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Family History
...Helen Boone was the daughter of James H. Boone and Lucinda Carbough. James was a son of Daniel Morgan Boone, one of the earliest settlers of the K.C. area. His father was Daniel Boone, the pathfinder of 1700's fame. On all the census records, Helen says her father was born in Indiana. This is about all I know about Sam Keys background.
...Sam Keys purchased an 80 acre farm one mile over the MO/KS state line, located between 95th and 98th Streets on Mission Road, in Johnson Co. KS. He purchased it from a Shawnee Indian who had been granted this property during one of the many Indian Removal plans the U.S. government concocted over the years. This particular one moved the Indians east of the Miss. River into the Kansas Territory, which stretched to the Rocky Mts. The deal was that this land was to remain in this Indian's family forever; however, with written permission from the U.S. President, the Indian could sell his land. Getting written permission from the president was no big deal, and most of the Indians were persuaded to sell their land by 1870. Sam purchased his land on May 28, 1867 from one John Davis, the Shawnee Indian; terms were $1200 for 1/2 of Section 3, $150 down.
...Less than a year later (July 1868) Sam was struck by lightning while working on his farm. His death details say he died in Westport, MO which was the closest town, now part of K.C. MO, about ten miles from the farm. He evidently had been taken there for medical attention. Because of the untimely death of Sam Keys, Helen had to go through the process of having the Indian deed approved in her name on 27 August 1869 and a year later the Sec. of the Interior approved the transaction 26 January 1870, a few months before she remarried. I have the abstract for this piece of land and all this is included on it.
...After she was widowed Helen Boone's brother, Daniel Morgan Boone moved in with her. He lived there for several years, even after she married Philo Potter Steele in 1870, who was also widowed (1868) with two children: Julia Rosemond (1864) and Victor Elsworth (1868). They lived on the farm Helen had inherited from Sam Keys. Pot Steele took on the responsibility of paying off the promissory note to John Davis which amounted to $1050.00. In about 1878 this brother, Daniel Morgan Boone married Philo Potter Steele's sister, Henrietta Steele.
...There was a four bedroom, two story farm house on the property. I am not certain just who constructed the house. Perhaps Sam had started the construction and Pot Steele had finished it.In the community it was always called the Steele farm, so I am inclined to think my grandfather was responsible in some part for its construction. It stood there until around 1950 when it was sold and demolished for a residential development.
...Later Helen and Pot Steele purchased the 80 acres which abutted their property to the east. This brought the total farm acreage to 160 acres.
*by: Ruth A. Brookfield-Sunday, 06 Sep 2009
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On September 29, 1864 Helena married Samuel Keys in Johnson County, Kansas. They had two toddlers, Isalemah and George Washington Keys when Samuel passed away in 1868. She soon married the widower Philo Potter Steele, who also had two little ones of his own, Julia Rosamund and Victor Ellsworth. Helena's brother Daniel Morgan Boone also helped on their farm.
For some time, people did like they do and copied other people's research, and continued to say Helen's middle name was Marr. As I have through the years, corrected scores of long honored typos and misspells and misinterpretations of words, I was determined to find an actual source document with the middle name Marr. What I did find, was a document that was sloppy handwriting and would likely have been Mary, but had been transcribed, as many are by ancestry helpers, to state a name that I could find no example of given name, surname, significant place or Bible name, that her parent may have favored. I have therefore chosen the initial M., which we know to have been used by her.
Helen was the great granddaughter of the famous explorer Colonel Daniel Boone.
by Lila Cole
Family History
...Helen Boone was the daughter of James H. Boone and Lucinda Carbough. James was a son of Daniel Morgan Boone, one of the earliest settlers of the K.C. area. His father was Daniel Boone, the pathfinder of 1700's fame. On all the census records, Helen says her father was born in Indiana. This is about all I know about Sam Keys background.
...Sam Keys purchased an 80 acre farm one mile over the MO/KS state line, located between 95th and 98th Streets on Mission Road, in Johnson Co. KS. He purchased it from a Shawnee Indian who had been granted this property during one of the many Indian Removal plans the U.S. government concocted over the years. This particular one moved the Indians east of the Miss. River into the Kansas Territory, which stretched to the Rocky Mts. The deal was that this land was to remain in this Indian's family forever; however, with written permission from the U.S. President, the Indian could sell his land. Getting written permission from the president was no big deal, and most of the Indians were persuaded to sell their land by 1870. Sam purchased his land on May 28, 1867 from one John Davis, the Shawnee Indian; terms were $1200 for 1/2 of Section 3, $150 down.
...Less than a year later (July 1868) Sam was struck by lightning while working on his farm. His death details say he died in Westport, MO which was the closest town, now part of K.C. MO, about ten miles from the farm. He evidently had been taken there for medical attention. Because of the untimely death of Sam Keys, Helen had to go through the process of having the Indian deed approved in her name on 27 August 1869 and a year later the Sec. of the Interior approved the transaction 26 January 1870, a few months before she remarried. I have the abstract for this piece of land and all this is included on it.
...After she was widowed Helen Boone's brother, Daniel Morgan Boone moved in with her. He lived there for several years, even after she married Philo Potter Steele in 1870, who was also widowed (1868) with two children: Julia Rosemond (1864) and Victor Elsworth (1868). They lived on the farm Helen had inherited from Sam Keys. Pot Steele took on the responsibility of paying off the promissory note to John Davis which amounted to $1050.00. In about 1878 this brother, Daniel Morgan Boone married Philo Potter Steele's sister, Henrietta Steele.
...There was a four bedroom, two story farm house on the property. I am not certain just who constructed the house. Perhaps Sam had started the construction and Pot Steele had finished it.In the community it was always called the Steele farm, so I am inclined to think my grandfather was responsible in some part for its construction. It stood there until around 1950 when it was sold and demolished for a residential development.
...Later Helen and Pot Steele purchased the 80 acres which abutted their property to the east. This brought the total farm acreage to 160 acres.
*by: Ruth A. Brookfield-Sunday, 06 Sep 2009
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On September 29, 1864 Helena married Samuel Keys in Johnson County, Kansas. They had two toddlers, Isalemah and George Washington Keys when Samuel passed away in 1868. She soon married the widower Philo Potter Steele, who also had two little ones of his own, Julia Rosamund and Victor Ellsworth. Helena's brother Daniel Morgan Boone also helped on their farm.
For some time, people did like they do and copied other people's research, and continued to say Helen's middle name was Marr. As I have through the years, corrected scores of long honored typos and misspells and misinterpretations of words, I was determined to find an actual source document with the middle name Marr. What I did find, was a document that was sloppy handwriting and would likely have been Mary, but had been transcribed, as many are by ancestry helpers, to state a name that I could find no example of given name, surname, significant place or Bible name, that her parent may have favored. I have therefore chosen the initial M., which we know to have been used by her.
Helen was the great granddaughter of the famous explorer Colonel Daniel Boone.
by Lila Cole
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Family History
...Helen Boone was the daughter of James H. Boone and Lucinda Carbough. James was a son of Daniel Morgan Boone, one of the earliest settlers of the K.C. area. His father was Daniel Boone, the pathfinder of 1700's fame. On all the census records, Helen says her father was born in Indiana. This is about all I know about Sam Keys background.
...Sam Keys purchased an 80 acre farm one mile over the MO/KS state line, located between 95th and 98th Streets on Mission Road, in Johnson Co. KS. He purchased it from a Shawnee Indian who had been granted this property during one of the many Indian Removal plans the U.S. government concocted over the years. This particular one moved the Indians east of the Miss. River into the Kansas Territory, which stretched to the Rocky Mts. The deal was that this land was to remain in this Indian's family forever; however, with written permission from the U.S. President, the Indian could sell his land. Getting written permission from the president was no big deal, and most of the Indians were persuaded to sell their land by 1870. Sam purchased his land on May 28, 1867 from one John Davis, the Shawnee Indian; terms were $1200 for 1/2 of Section 3, $150 down.
...Less than a year later (July 1868) Sam was struck by lightning while working on his farm. His death details say he died in Westport, MO which was the closest town, now part of K.C. MO, about ten miles from the farm. He evidently had been taken there for medical attention. Because of the untimely death of Sam Keys, Helen had to go through the process of having the Indian deed approved in her name on 27 August 1869 and a year later the Sec. of the Interior approved the transaction 26 January 1870, a few months before she remarried. I have the abstract for this piece of land and all this is included on it.
...After she was widowed Helen Boone's brother, Daniel Morgan Boone moved in with her. He lived there for several years, even after she married Philo Potter Steele in 1870, who was also widowed (1868) with two children: Julia Rosemond (1864) and Victor Elsworth (1868). They lived on the farm Helen had inherited from Sam Keys. Pot Steele took on the responsibility of paying off the promissory note to John Davis which amounted to $1050.00. In about 1878 this brother, Daniel Morgan Boone married Philo Potter Steele's sister, Henrietta Steele.
...There was a four bedroom, two story farm house on the property. I am not certain just who constructed the house. Perhaps Sam had started the construction and Pot Steele had finished it.In the community it was always called the Steele farm, so I am inclined to think my grandfather was responsible in some part for its construction. It stood there until around 1950 when it was sold and demolished for a residential development.
...Later Helen and Pot Steele purchased the 80 acres which abutted their property to the east. This brought the total farm acreage to 160 acres.
*by: Ruth A. Brookfield-Sunday, 06 Sep 2009
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On September 29, 1864 Helena married Samuel Keys in Johnson County, Kansas. They had two toddlers, Isalemah and George Washington Keys when Samuel passed away in 1868. She soon married the widower Philo Potter Steele, who also had two little ones of his own, Julia Rosamund and Victor Ellsworth. Helena's brother Daniel Morgan Boone also helped on their farm.
For some time, people did like they do and copied other people's research, and continued to say Helen's middle name was Marr. As I have through the years, corrected scores of long honored typos and misspells and misinterpretations of words, I was determined to find an actual source document with the middle name Marr. What I did find, was a document that was sloppy handwriting and would likely have been Mary, but had been transcribed, as many are by ancestry helpers, to state a name that I could find no example of given name, surname, significant place or Bible name, that her parent may have favored. I have therefore chosen the initial M., which we know to have been used by her.
Helen was the great granddaughter of the famous explorer Colonel Daniel Boone.
by Lila Cole
Family History
...Helen Boone was the daughter of James H. Boone and Lucinda Carbough. James was a son of Daniel Morgan Boone, one of the earliest settlers of the K.C. area. His father was Daniel Boone, the pathfinder of 1700's fame. On all the census records, Helen says her father was born in Indiana. This is about all I know about Sam Keys background.
...Sam Keys purchased an 80 acre farm one mile over the MO/KS state line, located between 95th and 98th Streets on Mission Road, in Johnson Co. KS. He purchased it from a Shawnee Indian who had been granted this property during one of the many Indian Removal plans the U.S. government concocted over the years. This particular one moved the Indians east of the Miss. River into the Kansas Territory, which stretched to the Rocky Mts. The deal was that this land was to remain in this Indian's family forever; however, with written permission from the U.S. President, the Indian could sell his land. Getting written permission from the president was no big deal, and most of the Indians were persuaded to sell their land by 1870. Sam purchased his land on May 28, 1867 from one John Davis, the Shawnee Indian; terms were $1200 for 1/2 of Section 3, $150 down.
...Less than a year later (July 1868) Sam was struck by lightning while working on his farm. His death details say he died in Westport, MO which was the closest town, now part of K.C. MO, about ten miles from the farm. He evidently had been taken there for medical attention. Because of the untimely death of Sam Keys, Helen had to go through the process of having the Indian deed approved in her name on 27 August 1869 and a year later the Sec. of the Interior approved the transaction 26 January 1870, a few months before she remarried. I have the abstract for this piece of land and all this is included on it.
...After she was widowed Helen Boone's brother, Daniel Morgan Boone moved in with her. He lived there for several years, even after she married Philo Potter Steele in 1870, who was also widowed (1868) with two children: Julia Rosemond (1864) and Victor Elsworth (1868). They lived on the farm Helen had inherited from Sam Keys. Pot Steele took on the responsibility of paying off the promissory note to John Davis which amounted to $1050.00. In about 1878 this brother, Daniel Morgan Boone married Philo Potter Steele's sister, Henrietta Steele.
...There was a four bedroom, two story farm house on the property. I am not certain just who constructed the house. Perhaps Sam had started the construction and Pot Steele had finished it.In the community it was always called the Steele farm, so I am inclined to think my grandfather was responsible in some part for its construction. It stood there until around 1950 when it was sold and demolished for a residential development.
...Later Helen and Pot Steele purchased the 80 acres which abutted their property to the east. This brought the total farm acreage to 160 acres.
*by: Ruth A. Brookfield-Sunday, 06 Sep 2009
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On September 29, 1864 Helena married Samuel Keys in Johnson County, Kansas. They had two toddlers, Isalemah and George Washington Keys when Samuel passed away in 1868. She soon married the widower Philo Potter Steele, who also had two little ones of his own, Julia Rosamund and Victor Ellsworth. Helena's brother Daniel Morgan Boone also helped on their farm.
For some time, people did like they do and copied other people's research, and continued to say Helen's middle name was Marr. As I have through the years, corrected scores of long honored typos and misspells and misinterpretations of words, I was determined to find an actual source document with the middle name Marr. What I did find, was a document that was sloppy handwriting and would likely have been Mary, but had been transcribed, as many are by ancestry helpers, to state a name that I could find no example of given name, surname, significant place or Bible name, that her parent may have favored. I have therefore chosen the initial M., which we know to have been used by her.
Helen was the great granddaughter of the famous explorer Colonel Daniel Boone.
by Lila Cole
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