Percy Sterling Daniels: McKeown Genealogy

1885 - 1962 (77 years)

Generation: 1

Percy Sterling Daniels was born on 28 Apr 1885 in Chatfield, Olmsted County, Minnesota (son of Unknown Daniels and Eva Benham); died on 8 Nov 1962 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

Occupation: superintendent at City Light and Water
Census: 1 May 1885, Orion, Olmsted County, Minnesota; Percy, age 1, and his mother Eva (Benham) Daniels are in the household of Eva's parents.
Census: 1895, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas
Census: 1900, Lowe, Noble County, Oklahoma
Census: 1920, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Census: 1930, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Census: 1940, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Census: 1950, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Former Resident Dies at Perry
Funeral services were held Saturday for Percy Sterling Daniels at Perry, Oklahoma.
Mr. Daniels at one time was head of the Weleetka City Light Plant. He died November 8 and had been ill since April. Mr. Daniels was born on April 28, 1885, in Chatfield, Minn. And came to Noble county, Okla., in 1897. He was married to Avis McKeown, November 30, 1907.
His survived by his wife and one son, Cecil and two grandsons of Perry.
Services were held at 10 a.m. in the Parker Chapel. The Masonic Blue Lodge had charge of the ceremony at the cemetery and the Perry Commander acted as escort. Burial was in the Grace Hill Cemetery in Perry.
Weleetka American, Weleetka, Oklahoma. Thursday, 15 November 1962, page 1.

Percy Daniels, Former Utility Head, Is Dead
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Parker chapel for Percy Sterling Daniels, 77, 510 Fir avenue, former Perry water and light department superintendent, who died at 8.45 p.m. Thursday in the Perry Nursing home.
Rev. Ernest Ackerman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate and burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.
The Masonic Blue lodge will have charge of the ceremony at the cemetery and Perry Commandery will act as escort.
Daniel headed the city utilities department from 1915 to 1941, was superintendent of the utility department at Weleetka from 1941 to 1947 and held the same position in Cherokee from 1947 to 1950. In 1950 he returned to Weleetka where he remained until 1953 when he retired and moved back to Perry.
Daniels was born April 28, 1885 in Chatfield, Minn., and was married Nov. 30, 1907, in Perry to Avis McKeown who survives. He first came to this county in 1898.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masons.
Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Cecil Daniels of Perry and two grandchildren.
The Perry Daily Journal, Perry, Oklahoma. Friday, 9 November 1962.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38354351/percy-s_-daniels

Section X_11_D_3 & 4

Percy married Avis Veda McKeown on 30 Nov 1907 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma. Avis (daughter of John Love McKeown and Sarah A. Shields) was born on 27 Nov 1889 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; died in Jan 1974 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Cecil Lamar Daniels was born on 21 Oct 1909 in Oklahoma; died on 20 May 1972; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Generation: 2

Unknown Daniels

Unknown married Eva Benham. Eva (daughter of John Benham and Marietta Unknown) was born on 22 Jul 1860 in Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 8 Apr 1950 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva Benham was born on 22 Jul 1860 in Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota (daughter of John Benham and Marietta Unknown); died on 8 Apr 1950 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

Census: 1 May 1885, Orion, Olmsted County, Minnesota; Eva (Benham) Daniels and son Percy, age 1, are in the household of her parents.

Notes:

Mrs. Chadwell Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lucien Methodist church for Mrs. Eva Chadwell, 89, 723 Grove street, who died Saturday in a Cherokee hospital following a year’s illness.
Rev. Pierce will officiate at the services and interment will be in McGuire cemetery at Lucien under the direction of the Parker funeral home of Perry.
Mrs. Chadwell’s home was in Perry, but for several months she had made her home with a son, Percy Daniels, at Cherokee. Daniels is formerly of Perry.
She was born July 22, 1860, in Chatfield, Minn., and moved to Oklahoma in 1893. Her family homesteaded a farm near Lucien. Mrs. Chadwell was married to Thomas Chadwell in 1894 at Arkansas City, Kan.
Survivors other than her son are a brother, Ernest Benham of Enid; a grandson, Cecil Daniels, 917 Perry avenue, Perry; two granddaughters, Mrs. Leslie Raulston, Duncan, and Mrs. Marvis Burbridge of Aurora, Mo.; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son and a daughter.
The Perry Daily Journal, Perry Oklahoma. Monday, 10 April 1950, page 1.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228934551/eva-chadwell

Children:

1. Percy Sterling Daniels was born on 28 Apr 1885 in Chatfield, Olmsted County, Minnesota; died on 8 Nov 1962 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Generation: 3

John Benham was born on 26 Sep 1825 in New York; died on 21 Apr 1907; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

Census: 1870, Orion, Olmsted County, Minnesota
Census: 1900, Lowe, Noble County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29790546/j_-a_-benham

John married Marietta Unknown. Marietta was born on 4 Jan 1836 in New York; died on 20 Jan 1908; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marietta Unknown was born on 4 Jan 1836 in New York; died on 20 Jan 1908; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Died.
On Monday, January 20, Marietta Benham, aged 72 years, 16 days. The deceased had been suffering with la-grippe, which developed into pneumonia and resulted in her death after an illness of two weeks. Her husband, John Benham, died April 22, 1907, aged 82 years. Mrs. Benham leaves three children, Eva Chadwell, Katie Benham, Earnest and John Benham. She was a woman of kind and loving disposition, a friend to the needy, a sincere Christian and a member of the Baptist church. She was born in New York state in January, 1836. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the home of Mr. Thomas Chadwell in Lowe township, and interment will be in the McGuire cemetery.
Perry Daily News, Perry, Oklahoma. Tuesday, 21 January 1908.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29790548/marietta-benham

Children:

3. Eva Benham was born on 22 Jul 1860 in Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 8 Apr 1950 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma.

McKeown and Shields Families

Percy Sterling Daniels