hmtl5 Rose A. McKeown b. 22 Dec 1837 Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio d. 15 Feb 1871 Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio: McKeown Genealogy
Rose A. McKeown

Rose A. McKeown

Female 1837 - 1871  (33 years)

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  • Name Rose A. McKeown 
    Born 22 Dec 1837  Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Feb 1871  Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Scotch Covenanter Cemetery, Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I324  McKeown
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2023 

    Father Alexander McKeown,   b. 1790, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1852, Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Rosanna Glasgow,   b. 4 Mar 1799, Inisrush, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1886  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Forsythe,   b. 28 Mar 1824, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1870, Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 1861  [2
    Children 
    +1. Jane M. "Jennie" Forsythe,   b. 20 Sep 1863, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1942, Highland Township, Muskingum County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Arthur Mcfarland Forsythe,   b. 21 Jun 1864, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1930, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +3. Nancy M. "Nannie" Forsythe,   b. 26 Mar 1868, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1942  (Age 73 years)
     4. William Alexander Forsythe,   b. 30 Jan 1869, Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2023 
    Family ID F129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Dec 1837 - Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Feb 1871 - Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Scotch Covenanter Cemetery, Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Forsythe McKeown 20180610_165235
    Forsythe McKeown 20180610_165235
    Plot: Row 9
    Forsythe McKeown 20180610_165242
    Forsythe McKeown 20180610_165242
    Plot: Row 9

  • Notes 
    • Rose is included in the list of siblings in her brother Alexander's biography in Biographical History of Page County, Iowa [Lewis & Dunbar Publishers, 1890).
      "Rose A., deceased, was wife of William Forsyth, also deceased".
    • Biographical record of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio. Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1891, p.350.
      William Forsythe was born in march 1824, in Allegheny County, Penn., and in 1861 married Rose A. McKeown, daughter of Alexander McKeown, an early settler of Harrison County, in which union were born the following: Jennie M., September 20, 1863; Arthur M., June 13, 1865; Nannie M., March 26, 1867, and William A., January 29, 1869. Nannie M., was married May 9, 1889, to D.C. Smith, of Londonderry, Ohio, and is, with her husband, a resident of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Arthur M. resides near Antrim, Ohio, and is a farmer by profession; William A. is a resident of Freeport Township, Harrison County, and is engage in the profession of school teaching. Arthur, Nannie and William are members of the United Presbyterian Church. Mrs. William Forsythe was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, being elected elder soon after his marriage. He died in August 1871, his wife in February 1872, and both are laid to rest in the cemetery at Londonderry.
      https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00jhb/page/350/mode/2up?q=mckeown
      [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] Find a Grave.

    2. [S65] Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio, (J.H. Beers & Co, Chicago, Illinois, 1891).