Mamie M. Keown

Female14 August 1890–10 January 1978

Brief Life History of Mamie M.

When Mamie M. Keown was born on 14 August 1890, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, her father, John James Keown, was 31 and her mother, Annie V. Greer, was 19. She married James Henry Sharpe on 17 April 1914, in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Sulphur Springs, Ohio, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years and Magisterial District 6 Sulphur Springs, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 10 January 1978, at the age of 87, and was buried in Adaburg Baptist Church Cemetery, Adaburg, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Henry Sharpe
1886–1964
Mamie M. Keown
1890–1978
Marriage: 17 April 1914
Gaston Sharpe
1912–2004
Lillian Sharp
1924–1924

Sources (15)

  • Mayme Sharpe in household of James Sharpe, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mammie Lewis, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Mamie M. Keown Sharpe, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 April 1914Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1892 · The Radio is invented

    Age 2

    Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 6

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 23

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain (in Connacht) ‘son of Eoghan’, a personal name meaning ‘born of the yew’, and Mac Eoin (in east Ulster), meaning ‘son of John’. See McEwan . This name has also been associated with Ó Ceotháin in Fermanagh.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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