Robert Keenan

M, (1791 - 1860)
     Robert Keenan was born in 1791 at Pennsylvania or Virginia (?) He was the son of Edward Keenan. Robert Keenan married Olive Boone VanBibber, age 18, daughter of Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson, on Tuesday, 24 February 1824 at Nicholas County, Virginia. Robert Keenan died in 1860 at age 69 years.
     He was a farmer between 1822 and 1855. Robert Keenan, son of Edward, was born in Pennsylvania or Virginia. He was a farmer. His wife, whose middle name ('Boone') was given after her fathers friend, famous pioneer Daniel Boone, was born in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Robert came to Grant Township in Nicholas County, West Virginia in 1823. He bought 150 acres from Joel Hamrick on what became known as Keenan Branch. He married his wife there.

Children of Robert Keenan and Olive Boone VanBibber

Last Edited=29 Jan 2020

Citations

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