  Donita and Don Meadows; center, seated: Dot and Adrian Gwin; standing, l-r: Dorothy Jane Smith, Maxine, Mary Meadows, Norman Harless, unk., unk., unk., Bus Keeney, Roscoe Keeney?, Bennie Metheny, Tom Metheny, seated: unk., unk., unk.
Right: same day, same place:  rear, l-r: Hannah, Maxine, Norman, Adrian, Dot, Milly, Juanita, Bus, Roscoe, Bennie, Tom, George, Frankie; front: unk., unk., Sherry Gwin, unk., Dorothy Jane, unk., Donita, Mary Chloe, Don, unk., unk., Courtney, Pat, Lynn Lee, Jeannie, Kent, Don, unk., unk., all unk.

28.01--Jeanne Carol Harless, b. 17 Dec 1933 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV; d. 21 Apr 2008 in Lewisburg, WV; m. David Ross Smith (b. 22 Nov 1937) in 1958; 2 children

Jeannie, Dot, and Adrian drove to SC to see their dear friends, the Nortons

Jeanne Carol Harless Smith LEWISBURG — Jeanne Carol Harless Smith, 74, of Lewisburg, died Monday, April 21, 2008. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Chapel of McCraw Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Arrangements by McCraw Funeral Home, Lewisburg.

29.01--Carol Rae Smith, m. 10 Feb 1994 in Rupert, WV, to Stephen Earl Lilly (b. 10 Feb 1954)

Left: Carol Rae, 2nd grade; right: at a Keeney Reunion at St. Albans City  Park--l-r: Lynn Lee Keeney Bright, Milly Keeney, and Carol Rae

29.02--Karen Denise Smith,

30.01--David Ross Smith,  b. 19 Nov 1977

31.01--Brevon David Westfall, b. 23 May 2000;

KDS m1. to Richard Harper; div.

30.02--Stephanie Gail Harper, b. 3 Jun 1979; d. 4 Jun 1979;

KDS m2. 1990 in Fairlea Baptist Ch. in Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV, to Carl Clay Withrow; div.

30.03--Travis Dalton Withrow,

Christmas card, 1993--l-r:  Carl, Travis, Denise

28.02--Linda Jo Harless, b. 17 Oct 1936; m1. Steve Mason Lowe (b. 23 Jul 1934) on 28 Dec 1961; (div.); 3 children; m2. Mr. Bailey; no ch.

l-r:  Linda Jo tickled; Michael, Steve, and Linda at 7 Keiffer,1963.

29.01--Michael Bruce Lowe,
29.02--Gary Wayne Lowe,
29.03--Geoffrey Allen Lowe,

28.03--Mary Chloe Harless, b. 11 Oct 1938; m. Donald Dudley Meadows (b. 30 Jan 1937) on 31 Jan 1957; (div.); 2 children

Left:  Mary Chloe, age 2;  right: Mary is at far left with 2 grandkids, Becky Lou Keeney Samples, and Dot Gwin at 7 Keiffer in St. Albans, WV

29.01--Donita Lynn Meadows,
29.02--Leah Beth Meadows,

28.04--Norman Holt Harless, Jr., b. 30 Nov 1940; m1. Billy Sue Hedrick (b. 14 Sep 1940) on 29 May 1960; (div.); 3 children; m2. Lois Hirst (b. unk.)

29.01--Mickey Holt Harless,  m.
29.02--Lori Michelle Harless, m1. 18 Oct 1986 in Lawrenceville, GA, to Thomas Edward Blevins (b. ); div.; m2. to  Mr. Henderson
29.03--Erin Harless, m.  Mr. Cohen

l-r: Holt, Lori, Sue, Mickey, long before Erin!

28.05--Dorothy Jane Harless, b. 4 Oct 1941; m. Harry Randall Smith (b. 22 May 1942; d. 2008); 3 children

29.01--Randall Lee Smith, b. 2 Dec 1963;
29.02--Patricia Elaine Smith, b. 15 Dec 1966;
29.03--Cheryl Lynn Smith, 22 Nov 1970;

Keenry Reunion (1978? 1979?), Witcher, descendants of Mack and Mamie--l-r: Cheryl, Dorothy Jane, Dot, unk. baby, Maxine, Jeannie, Adrian, Hannah, Patricia, Randy, Mary Chloe, Buster, Juanita, Bennie, George, unk. baby, and Frankie--far right, Roscoe.

28.06--Suzanne Harless, b. 3 Sep 1946; m. Roger Gertz (b. 1 Dec 1946) on 1 Jul 1966;  2 children

r-l:  Suzanne Harless Gertz with three of her mom's sisters: Dot, Hannah, and Milly, all at 7 Keiffer, March 1997.  Behind them is the old buffet
 belonging to the sisters' Aunt Maude Stanley. It went to Suzanne's sister, Mary Chloe, (above) when Adrian died in 2001.     Photo by Adrian Gwin

                                                                                                       

29.01--Kevin Gertz,
29.02--Kristin Michelle Gertz, m. Shane Keene

30.01--Dorian Keene, b. 2001

Left: Kristen as an elementary school student;  right:  Dorian in spring of 2001.

28.07--Catherine Radine Harless, b. 2 Jun 1953; m. Daniel Mason Norrell (b. 4 Mar 1952) on 2 Aug 1976; 3 children?

29.01--Patrick Leiland Norrell,
29.02--Rebecca Norrell,
29.03--Sarah Norrell,

These were all taken in 1993--l-r: Patrick, Rebecca, and Sarah