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James Lynch Keen 1840–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 March 1840

Birth Location: Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 17 April 1917

Death Location: Keen Mountain, Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: William Jr

Mother: Nancy McGlothlin

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James Lynch Keen was born in 1840 in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of William Keene Jr And Nancy Mcglothlin. James Lynch Keen passed away in 1917 in Keen Mountain, Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Lynch Keen was born in 1840 in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of William Keene Jr And Nancy Mcglothlin.
  • James Lynch Keen passed away in 1917 in Keen Mountain, Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America.

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James Keen's Ancestors

Self
James Keen
1840–1917
Birth Place: Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
William Keene Jr
1804–1888
Russell County, Virginia, USA
Nancy McGlothlin
1810–1894
Russell County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
William (Oscar Israel Keen) Sr
1780–1840
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Rebecca Jackson
1785–1939
Russell County, Virginia, USA
John McGlothlin
1758–1848
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Israel Keen
1742–1829
Hannah Robinson
1746–1820
Simeon Jackson
1747–1820
Martha Smyth
1749–1828
George McLaughlin
1730–1790
Shirley Jones
1732–1790
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mathias Keene
1720–1798
Sarah Harper
1717–1786
Johann Smyth
1728–1800

James Keen's Timeline

2 Records

1840
5 March 1840
Birth of James Lynch Keen in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
1917
17 April 1917
Age 77
Death of James Lynch Keen in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America
Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 March 1840
    Event Place: Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 1917
    Event Place: Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Keen Mountain, Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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