to SHOAT MCKEEHAN'S PLACE
Pond Hill Community, McMinn CO, TN
Family Group of
Samuel "Shoat" McKeehan, Jr. b 14 Dec 1882 McMinn CO, TN d 21 Apr 1962 buried Pond Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
son of Samuel "Redner" McKeehan* & Mary Manis* of Pond Hill Community, McMinn CO, TN
m (1) 24 Dec 1903 McMinn CO, TN TO
Ona Rosa "Rosie" Smith b 12 Sep 1889 TN d 1 Feb 1927 McMinn CO, TN [per tombstone; 1928 per death certificate #3955] buried Pond Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
dau of Jackson & _____ (Cook) Smith of McMinn CO, TN
m (2) Rosie Rue b 1895 McMinn CO, TN d 1943 McMinn CO, TN
dau of SamRue & Callie Scott of McMinn CO, TN
issue: (by 1st wife, uncertain of birth order & number of children)
1(F) Bonnie McKeehan b 10 Oct 1904 d 26 Dec 1967 buried Pond Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
2(F) Lora Etta M. Catherine McKeehan b 1 June 1907 TN d 26 Sep 1995 buried McMinn Memory Gardens, McMinn CO, TN
m never
3(F) Mary Lou McKeehan b ca 1910 TN d
m TO
_____ Standard b d
4(M) Willie Edgar McKeehan b 8 June 1910 Athens, McMinn CO, TN d 30 Apr 1980 buried Penn Run Memorial Park Cemetery, Louisville, KY
m TO
Naomi Irene Turner b 29 Nov 1929 Adair CO, KY d 24 Nov 2003 buried Penn Run Memorial Park Cemetery, Louisville, KY
5(F) Irene McKeehan b 1921 d
m 1939 TO
Manuel L. Cantrell b 1916 d 1992 buried McMinn Memory Gardens, McMinn CO, TN
6(M) William Anderson McKeehan b 1926 d after 1980
[NOTE: The children below may have been born of Shoat's 2nd wife.]
7(M) Richard McKeehan b d
8(F) Betty Joe McKeehan b d
I will always be grateful to my parents, Tommy and Beulah Nipper, who shared so many stories and memories and helped me as much as possible with the family tree. Many, many thanks to Dolly McKeehan, granddaughter-in-law of Shoat and Rosie, above, for help with the research on this family!
* great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
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Sandra Ratledge
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