Eva Benham: McKeown Genealogy

1860 - 1950 (89 years)

Generation: 1

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.

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

Family/Spouse: Unknown Daniels. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. 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.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Chadwell. Thomas was born in May 1872 in Tennessee; died on 29 Aug 1941 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Lucien, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Percy Sterling Daniels

(1.Eva¹) 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.

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:

3. 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: 3

Cecil Lamar Daniels

(2.Percy², 1.Eva¹) was born on 21 Oct 1909 in Oklahoma; died on 20 May 1972; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

Occupation: electrician; mechanic at auto dealership
Census: 1930, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Census: 1940, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Census: 1950, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38354284/cecil-lamar-daniels

Section X_11_D_1 & 2

Cecil married Bernice Jane Tucker on 8 May 1934 in Noble County, Oklahoma. Bernice was born on 30 Sep 1911 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; died on 6 Feb 1973 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Stephen Tucker Daniels was born on 17 Jul 1942; died on 24 May 2021 in Taos County, New Mexico; was cremated in location of ashes unknown.
5. Philip Cooke Daniels was born on 8 Jun 1944 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 2 Sep 1964 in Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Generation: 4

Stephen Tucker Daniels

(3.Cecil³, 2.Percy², 1.Eva¹) was born on 17 Jul 1942; died on 24 May 2021 in Taos County, New Mexico; was cremated in location of ashes unknown.

Notes:

Steven Tucker Daniels, born in 1942 to Jane Bernice Tucker Daniels and Cecil Lamar Daniels.

Steven was preceded in death by an infant brother and his brother, Philip Cooke Daniels. Also preceding him in death was his life time love and business partner, Richard L. May.

He is survived by one cousin, Judy Beals and her two sons, Mathew and John Beals and dear friend, Randy Levi Balance.

Steve was a kind, loving, gentle man, who loved Taos and New Mexico. Owning several businesses, "Needlepoint of Taos" and "Starving Artist's Gallery", was his joy and a source of his endless generosity. Later in life for eight years he was the Pastor of Emanuel Church in Penasco, NM. He was beloved by his congregation and he in turn loved them and regarded them as family. His devotion and energy and sermons will be missed.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227900284/stephen-tucker-daniels

Philip Cooke Daniels

(3.Cecil³, 2.Percy², 1.Eva¹) was born on 8 Jun 1944 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 2 Sep 1964 in Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Other Events:

_MILT: US Army. Btry C, 6th Msl Bn, 43rd Arty Crete, Nebraska

Notes:

Nebraska Counts 2 Road Deaths
The Nebraska traffic toll has risen to 266 for the year with two deaths Wednesday.
Victims:
Louis Ray Wiedeman, 79, of Cambridge.

Philip C. Daniels, an Army man attached to the Sixth Missile Battalion at Crete. A car in which he was riding was in a collision with a semi-trailer truck on Highway 6 near Dorchester.
Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska. Thursday, 3 September 1964, page 1.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35736762/phillip-cooke-daniels

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McKeown and Shields Families

Eva Benham