Sarah Keen1

#21642, (1843 - 1877)
FatherJohn Keen1 (c 1793 - 1877)
MotherSarah Wells2 ( - c 1848)
RelationshipsGreat-grandaunt of Wilma Ilene Collins
Daughter of John Keen
Extended Family
ChartsJohn Keen - Children & Grandchildren

Children of Sarah Keen and John Rudolph Jones
  • Florence E Jones7 (c 1864 - 1933)
  • Peter Jones7 (c 1866 - b 1924)
  • Henry R Jones7 (1870 - )
  • Perlina E Jones9 (c 1872 - )
  • Matta M Jones9 (1874 - 1881)
  • Charles C Jones9 (c 1877 - )

Life Events

Research Note Piecing together Sarah's story took a bit of genealogical sleuthing. The first sign of her as part of this family was in the 1877 probate file of her father, where she was mentioned as Sarah Jones. His children were not mentioned in birth order and since her father had children over a wide span of years, she could have been born anywhere from before 1810 to after 1852. A search for Keen/Jones marriages was negative for Perry County but there was a possibility in neighboring Franklin County. Next she was found as a 6 year old with the House family in Perry County in the 1850 census - perhaps she was visiting, perhaps they raised her. Probably her mother died in childbirth or in the next few years as her father John married again in 1848. In the 1860 census, she was enumerated as Sarah King working for a Jones family in Franklin County which ties in nicely with the marriage to John R Jones in 1863. 
BirthSarah Keen was born on 4 Feb 1843 in Illinois.3
 
1850 CensusSarah Keen appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Perry County, Illinois. She was listed with the Jacob and Elizabeth House family. Jacob was a farmer with 6 children.
Sarah was 6 years old and born in Illinois.4 
1860 CensusSarah King [sic] appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Township 5S Range 2E, Franklin County, Illinois. She was a domestic for Wiley and Elizabeth Jones, a farming family with 6 children ages 1-11. Sarah was 17 years old and born in Illinois.5 
Research Note The House and Jones families were related. 
MarriageShe married John Rudolph Jones on 2 Apr 1863 in Franklin County, Illinois.1,6
 
1870 CensusJohn R and Sarah Jones appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Township 6 Range 2, Franklin County, Illinois, enumerated 1 Jun 1870. John was a farmer with land valued at $3600 and personal goods of $1000. He was 31 and born in Illinois. Sarah was 24, keeping house, and born in Illinois. The children were Florence E (6, attending school), Franklin M (4), and Henry R (born in February). Also in the household were Matilda Jones (58, Tennessee), Anna M King (21, domestic servant), JA Browning (20, domestic servant), and Mary Johnson (6).7 
(Mentioned) ProbateSarah Jones was mentioned as an heir in the probate file of her father John Keen's estate in Apr 1877.1 
DeathSarah died on 2 May 1877 in Franklin County, Illinois.8
 
BurialShe was buried in Browning Hill Cemetery, Benton, Franklin County, Illinois. The inscription on the stone reads:
Sarah
wife of
J.R. Jones
died
May 2, 1877
Aged
34 Y, 2 M, 28 D

Her husband John was buried there in 1924.8 
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Sarah (Keen) Jones
1843 - 1877
Last Edited4 Apr 2014

Citations

  1. [S1689] John Keen, Estate Records, 1877 Box 359, File 1165, page 533, FHL film # 975933 (microfilm of original records in the Perry County courthouse, Pinckneyville, Illinois).
  2. [S100] Inferred from analysis of data: See the daughter Sarah's page for an explanation.
  3. [S100] Inferred from analysis of data: Calculated from age on gravestone.
  4. [S857] 1850 Federal Census for United States, Illinois, Perry County, District 7, Page 382B. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  5. [S1740] 1860 Federal Census for United States, Illinois, Franklin County, Township 5S Range 2E, Page 553. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  6. [S855] Index to Illinois Marriages, text index online, 1763-1900, compiled by Illinois State Archives. John R Jones & Sarah Keen, Franklin County, 1863, Vol 3, Page 413.
  7. [S1739] 1870 Federal Census for United States, Illinois, Franklin County, Township 6 Range 2, Page 7. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  8. [S2881] Inscription on the gravestone of Sarah Jones (Browning Hill Cemetery, Benton, Illinois). Photo posted on Findagrave.
  9. [S938] 1880 Federal Census for United States, Illinois, Franklin County, Browning, ED 12, Page 466D. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.