Double monument with wife, Mary Elizabeth Redfearn O'Keefe, married in 1877. John Daniel emigrated from Ireland alone at a young age. It is said (not documented at date of writing) that he served with the Texas Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War and worked laying railroads before becoming a farmer in Nevada County (Rosston), Arkansas. Mary Elizabeth Redfearn (wife) was the first child of Sidney Elizabeth Huntley-Redfearn and Elijah Redfearn, married in 1858. Her father (Elijah) died during the U.S. Civil War. Mary E. Redfearn was born in 1858 in North Carolina and on the 1860 census is shown in Union County, Arkansas, with a second sibling, Lula. In 1870 Sidney Elizabeth was a widow living in her father's household in Union County, Arkansas. Mary Elizabeth Redfearn married John Daniel O'Keefe in Union County on March 01, 1877. They had seven children (six boys and one girl). The oldest child was William Daniel O'Keefe. He was born in 1878 and died in 1902. He is the only child not shown in the large/small family photo in 1908.
William's family included: Martha Reese, Winnie May, James Henry, John Daniel and Robert Clarence.

Pictured in the larger family photo are from front row left to right: Winnie May O'Keefe, Martha Reese O'Keefe, John Daniel O'Keefe, (face above) Robert Clarence O'Keefe, James Henry O'Keefe (face above) Oscar O'Keefe, (Center) Lula Bustin O'Keefe holding infant, Opal O'Keefe, Orval O'Keefe, (seated) Margaret Ellen O'Keefe Jarvis (wife of Grover C. Jarvis) holding John Jarvis, Arthur O'Keefe, Grover Cleveland Jarvis holding infant, Newel Jarvis. Second row: John Daniel O'Keefe (emigrant from Ireland), John Robert O'Keefe, Elijah O'Keefe, James T. O'Keefe (husband to Lula Bustin), Jessie O'Keefe, Sidney Elizabeth (mother in law to John Daniel) and Paul O'Keefe.

Smaller family photo, first row left to right: John Daniel O'Keefe, Margaret Ellen O'Keefe (daughter). Second row: Paul O'Keefe, James T. O'Keefe, John Robert O'Keefe, Elijah O'Keefe and Jessie O'Keefe (sons). Not pictured/deceased: William D. O'Keefe.