Elisha Burns Keyes

Brief Life History of Elisha Burns

When Elisha Burns Keyes was born on 28 November 1848, in Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa, United States, his father, Elisha Barrus Keyes, was 42 and his mother, Joanna Case Worden, was 26. He married Lillis Louisa Barney on 30 January 1871, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870 and Vermillion, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 10 April 1911, in Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Annabella Cemetery, Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elisha Burns Keyes
1848–1911
Lillis Louisa Barney
1852–1917
Marriage: 30 January 1871
Edson Elisha Keyes
1871–1897
Joanna Elizabeth Keyes
1872–1961
Ellen Rosetta Keyes
1875–1966
Hyrum Barrus Keyes
1878–1879
Laurence Eugene Keyes
1880–1880
Junius Wilford Keyes
1882–1959
Celia May Keyes
1884–1944
Peter Leroy Keyes
1888–1918
Louisa Pearl Keyes
1891–1965
Grant Zenis Keyes
1895–1983

Sources (38)

  • Elisha Teeples in household of Joanah Teeples, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Annabella Ward Records; Elisha's birth record
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English, Irish and Scottish: variant of Kay , of various origins, mostly, with excrescent -s.

English (of Norman origin): in some cases, possibly a variant of Guise, a habitational name from Guise in Aisne, Picardy.

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

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History of Elisha Burns Keyes

History of Elisha Burns Keyes Elisha Burns Keyes was born November 28, 1849, son of Elisha Barrus Keyes born March 28, 1806 and Joanna Case Worden, born February 17, 1822. He was one of a family of …

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