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Ten Post Oak Cemetery, Wayne County Illinois

I am trying a new format out for cemetery information. The information on this cemetery is not based on just headstone inscriptions but rather by state database records found on line as well as personal obituaries saved by my grandmother Hazel SMITH Lane, obituaries exchanged with other researchers, the Illinois State Historic Library, Legacy of Kin 1&2, The Keen Family of Wayne County Illinois by Harry T. Keen as well as Betty Beeson and Doris Bland books.

 

 

 

Death Certificate numbers were found in the Illinois Statewide Database http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html

 

Although we have tried to be as accurate as possible in our research, mistakes happen, if you know of any corrections or additions to this family please contact me, thanks Laurie lselpien@msn.com

 

NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

MARRIED

Death cert#

OBIT/ PICTURE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AUSTIN, Blanche

Sep 2, 1913

Apr 27, 1941

 

0000047

Four Mile Twp., WC, Il

 

 

AUSTIN, Clyde

Feb 20, 1906 WC, IL.

Dec 13, 1999

Fairfield WC, IL.

 

 

Memorial

 

AUSTIN, Madge Marie

1925

Feb 9, 1926

 

Death Cert# 960025 Orel Twp., WC, Il.

 

 

AUSTIN, Zola

1885

May 24, 1921

 

Death Cert# 16660 Hickory Hills WC, Il.

 

 

BLACKBURN, Ella PAUL Durell

1860

1898

 

Married George W. Blackburn

 

Native of Ireland mother of 4 children

BLACKBURN, George W.

1861

1919

 

Married

 1Ella PAUL

2 Sina KEEN

Family Genealogy

 

Son of Johnson & Lurina WALLACE Blackburn

Revolutionary War Descendant

BLACKBURN, Johnson

Apr 7, 1839

Oct 2, 1912

 

Married

Lurina WALLACE

Family Genealogy

 

s/o William & ? WOLF Blackburn

Revolutionary War Descendant

BLACKBURN, Lurina WALLACE

Dec 6, 1846

Mar 13, 1908

 

Married

 Johnson Blackburn

Family Genealogy

 

 

BLACKBURN, Sina KEEN

1880

1964

 

Married

 George W. Blackburn

Family Genealogy

 

 

BOZARTH, Cecil

1898

1913

 

 

 

Son of J. W. & Lizzie REED Bozarth

BOZARTH, Clara BOAZ

1869

1938

2nd Wife

 J. W. (Wash) Bozarth

 

 

 

BOZARTH, Elizabeth (Lizzie)

REED

Nov. 7, 1873

May 31, 1907

Jan. 4, 1892

James W. (Wash) Bozarth

 

 

Daughter of George W. & Susannah B. DICKEY Reed

BOZARTH, Hazel DENNY

Aug 24, 1904

1973

Married Reedie Bozarth

 

 

 

BOZARTH, Inf. Son

Aug 8, 1904

Aug. 14, 1904

 

 

 

Son of James & Lizzie REED Bozarth

BOZARTH, Inf. Son

May 29, 1907

May 29, 1907

 

 

 

Son of James & Lizzie REED Bozarth

BOZARTH, James W. (Wash)

Aug 3, 1868

June 19, 1946

Jan. 4, 1892

1)Elizabeth REED

2) Clara BOAZ

3)Pearl Miller

 

Death Cert# 25493 Hickory Hills, WC, Il.

 

Son of Martin E. & Mary KEEN Bozarth

BOZARTH, Martin E.

Sept. 29, 1838

Grayson Co., Ky.

Jan 17, 1903

Married Mary Polly Keen

Served as Sheriff

& other local offices

Resident 46 years

 

 

BOZARTH, Mary “Polly” Keen

April 26, 1840

Dec 2, 1922

Married Martin Bozarth

 

 

Daughter of William & Gilly HANEY Keen

BOZARTH, Reedie

Mar 11, 1903

 

Married Hazel DENNEY

 

 

Son of James & Lizzie REED Bozarth

BOZARTH, Wesley M.

Oct. 7, 1905

Mar. 23, 1906

 

 

 

Son of James & Lizzie REED Bozarth

CRASK, Alberta Maxine

1913

1913

 

 

 

Daughter of Pierce & Mary Ruth WOOD Crask

Crask, Elizabeth

Feb. 19, 1905, Wayne Co.

Dec. 16, 1993, Albion

 

Ten Post Oak Cem.

Dec. 20, 1993 WCP

James & Ella Perkins Crask

Crask, Laura E.

Keen

1865

Feb 12, 1930

Married Sauelm Crask

May 27, 1883 WC, Il

 Book A

Death Cert# 410061

Bluford Twp., Jefferson Co., Il.

 

 D/o john Sumpter & Eleanor ATTEBERRY Keen

Crask, Mary E.

April 10

Jan 22, 1888

 

 

 

Daughter of Samuel & Laura KEEN Crask

CRASK, Pierce E.

Nov 24, 1889

Sept 30, 1926

Married

Nov 29, 1910

Mary Ruth Wood

 

 

Son of Joseph & Laura BRADDY Crask

Crask, Samuel V.

1862

Oct 1, 1931

 

Death Cert# 410126 Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., Il.

 

 

DAVIS, Charles E.

Apr 27, 1874

Mar 31, 1945

Married Sally KEEN

 

 

 

DAVIS, Sally O. KEEN

Oct. 7, 1884

Aug 10, 1950

Married Charles E. Davis

 

 

D/ O John D. & Ellen GREGORY Keen

DUGAN, Emma KEEN

1871

1952

Married George Dugan

 

 

Daughter of William & Mary Keen

DUGAN, George

1873

1965

Married EMMA KEEN

 

 

 

EDWARDS, Myrtle KEEN Anderson

Apr 6, 1884

Sept 7, 1917

Married 1 Joe Anderson

2) Tilford Edwards

Possible unmarked grave

 

d/o Ashford & Rachel JONES Keen

GARRISON, Sallie KEEN

Mar 30, 1868

Nov 10, 1900

Married

Lee Garrison

Mar 11, 1889 Jefferson Co., Il.

 

 

Daughter of John Sumpter & Eleanor ATTEBERRY Keen

GARRISON, Lee

June 6, 1865

Sep 2, 1948

 Married Sallie Keen

Death Cert# 36171 Mt. Vernon Jefferson co., Il.

 

 

GARROD, Thomas

Mar 25, 1807

Dec 29, 1890

Sept 2, 1948

Father of G. C. & James Garrod

 

Obit in

Wayne County Press

Jan. 1, 1891 (Keenville)

KEEN, Adam G.

 

July 22, 1876

1m 7d

 

 

 

S/o James & Sarah ELLIS Keen

KEEN, Alfred

1846

1924

Married Melvina MIFFLIN

 

 

Son of William & Gilly HANEY Keen

KEEN, Alice DAVIS

June 11, 1881

April 4, 1944

Married John P. Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, Catherine BOOK

Jan 14, 1818

Nov 13, 1857

Married

 John Sumpter Keen

 

 

Daughter of Henry & Sarah MILLER Book

KEEN, Charles

Nov 6, 1876

Dec 27, 1966

Married Mar 19, 1899

Cora FERRYMAN

 

 

Son of Elvis & Frances DICKEY Keen

KEEN, Clyde

July 11, 1911

June 7, 1983

Married Nov 22, 1933

Dorothy SHAW

OBIT

 

s/o Jessie & Nettie DREW Keen

KEEN, Cora

1877

1895

 

 

 

d/o John D. & Ellen GREGORY Keen

KEEN, Cora FERRYMAN

Dec 19, 1876

Aug 22, 1929

Married Charles A.

Death Cert# 960128 Hickory Hills WC, Il.

 

 

KEEN, Clarence

Dec 24, 1904

1963

Married Helen AUSTIN

 

 

Son of John P. & Alice DAVIS Keen

Keen, Dorothy

Aug. 27, 1915, Wayne Co.

Sep. 1, 1995, Fairfield

Clyde "Monk" Keen, Nov. 22, 1933, died- Jun. 7, 1983

Ten Post Oak Cem.

Sep. 4, 1995 WCP

Vern & Mary Edith Rainwater Shaw

KEEN, Edmond “Billy”

Jan 17, 1848

Jan 17, 1922

Married Millie SEVAGE

Death Cert# 960017 Wayne City, WC, Il.

 

S/o John Sumpter & Catherine BOOK Keen

KEEN, Eleanor

ATTEBERRY

Dec 10, 1828

May 20, 1895

Married John Sumpter Keen

Obit in Wayne County Record

May 23, 1895

 

 D/o Stout & Fanny Atteberry

KEEN, Ellen GREGORY

Jun 11, 1855

Apr 26,1901

Married John D. Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, Elvis Bracken

Dec 21, 1850

June 12, 1922

M1) Frances VERNON Dickey

M2) Mary JOHNSON Dickey

 

 

Son of James & Harrriet BOOK Keen

NOTE: Mary Johnson remarried to Henry M. Dickey and is buried in Thomason Cemetery

KEEN, Ethel

1880

Oct 14, 1899

 

 

 

D/o George W. & Sarah CAMERON Keen

KEEN, Francis

1858

1883

Theodosia CRASK

 

 

S/o John Sumpter & Eleanor ATTEBERRY Keen

KEEN, Frances DICKEY

Apr 11, 1852

Sep 29 1894

Married Elvis Keen

 

 

d/o William Robert & Salina VERNON Dickey

KEEN, George W. “BOB”

1852

May 17, 1931

Married Sarah CAMERON

 

 

S/o John Sumpter & Catherine BOOK Keen

KEEN, Gilley

HANEY

1815 Sumner Co. Tn.

Mar 15, 1865

50y 1m 14d

Wife of William Keen

 

 

Daughter of Samuel Haney

KEEN, Harriet BOOK

Unmarked Grave

Henderson Kentucky

May 14, 1813

Mar 18, 1886

Married James Keen

 

 

Daughter of Henry & Sarah MILLER Book Sister to Catherine m John Sumpter Keen

KEEN, Helen AUSTIN

1907

1936

Married Clarence Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, James

Unmarked Grave

Sept 10, 1812

Sumner Co., Tn.

 

Married Harriet Book

 

 

Son of Ashford & Polly BRACKEN Keen

KEEN, Jane

 

1869

 

 

 

Daughter of William & Mary Keen

KEEN, Jessie C.

1881

Dec 1, 1943

Married Alice

Death Cert# 163

Hickory Hills WC, Il.

 

 

KEEN, John D.

Jan 25, 1847

Aug 1905,

Married Ellen Gregory

 

 

Son of William & Gilley HANEY Keen

KEEN, John “Josh”

Feb 3, 1843

Jan 6, 1892

Married Margaret WARREN

 

 

S/o John Sumpter & Catherine BOOK Keen

KEEN, John Sumpter

Dec 15, 1815

Sept 1, 1904

M1 Catherine BOOK

M2 Eleanor  Collins Atteberry

 

 

3rd Son of Ashford &Polly BRACKEN Keen

KEEN, John P.

Aug 28, 1879

May 2, 1964

Married Alice DAVIS

 

 

Son of Alfred & Melvina MIFFIN Keen

KEEN, Kate BOZARTH

1863

1950

Married Lee Keen

 

 

Daughter of Martin & Mary (Polly) KEEN Bozarth

KEEN, John Lee

1864

Aug 5, 1916

Married Kate Bozarth

 

 

Son of William & Serena HAYES Keen

KEEN, Margaret WARREN

 

Feb 26, 1881

39y 2m 4d

Married Josh Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, Mary

1841

1912

Married William

 

 

Daughter of Anderson Keen

2nd wife of William

KEEN, Melvina MIFFLIN

 

 

Married Alfred P. Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, Millie

Nov 1, 1851

Sept 26, 1929

Married Edmond Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, Ollie HOLLIWAY

1868

1952

Married William D. Keen

 

 

 

KEEN, Rachel

1860 Merrick Co., Indiana

Feb 8, 1906 Hickory Hills WC, Il.

Married Ashford Keen

 

 

NOTE: Ashford died Jan 1906 and is buried in Nanila Arkansas

KEEN, Sarah Jane ELLIS

 March 10, 1849

July 9, 1876

27y 3m 29d

Married James Keen

He is Buried Thomason Cem,.

 

 Biography

D/o Alfred Ellis

KEEN, Sarah CAMERON

 

 

Married George Keen

 

 

 

KEE