hmtl5 Annie Parker b. 21 May 1829 Rathfriland, County Of Down, Ireland d. 6 Mar 1892 Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa: McKeown Genealogy
Annie Parker

Annie Parker

Female 1829 - 1892  (62 years)

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  • Name Annie Parker 
    Born 21 May 1829  Rathfriland, County Of Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Mar 1892  Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2  McKeown
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2023 

    Father John Parker,   b. 6 Jun 1791, Rathfriland, County Of Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1870, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Margarett McBride,   b. 9 Jun 1792, County Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1884  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1815  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Glasgow McKeown,   b. 17 Apr 1821, County Londonderry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1889, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1849  Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Sarah Jane McKeown,   b. 13 Jan 1850, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1930, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. James Alexander McKeown,   b. 15 May 1851, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1928, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Moses Brown McKeown,   b. 31 Aug 1852, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1852  (Age 0 years)
     4. Mary Lavina McKeown,   b. 14 Sep 1853, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1908, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Moses Parker McKeown,   b. 1 Dec 1854, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1950, Letts, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     6. William Arthur McKeown,   b. 15 Oct 1856, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1863  (Age 6 years)
     7. John Love McKeown,   b. 29 Dec 1858, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1944, Agra, Lincoln County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     8. Margaret Emily McKeown,   b. 16 Jul 1862, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1863, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Samantha Ann McKeown,   b. 16 Apr 1865, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1948, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     10. Melinda Emily McKeown,   b. 21 Apr 1867, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1957, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     11. William Ira McKeown,   b. 6 Feb 1869, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1922, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     12. Albert Rutherford McKeown,   b. 22 Jan 1871, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1954, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 May 1829 - Rathfriland, County Of Down, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Feb 1849 - Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Mar 1892 - Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Parker, Annie
    Parker, Annie
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    Parker, Annie
    May be Annie Parker, McKeown120
    May be Annie Parker, McKeown120
    May be Annie Parker McKeown121 (back of McKeown120)
    May be Annie Parker McKeown121 (back of McKeown120)

    Documents
    1873 Plat map Yellow Springs Township
    1873 Plat map Yellow Springs Township
    1873 J G McKeown farm
    1873 J G McKeown farm
    1873 Yellow Springs
    1873 Yellow Springs
    Anna Parker McKeown will page 1
    Anna Parker McKeown will page 1
    Anna Parker McKeown will page 2
    Anna Parker McKeown will page 2

    Headstones
    McKeown, John Glasgow and Annie Parker
    McKeown, John Glasgow and Annie Parker
    McKeown, John Glasgow and Annie Parker
    McKeown, John Glasgow and Annie Parker
    Parker, Annie
    Parker, Annie
    McKeown, John Glasgow and Annie Parker
    McKeown, John Glasgow and Annie Parker
    Sharon Reformed Church
    Sharon Reformed Church

    Histories
    Family Bible of John G. McKeown and Annie (Parker) McKeown.
    Family Bible of John G. McKeown and Annie (Parker) McKeown.

  • Notes 
    • McKeown Family Bible record: Marriages.

      Hand written on the marriage page.
      Anna Parker born 1829 in co. Autrim Ireland. Came across when 6 wks old.

      In a different handwriting - died Mch 6 1892
      [1]
    • McKeown Family Bible record: Deaths.
      Mrs. Anna McKeown Mch 6 1892 Sab 12:55 PM. Mother was born May 21st 1829.
      [1]
    • From published records for the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Page 13. McKeown, Anna P. B 21 May 1829. D 7 Mar 1892 wife of J. G. McKeown.

      LKH note:
      There are four head stones in a row. Small headstone on left is from 3 of the children who died young. It is difficult to read. Next stone to the right is for Mother Anna P, wife of J. G. McKeown. Next stone to the right is for Father John G. McKeown. Stone on the farthest right is for Mary L. dau of J. G. & Ann P. McKeown.

      Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in the center of the western side of Section 8W, Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, North of Mediapolis.
      [4]
    • Morning Sun Herald, 5 July 1888. Page 8.
      Mrs. J. G. McKeown started today to visit her son in Muscatine county.

      Morning Sun News, Morning Sun, Iowa, 11 February 1892, page 4: Mrs. John G. McKeown in the vicinity of Mediapolis is on the sick list. Her feet and lower limbs are paralyzed and her recovery seems to be slow.

      Morning Sun News, Morning Sun, Iowa, 10 March 1892, page 4: Mrs. John McKeown died on Sabbath afternoon and was buried Tuesday. Rev. T. P. Robb of Sharon, conducted the services at the house, assisted by Rev. Wm. Littlejohn. Her children living were all present at the funeral except her son John from Pipestone. Miss Parker from Washington was in town attending the funeral of her sister, Mrs. McKeown.

      [5]
    • Memoir of Mrs. John G. McKeown. Mrs. Annie Parker McKeown died at her house north of Mediapolis, Iowa, March 6, 1892, at 12:55 P.M. She was born near Rathfriland, County of Down, Ireland, May 21, 1829, and come with her parents, John and Margaret Parker, to Rochester, New York and then to Zanesville, Ohio, where they resided until 1847, when they came to Des Moines County. She made a profession of faith and was received in Sharon (Reformed Presbyterian) congregation in 1848 and remained a consistent member until her death. She was united in marriage to John G. McKeown, Feb. 27, 1849, and was a devoted wife and mother. Twelve children were born to them. Three preceded her to the Realm of Light, and nine remain to mourn the loss of a loving, faithful mother. She had been a sufferer with creeping paralysis for some time. It had weakened her so much that she was not able to resist an attack of la grippe that seized her Jan 20, from which time she was unable to help herself, but in all her sufferings she was very patient, and able to say the Lord's will be done. She was conscious to the last, and peacefully passed away . She was ready and waiting for the summons, to enter into that Heavenly home, "an house not made with hand."
      Copy of memorial courtesy of Dale Thompson.
      [5]
    • Last Will and Testament of Anna McKeown.

      I Anna McKeown of Yellow Springs township Des Moines County, State of Iowa, being of sound and disposing mind and memory though of feeble heath of body and being desirous of making proper disposition of my worldly estate while I have capacity to do so, do make and publish this my last will and testament as follows.
      First, I give to my daughter Sarah J. McKeown, My large arm chair and our bedstead and bedding.
      Second, I give to my daughter Mary L. McKeown our bedstead and bedding and my pocket Bible.
      Third, I give to my daughter M. Emma McKeown my upholstered red armchair and our bedstead and bedding.
      Fourth I give to my daughter Samantha A. McKeown my parlor organ, my bureau, and our bedstead and bedding.
      Fifth I give to my son Albert A. McKeown my buggy, set double harness, and set of double heavy harness.
      Sixth, I give to my son W. Ira McKeown, my working clock and lap robe.
      Seventh, I give to my son John L. McKeown, “The Foot Prints of Time”.
      Eighth, my Moneys and credits and all household goods not herein before named I give and bequeath to my nine children Sarah J.; Mary L.; M. Emma; Samantha A.; Albert R.; W. Ira; Moses P.; James A.; and John L.; the moneys and credits to be divided among them equally share and share alike and the household goods as they may agree.
      Ninth: The property herein bequeathed being derived from the estate of my deceased father John Parker, who directed that the same should d_____ to my children at my death this distribution is made in accordance ______

      In witness of all the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16 day of February A.D.1892 and I request Sam. R. Heizer and Wm. Hewusbrigh [spelling?] to witness the same.

      Anna McKeown
      her X mark
      Signed in presence of
      Saml B. Higgin
      William Herusbrigh [spelling?]

      * * *

      State of Iowa
      Des Moines County
      I, W. D. Inghram Clerk of District County within and for said County and State, hereby certify that on this day 12 April A.D. 1892 the foregoing last Will and Testament of Anna McKeown was duly proven before and allowed of said Court, and that the same has been recorded.
      Witness my hand with the Seal of said Court offered done at Burlington this 12 day of April 1892.

      W.D. Inghram
      Clerk of District Court [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] McKeown family Bible.

    2. [S8] Find a Grave.

    3. [S2] The Parker Book, Wayne V. Parker and Olive M. Parker, (Wayne V. Parker, Wichita, KS, 1972).

    4. [S50] LKH note.

    5. [S57] Newspaper article.

    6. [S22] Will and probate record.