Mary Jane Elliott

Notes:

This was the only Mary Elliott in White County, IL in 1850 that was the right age to marry Franklin Kuykendall in 1855.

1850 Census, White County, Illinois
82-82
John Elliott 59 M Farmer 1000 Md
Layfaitt " 15 M LaborerIll
Silas " 14 M"
Mary J " 12 F"

WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS WILLS 1816-1916, Vaught Index by Davis WILL BOOK A 1846-1893 Page 26-27

John Elliott: His daughter Mary Jane Elliott receives land. Son Lafayette Elliott gets the land. Son Silas Elliott gets land but if he has no heirs then his portion of the land is to go to the surviving heirs. Sally Elliott, Emaline Graves, Anna Jones and son Jacob Elliott are to get all of the personal property. Executors sons Samuel Elliott and Joseph Elliott. 18th Mar 1853. Att; Benjamine Elliott and James Graves. Probated 7th April 1853.

Courtesy of Janice Knotter Columbus, OH Janice@Knotter.com

Mary married Franklin Kuykendall on 1 Aug 1855 in White County, Illinois. Franklin (son of Noah Kuykendall and Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones) was born on 17 Oct 1834 in White County, Illinois; died on 16 Aug 1905 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas; was buried in Alpine Cemetery, Olivet, Osage County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He went by his middle name, Lee

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Barclay Twp
Enumerated 21 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 112 Sheet 18A
137-142
Kirkendall, J Head W M Mar 1857 43 m 18 Ill Unk Unk Farmer
Kirkendall, Mary Wf W F Sept 1860 39 M 18 5/5 Mousera Egland Pa
Kirkendall, Laura Dtr W F Aug 1883 16 Kansas Ill Missouri At School
Kirkendall, Mary Dtr W F May 1885 15 Kansas Ill Missouri At School
Kirkendall, Ray Son W M Apr 1887 13 S Kansas Ill Mousera At School
Kirkendall, Ruth Dtr W F Apr 1892 8 S Kansas Ill Mousera At School
Kirkendall, Ester Dtr W F Aug 1897 2 S Kansas Ill Mousera

Joseph married Mary Amelia Benton on 22 Jan 1882 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. Mary was born on 29 Sep 1860 in Missouri; died on 28 Jan 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Place of birth per Keith McGuire. Not verified.

Sarah married William Henry Ramsey on 30 Dec 1879 in Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas. William was born in Nov 1851 in Maryland; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He may have married again shortly before his death to a Mary/Molly Lowe.

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Census Listings:

1940 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Superior Twp
SD 4 ED 70-23 Sheet 5A
101-0-1000-Yes
Kuykendahl, James Head M W 79 M No 8 Ill R Osage Kansas
Kuykendahl, Mary Wf F W 80 M No 6 Wales Same Place
Mann, Joy Son-in-law M W 61 M No 8 Neb Same Place Farmer
Mann, Elsye Dau F W 51 No C-3 Kansas Same Place

James married Mary Ann Jenkins on 27 Mar 1888 in Kansas. Mary was born on 30 Mar 1860 in Wales; died on 6 Feb 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, he and Alice were living in Olivet, Kansas, with children Ethel, Hazel, Vernon, Lola and Olive. They had moved to Crawford Township, Kansas, prior to the 1910 census. The older children were all still at home, along with the younger Alice, Maude, George and Charles.

In 1920, they were in Wyoming. George was listed as a Laborer, General Farm. Seven of their twelve children were still at home: Vernon (23), Stella (17), Zelma (14), George (11), Charles (9), Loren (6), and Fern (4). Their eldest daughter, Ethel, was living next door.

In 1930, he was not listed in their home in Wilson County, Kansas. Orinda was shown as the head of household. Even though George was not present, she was shown as Married, and listed the age of her marriage as 16. Only her children Maude (24), Clinton (22), and Loren (16) were still living at home. She and her son Clinton were listed as being engaged in Farming.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Olivet Twp
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 122 Sheet 8B
170-172
Kuykendall, George Head W M Apr 1863 37 m19 Ill Ill Ill
Kuykendall, Alice Wf W F Jan 1872 28 m 19 5/5 Ks Ind Ind
Kuykendall, Ethel Dtr W F May 1889 11 S Ks Ill KS
Kuykendall, Hazel Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Ks Ill Ks
Kuykendall, Verner Son W M Oct 1895 4 S Ks Ill Ks
Kuykendall, Lola Dtr W F May 1897 3 S Ks Ill KS
Kuykendall, Olive Dtr W F Aug 1900 ?/12 S Ks Ill Ks

George married Orinda Alice Cowdrey on 18 Sep 1888 in Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas. Orinda was born in Jan 1872 in Kansas; died after 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angeline married George Hurle on 12 Nov 1889 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. George was born in Jan 1865 in Wiltshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Osage City
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 4 ED 104 Sheet 7B
Market Street
147-149
Amish, Victoria Head F W 77 Wd 4/3 4/3 Bel French Hol Germany Bel French English Own Income
147-150
McGuire, Elizabeth Head F W 76 Wd 10/7 Ir English Ir English Ir English English Own Income
148-151
Kuykendall, Edgar head M W 43 m1 10 Iowa Ill Ill English None
Kuykendall, Katherine B Wf F W 43 M1 10 0/0 Maryland Ir English Ir English English Dressmaker At Home

Family/Spouse: Katherine "Katie" McGuire. Katherine was born on 2 Oct 1866 in Maryland; died on 8 Jun 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hildred McGuire, the youngest of Mamie's six children read a draft of the McGuire family history that her nephew, Keith McGuire, Jr was compiling.

In May 1978 she wrote him "When I read your sketch of the McGuire family, it didn't seem just right for some reason, and after I thought it over for awhile, I realized why. You were only 2 yrs. old when THE one who made us a family passed away, and you never knew her at all."

"Mom [Anna Mary Mamie Kuykendall McGuire] was not an average person (I'm a lot like her) and very few people ever really knew her except her kids, but there's not one of us who ever failed to love her and respect her. It was from her that we learned to love; she never talked about it, she just demonstrated it.

So no history of the McGuire family could even begin without Mamie....I'm sorry to say that I hardly know our dad until I was a grown woman. He operated the blacksmith shop during the spring and summer and then was gone from home most of the balance of the year, working on various construction jobs around the country and in Canada. He figures in my recollections something like Santa Claus-he came to us on occasion and usually bought lovely gifts, but Mom was the one who saw to our basic needs (and sometimes his as well!). It never occurred to me 'til years later how it happened that we got up on Sunday morning and our long-johns were freshly laundered (after our weekly bath the night before) and mended and ready to go. It must have taken quite awhile to wash and mend four sets.....maybe that's why Mom was later unable to sleep more than 3-5 hours a night! When she was old, she lost her sight, and couldn't read, and she nearly killed me keeping me from my '8 hours' to play bridge with her---because she was unable to sleep. ha!

In a follow up letter, in July 1979, she added "you didn't mention the divorce and I'm sure you must have heard somewhere that our parents were divorced in 1921. They later remarried (about 1925) but never were compatible and lived apart for the rest of their lives. This deep difference seems to have been present all during their married lives and was the cause of a lot of pain and suffering for both of them, but more for Mom than Dad. Men always have been able to find an antidote for their pains better than women and it was more so in the past than in the present----Mom spent her life like a mother bird without a mate.

Dad meant well and he never understood where he failed. He worked hard and long but he took no responsiblity for the nitty-gritty day-to-day needs of his family. His head was in the clouds with dreams of things 'way to too big for his ability to accomplish. He built buildings and thought up fancy names for the business he envisioned, but it was Mom who did the dirty work and kept on doing it after Dad gave up and turned to something else, because somebody had to keep the family going...

She tried to feed and clothe the family and finance Dad's operations from the the income from the store and she ended up with unpaid bills from merchandise ordered from the wholesale houses. She paid off hundreds of dollars after the store was closed following the divorce. Dad went off to a new life (chasing a married woman) and wouldn't even help support his minor children except when the woman learned of it and made him send us a few bucks. I think dad loved us, but he just didn't understand that he owed us anything. So I would like you to change "he operated the store in Trail" (to) he built the building but had nothing to do with the operation.....he borrowed $500 from a lawyer and gave the building as collateral....(causing Mom to borrow that amount from a relative to gain back the title to the building) which she held until her death. When her estate was settled, we opted to give it to Dad, and that's how it usually worked out. Mom sacrificed and went without things in order to pay the $500, Dad spent his money on women and ended up with the benefits of her sweat!

Mom was very young (about 4-5 yrs. old) when her mother died and her father remarried. She didn't like her stepmother and she left home when she was quite young and worked as a domestic in the homes of wealthy people. I don't know the extent of her formal education but probably 8th grade.

She was a tremendously capable person and had an inquiring active mind. She was way ahead of her time, and this is why she seemed strange to many people. She practiced religious and health ideas that are only recently becoming popular. [Note: her Death certificate shows she was attended to by a Christian Science practioner for the two years prior to her death].

She taught the first school on Red Creek, when Percy and Cecil were probably both to small to attend. I think she said she took them with her because she didn't have anyone to care from them in her absence.

She had a good voice and studied music (organ) when they were little but she said she had to give it up because it interfered with her family duties. (Percy poked several beans up his noise and nearly suffocated while she was having a lesson, so she never had another....and the organ was sold following her divorce).

The short story [written by Hildred] that I mentioned dealt with an incident concerning the store....it was so tantalizing to see all the goodies (which other people bought and we could not afford). Sometimes if something didn't sell we'd get it. [The story was about] some rubber balloons with different designs on them..we finally got....mine got away and I chased it 'till I was exhausted and finally it burst. I came back out of breath and heart and Mom was standing in the door with what looked like the one I had lost. She pretended that she'd found it---this is how she was---she didn't try to protect us from all pain and disappointment, but she knew when we were overwhelmed by events in our lives and and came to our rescue when it would have been disastrous if she had not. I think I would have been unable to believe in anything if I'd lost that small thing that day. I believe there is a Power operationg for good and that it uses us to carry out It's work, if we are loving, caring individuals

(Medical):In failing health for two years prior to death, caused by stomach trouble. Attended to by Mrs. Monroe, a Christian Science practioner.

Anna married Henry David McGuire on 4 Dec 1893 in Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas. Henry (son of Frederick Hugh McGuire and Simanthy "Cynthie" Elizabeth Porter) was born on 19 Jan 1868 in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 3 Feb 1944 in Trail, Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Trail Cemetery, Dewey County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows him as being born in Williamsburg, Kansas. Census records seem to indicate he was born in Illinois, as were his older sibling

At the time of the 1900 census, he was married to Lottie, and living in Olivet, Kansas. Next door to his home lived Belle and Joseph JENKINS, his sister and brother-in-law. The census shows his DOB as June 1871, and his wife as being born in April, 1868, both being born in Illinois. Lottie was shown as being the mother of no children.

Fred married Lottie Elmira Newport on 27 Dec 1893 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. Lottie was born on 27 Apr 1868 in Illinois; died on 17 Jul 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows her as being born in Linn County, Kansas, although census records seem to indicate she was born in Illinois. At the time of the 1900 census, she and her husband, Joseph Jenkins, were living in Olivet, Kansas, next to her brother Fred. It was indicated that Joseph was born in Kansas, with both his parents being born in Wales. His date of birth was shown as Nov. 1871, with hers being listed as August 1876. She was shown as the mother of zero children.

Belle married Joseph Jenkins on 6 Jun 1899 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. Joseph was born in Nov 1871 in Kansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Blanche Meeker in Jul 1903. Blanche was born before 1885; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Marie Porter after 1916. Marie was born before 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Uriah Newport on 19 Mar 1899 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. Uriah was born before 1881; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married Ralph Edward Miller on 24 Nov 1908 in Kansas. Ralph was born about 1882 in Kansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Arthur Chester Miller on 2 Feb 1910 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. Arthur was born about 1886 in Kansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Alta Mary Swan on 29 Dec 1915 in Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas. Alta was born about 1897 in Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Paul Tennyson Kitchen on 9 Jul 1920 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Paul was born about 1893 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Lives at Trail, Oklahoma" (Kuykendall, HISTORY, p. 242).

Keith McGuire shows that he married Della JORDAN and that they had no issue.

In 1920, he was living in Dodge, Kansas, and listed on the census as follows:

Ward 3, ED 55, 112-126
Ramsey, Charles C. Head M W 39 M Kansas MD Illinois Car Carpenter Railroad
Ramsey, Leona Wife F W 36 M Ohio Ohio Ohio

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 census, he was living in Bakersfield, California, with his divorced sister, Ethel HOWARD, and niece Velma. His occupation was listed as "Fireman, Railroad." They lived in between the Mexican Colony on Railroad Property and the Mercy Hospital.

George married Sylvia Susan Underhill on 29 Jun 1925 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Sylvia was born on 7 Mar 1903 in California; died on 8 Jul 1992 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JELLISON ETHEL MAY 01/22/1891 KUYKENDALL RAMSEY F KANSAS KERN (Rootsweb, California Death Records)

Ethel married Grover Cleveland Howard on 12 Oct 1909 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Grover was born between 1884 and 1890; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethel married Franklin Delano Jellison on 24 Dec 1924 in Kern County, California. Franklin was born about 1887 in Kansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elsye married Joy Bruno Mann about 1929. Joy was born on 5 Apr 1879 in Nebraska; died on 27 May 1953 in Kansas; was buried in Osage City Cemetery, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susie married Richard Hugh Edwards about 1915. Richard was born about 1891 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Myrtle married William H. Edwards about 1920. William was born on 16 Mar 1889 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Barclay Township
Enumerated 2 Apr 1930
ED 70-4 SD 10 Sheet 1A Stamped 19
3-3
Kuykendall, Claude Head M W 33 M 21 Kansas Ill Wales Farmer
Kuykendall, Elizabeth Wf F W 31 M 19 Kansas Mich Kansas
Kuykendall, Wilma J Dtr F W 11 S Kansas Kansas Kansas
Kuykendall, Wayne M Son M W 8 S Kansas Kansas Kansas
Kuykendall, Dean C Son M W 2 3/12 S Kansas Kansas Kansas

Claude married Isabelle Lucy Morton on 2 Jun 1918 in Arvonia, Osage County, Kansas. Isabelle was born on 23 Feb 1899 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 census, Ethyl was listed as single, and the head of her own household. She was working as a teacher, and was living next door to her parents.

Dora married John A. Kelliher after 1930. John was born about 1882 in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hazel married Vernon Lister on 20 Dec 1917 in Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Vernon was born about 1897 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Is in army training camp at Fort Riley, went July 22, 1917"

At the time of the 1930 census, Vernon, age 35, and his brother Warren, age 20, were lodgers in the home of Abner Weston in Box Elder, Wyoming. Both were single, and lsited as farm laborers.

Vernon married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1920, she was newly married to Charles Adkins and living in Fannin County, Texas. Her younger sister, Olive "Ollie" was living next door to them, married to a Grant Adkins, also from Kentucky. Perhaps Charles and Grant were brothers? (George Benson Kuykendall shows, apparently in error, that Lola was married to Grant Adkins).

Texas, Fannin County, Precinct 6, ED 58
Adkins, Charles H Hd R M W 35 M Kntcky Kntcky Kntcky Driller Oil Well
Adkins, Lola M Wife F W 22 M Kansas Illinois Kansas
Adkins, Delorrris Niece F W 3 1/12 Oklahoma Kentucky Oklahoma

At the time of the 1930 census, she was living with her second husband, and their census listing was a follows:

Texas, Swisher County, Happy Town, JP 3 142-150
Slaughter, Ross H Hd R $40 M W 37 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Agent Sewing Machine Slaughter, Lola M Wife F W 32 M 22 Kansas Illinois Illinois Hotel Keeper
Adkins, Donald L. Stepson M W 9 S Tx Kentucky Kansas
Adkins, Ruth E StepDaughter F W 8 S Wyoming Kentucky Kansas
Adkins, Doris M. StepDaughter F W 5 S Tx Kentucky Kansas
Adkins, Billy C.H. Stepson M W 3 11/12 S Tx Kentucky Kansas
Bellos, Clifford Lodger M W 40 S Iowa Iowa Kentucky Laborer Odd Jobs

Keith McGuire notes that she later married a third time, to Drew O GRAHAM. Keith does not note any children born to them.

Lola married Charles H. Adkins about 1920. Charles was born about 1885 in Kentucky; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lola married Ross H. Slaughter about 1929. Ross was born about 1893 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appears to be her record from the SSDI:

OLIVE ADKINS
16 Aug 1899
Feb 1983
71417 (Colfax, Grant, LA )
(none specified)
525-32-9327
New Mexico

The one-year discrepency in her date of birth is noted. The date shown, 16 August, is the same shown by Keith McGuire and George Benson Kuykendall. Only the year, 1899 vs. 1900, is different.

Olive married Grant Lee Adkins on 4 Jun 1915 in Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas. Grant was born about 1898 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stella married George Barney Coons on 16 Dec 1922. George was born on 13 Dec 1885 in Michigan; died on 27 Feb 1954 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried in Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows that she was a bookkeeper for an International Harvester Dealer in Fredonia, Kansas.

From the SSDI at Rootsweb:
ZELMA M KUYKENDALL 11 Aug 1905 08 Jan 1997 (V) 66208 (Shawnee Mission, Johnson, Kansas (none specified) 512-18-5222 Kansas

Notes:

Keith McGuire lists his occupation as carpenter.

This appears to be his listing from the SSDI:

CHARLES W KUYKENDALL 25 Mar 1910 29 Jan 1995 59806 (Missoula, Missoula, MT ) (none specified) 520-12-3897 Wyoming

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LOREN KUYKENDALL 10 Oct 1913 Dec 1984 66736 (Fredonia, Wilson, KS ) 66736 (Fredonia, Wilson, KS ) 509-26-5744 Kansas

Loren married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Barclay Township
Enumerated 5 Jan 1920
SD 4 ED 102 Stamped 103
3-3
Hurle, George Head M W 53 m 1881 Na 1911 England England England Far,er
Hurle, Angie Wf F W 53 M Ill Ill Ill
4-4
Hurle, Clyde T.? Head M W 29 M Kansas England Ill Farmer
Hurle, Marjorie L Wf F W 28 M Kansas Pennsylvania Ill

1930 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Barclay Township
Enumerated 2 Apr 1930
ED 70-4 SD 10 Sheet 1A Stamped 19
4-4
Hurle, George Head M W 64 m 23 England England England Farmer
Hurle, Lottie C Wf F W 61 M 25 Ind Ohio Ind (Second wife)
14-14
Hurle, Clyde Head M W 39 M 22 Kansas England Ill Farmer
Hurle, Marjorie Wf F W 38 M 21 Kansas Pa Kansas
Hurle, Lois M Dtr F W 9 S Kansas Kansas Kansas

Family/Spouse: Marjorie Rughlie. Marjorie was born on 15 Jun 1891 in Kansas; died in Jul 1987 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madge married Lawrence Davis about 1916 in Kansas. Lawrence was born on 7 Dec 1890 in Kansas; died in Mar 1980 in Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SSDI

Maude Davis
Last Residence: 75220 Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Born: 19 Dec 1894
Last Benefit: 75220 Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Died: Dec 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951)

Maude married Thomas Davies about 1912 in Kansas. Thomas was born about 1890 in Kansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Benson Kuykendall instead shows the first name as Clarice.

Clarice married Robert Stutzman about 1919 in Kansas. Robert was born about 1898 in Pennsylvania; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

.A/K/A Robert Henry McGuire
A/K/A Albert Henry McGuire

Excerpts from a biography of Percy, written by his nephew, Keith McGuire Jr. Keith received some of the information below from Percy's youngest daughter, Nelda.

Percy was the eldest child of Henry and Mamie McGuire, born in Kansas. His family then moved, in December 1898, to western Oklahoma.

When he was 19 he travelled with his father in work in Canada on a clear water pump on the Mackenzie River, to furnish water for a coal mine. When an ice jam broke loose and destroyed the pump they employment was terminated, and they returns to Oklahoma. Percy later moved to Hurley, New Mexico, where worked for a mining company.

On 8 March 1918, Percy enlisted in the Navy in El Paso, using the name Robert Henry McGuire, and the birthdate 8 January 1897, for "business and legal reasons." He was on active duty until his discharge on 31 January 1919, at which time he returned to Oklahoma. He was a Quartermaster Second Class, and discharged from the U.S. Naval Training Camp in San Diego, California, due to a Physical Disability, not specified.

In 1921, he married Ruby Weber in Guthrie, OK, and they had two daughters. He and his family, along with his younger brother Keith Sr, moved to Illinois for work. He later followed jobs across the country during the mid 1920s to the early 1930s, working in California, Kansas, Missouri, Idaho and Nevada. One of his jobs was working on the Boulder Dam, now known as the Hoover Dam. He was also a guide for the Park Service at the dam site.

He returned to Oklahoma, where he lived and worked in various cities for the remainder of his life, expect for a brief time in Corpus Christi, TX (1940-1941).

He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in the mid 1930s, receiving treatments at the Veterans Administration in both Clinton and Sulphur, OK.

Keith Jr recall's that Percy visited their family in Camargo, in the early 1940s, entertaining he and his sister Pat with card tricks. He refused to sleep in their home, however, saying it would be safer for their family if he slept in the camper shell on the back of his truck, as he did not want to expose them to tuberculosis. He died of this disease on 18 April 1946. Some two weeks before his death, he wrote his brother Elvis, that "---it sure is a job for me to write. I am eating pretty good and my throat is much better so I still have courage. By the way old top I want your return expense account and would like to know if extra batteries can be got for that little radio and if they can be charged outside of the set, if so I think I want one. The 2 sets they have here are completely dead from daylight to dark and I can't find any radio news or ads of any kind so far. Write when you can. I will try to answer. I hope my health will improve with the weather, it has been cold and raining for several days but nice today. Best Luck to All, Your brother, Percy."

Prior to his death, he moved to Nevada for for health, and his sister Ellen helped care for him.

Obituary

R.H. McGuire, 49, veteran of World War One, passed away in the Lincoln Co hospital, Caliente, NV, April 18.

Services held at the Turner funeral home, Yukon, Friday. Rev. CA Burkhart, pastor of First Christian, conducted the ceremony. Burial in Yukon.

Survived by wife, Ruby A McGuire, two daughters, Nelda Walker and Helen McGuire, Oklahoma City, two grandchildren, David and Charles Walker, OKC, three brothers and two sisters. Brothers E.H. McGuire, Tuscaloosa and K.D. McGuire, Camargo, attended the last rites.

Mr. McGuire lived with his family in Yukon, and was employed as a carpenter and builder for many years. He had been sicek for several years, and was a patient at the VA in Sulphurs until 5 months ago, when he went to Nevada for his health.

Following service in the Navy in WW I, he married Ruby Alice Weber at Guthrie, June 16, 1921.

He was a member of the American Legion.

The funeral program for Percy, xerox provided by Keith McGuire Jr, showed:

In Memory of Robert H. McGuire
Born January 8, 1897 Died April 18, 1946
Services from Turner Funeral Home Yukon, OK at 4 pm on
Friday, April 26, 1946
Clergyman Officiating Rev. C. A. Burkhart
Final Resting Place Yukon Cemetery

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Census Listings

1930 Census
California, Imperial County, Brawley Twp and City
Enumerated April 9, 1930
ED 13-1 SD 21 Sheet 9A Stamped 154
171-228
Morris, Rudolph Head M W 21 M 20 Ala Ala Ala Repairman General Farm
Morris, Myrtle Wf F W 24 M 23 Ok Ok Ok
McGuire, Percy Roomer M W 35 M 24 Ks Ks Ks Carpenter General Farm
McGuire, Ruby Roomer F W 27 M 18 Pl Germany Ill
McGuire, Nelda Roomer F W 7 S Ok Ks Ok
McGuire, Helen Roomer F W 5 S Ill Ks Ok

Percy married Ruby Alice Weber on 26 Jun 1921 in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma. Ruby was born about 1903 in Oklahoma; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This brief biography was excerpted from a longer biography written by Keith David McGuire, Jr. titled "Cecil Elliott McGuire 1896-1983"

Cecil was born in Kansas, moving to with his parents and older brother to the Oklahoma Territory in December 1898. He attended rural schools in Dewey County, Oklahoma, attending through the eighth grade. He moved to New Mexico when he was 18 where he worked as a cowboy on the Drag A Ranch near the town of Datil. He met his future wife, Jean Pearl Phillips, in Magdalena, NM, when he attended her High School graduation ceremony with her brother, a friend of his.

On May 17, 1918, he joined the United States Navy at El Paso, Texas, serving until his discharge at Mare Island, near San Francisco on January 28, 1919. During his enlistment, he went to an Electrical Technician School. He was robbed of his savings on the night of his discharge, while staying at a YMCA. He worked odd jobs in both Westwood, California, and also was sent train fare by his father and brother Elvis to join them at a farm near the border of Alabama and Tennessee to help them manage the farming operations. When he had enough saved, he returned to Datil, and went to work for Nations Land & Cattle Co, and continued with the improvements to the homestead he had acquired to joining the Navy.

He married Jean Phillips on Christmas Day 1920. The couple relocated to Hurley, NW after Cecil was hired by Mr. Hermann, the husband of a close friend, and fellow teacher of Jean's. Cecil started out in the machine shop at the Nevada Copper Co. The McGuire and Hermann families later both relocated to Bisbee, AZ to work for the Copper Queen Mine Company. Cecil later was promoted to the Copper Queen Smelter, a branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation in Douglas, Arizona.

He also continued his education via correspondence courses, night school, and on the job training, learning the engineering skills necessary to register as a Civil Engineer (Arizona, 1938), and Civil Engineer/Water Rights Surveyor (Nevada, 1958). During his engineering training, in the early to mid-1930's, he worked as a field engineer during the construction of the Hoover Dam. He also worked at the Bureau of Public Roads in Phoenix, supplementing his income by staying rent free in the citrus farm of his supervisor, working evenings and weekends to plow, irrigate, pick fruit, and operate the smudge pots to keep the fruit from freezing.

He also did freelance work in surveying and mapping for ranchers and for the city of Douglas. In the 1940's Cecil and his younger brother Keith McGuire Sr collaborated on designing and building a prototype twin counter rotating rotor helicopter design. Keith worked on the fabrication of some of the components. After Keith's untimely death in 1948, Cecil abandoned the project. Cecil took a train from Arizona to Oklahoma to attend Keith's funeral. He later told Keith Jr that he completed the last leg of his long train trip by riding the Caboose of a freight train from Elk City to Camargo, to arrive sooner than he would have had a waited for the scheduled passenger train run.

Cecil was an avid hunter and fisher. He and his middle daughter, Ida Mae, took an annual fishing trip every summer, the final one taking place in 1983, shortly before his death. They had to cancel the 1982 trip after Cecil was struck by a car riding his bicycle and was briefly hospitalized.

He and his wife Jane were life members of the Hurley New Mexico branch of the Masons and Eastern Stars.




(Research):Cecil enlisted into the armed services on 17 May 1918, at the age of 22. His date of birth was erroneously shown on his military records as 2 July 1894 versus his actual year of birth as 1896. He was released from Military service on 28 Jan 1919.

Cecil married Pearl Jean Phillips on 25 Dec 1920 in Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona. Pearl was born between 1897 and 1900 in Oklahoma; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This brief biography was excerpted from a longer biography written by Keith David McGuire, Jr.
As was true of his siblings, Elvis grew up primarily in Dewey County, OK, with the exception of the year the family spent on a farm in Alexandria, LA. He also worked with his father in 1918 on a farm in Tennessee.

While growing up, he attended rural school in Oklahoma, and in addition to helping on his parents, farm, he had two part time jobs. When he was ten, he carried mail three times a week from the train depot to the post office, a four-mile round trip, for which he received 50 cents per trip. When he was 16, he worked for the railroad itself as a section hand. In 1920, Elvis and Percy moved to Northwest Arizona, working as a surveyor on the construction of state highway #95, between Toprock and Oatman. In 1923, he moved to Hurley, New Mexico, travelling on top of a passenger train. In Hurley, he worked for the Chino Copper Company. He also fought, and won, his first professional boxing match here.

A year later Elvis moved to Illinois, in a Studebaker Touring Car that he had rebuilt, bringing his Mother and sisters Ellen and Hildred with him. His nephew Keith heard that Elvis made the move to get away from the higher elevations in New Mexico, which he thought contributed to blood pressure issues. His great nephew Tom was instead told by Elvis that the water in New Mexico was so bad, the only liquid he consumed by Coca-Cola, and that the massive amounts of cola that he consumed led to stomach issues.

During his stay in Illinois, he worked at a Farm Implement Factory, alongside his younger brother Keith. In the winter of 1925-1926 Elvis also worked as a street-car conductor in Chicago.
In November 1926, Elvis moved to Brownsville, Alabama and obtained employment at Brownsville Lumber, working as a mechanic in the Creosote Plant. His younger brother Keith followed him, working at the same plant.

While in Alabama, Elvis continued pursuing his career as a boxer, and was in five fights, winning four of them. His last fight was on October 31, 1927, against Joe Lousier of Florida. He won this on a technical knock-out in the eighth round, breaking a bone in his left hand during the fight, and finishing the fight one handed. After this fight, he retired from boxing, at the urging of his wife Norma. While living in Cottondale, they farmed.

In the 1940's, they traded their farm in Cottondale for a home in Tuscaloosa, on 1706 Forest Lake Avenue. Elvis was employed as a mechanic by Anders Studebaker Company, advancing to shop foreman before the Agency closed in the mid 1950's. During World War II, he maintained Stearman PT-17's military trainers at the Tuscaloosa airport. He later enlisted United State Seabees (1949-1965), working as a Gasoline Engine Repairman, and attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Elvis continued to work as a shop foreman for various civilian firms, retiring at the age of 70.

He was in an automobile accident in November 1989, and was no longer able to care for himself due to the injuries he received. He was a resident of the Park Manor Nursing Home in Morthport, Alabama until his death in 1994.

Obituary (transcribed from undated, unreferenced newspaper clip)

E. H. McGuire

E.H. "Mickey" McGuire, 93, of 1708 Forest Lake Drive, died December 22, 1994, at Forest Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lake Baptist Church. Dr. Donald Payne will officiated with burial in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park and Hayes Chapel Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include grandchildren, Vann Lantz and Valerie Lantz, both of Tuscaloosa; Son-in-law Tim Lantz, Thousant (sic) Oaks, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Michael Lantz and Amy Lantz, both of Tuscaloosa; sister-in-law, Florence Martin, Cottondale; and a good friend, Eppie New, Tuscaloosa.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 tonight at the funeral home.

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Census Listings:

1940 Census
Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Mitchells Elec Prec 23
Enumerated 11 Apr 1940
SD 6 ED 63-48 Sheet 8a Stamped 923
Keenes Mill Road
167-0-1800
McGuire, Elvis H Head M W 39 M No 8 Ok R Tuscoloosa Mechanic Garage
McGuire, Norma G Wf F W 22 M No H12 Ala R Tuscoloosa

Elvis married Norma G. Jordan on 23 Sep 1927 in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. Norma was born on 25 Apr 1907 in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; died on 19 Dec 1981 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; was buried in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith grew up in Trail, Oklahoma, across the river from Camargo. His family moved often while he was growing up He worked as a blacksmith and welder.

At the time of the 1930 Federal census, he was a Lodger in the home of Eulalie Fayard in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi. He was shown as Male, Single, born in Oklahoma with his parents born in Alabama and Kansas. Occupation was that of a Telephone Lineman.
(Source Citation: Bay Saint Louis, Hancock, Mississippi; Roll: 1146; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0005; Image: 125.0; FHL microfilm: 2340881.)

Keith owned a 1940 Aeronca TL Trainer two place tandem seat air plane, in which he died after a crash on January 4, 1948. He had been assisting some local ranchers who were eradicating coyotes in the area. His son, Keith McGuire, Jr. recalls that his father "occasionally, and not for hire, would fly in areas where local farmers/ranchers that he knew were hunting Coyotes, and would serve as a spotter for those on the ground." Keith Jr was riding with hi s Dad in the plane that day until shortly before his Dad's death, which was just after noon, 12 PM.

Coyote Hunting using airplanes were accomplished by two means at that time. One was where a second person riding with the pilot would shoot coyotes while in the air from the airplane. The other was where Ranchers on horses using Greyhound Dogs to corner the coyotes would sometimes be assisted by a pilot in a plane serving as a spotter to designate where coyotes were by a maneuver , usually wagging the planes wings in flight when they flew over an area where they saw coyotes. Keith reported that his father did this strictly for the sport, and not for hire.

There was not enough room in the church for all the mourners at his funeral , which was typical for all funerals in small towns in that time era. Kenneth Carpenter was one the eight honorary pallbearers at Keith's funeral, there being six active pallbearers. Josephine and Kenneth were married some eight years after the funeral.

The funeral director was Mr. Shaw of Vici, Oklahoma.

Keith married Josephine Marguerite Morlas on 16 Jul 1930 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. Josephine (daughter of John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert) was born on 13 Apr 1905 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 6 Sep 1983 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma; was buried in Camargo (Westside) Cemetery, Camargo, Dewey County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Keith McGuire Jr, Ellen was born and raised in Dewey County, OK, with the exception of the the summer of 1914 to 1915, when she instead resided at a farm in Alexandria, LA. In 1922, Ellen moved with her mother and younger sister to Oklahoma City, where they lived with brother Percy and his family. They later moved to Hurley, NM to live with her brother Elvis, moving with Elvis to Illinois in 1924.

In the 1930's, Ellen followed her father, Henry, and brothers Percy and Keith to Idaho, where their families worked on the construction of an irrigation canel. Ellen later moved to Nevada, and married Harry Mathews in Panaca. They divorced.

She later married Ralph Elliott "Blackie" Hamilton, in August 1946, in Idaho. The couple homesteaded two properties in Nevada, east of Caliente, and when Blackie died in August 1968, Ellen obtained the both titles.

Ellen was a painter, and during Christmas, 1969, she sent her nephew, Keith McGuire an oil landscape painting he and his wife Daisy had admired with they visited her in 1966, when he husband was ill. Keith and Daisy kept it prominently displayed the remainder of their lives.

She moved to Hatch, NM. After being diagnosed with cancer, she went to live with her brother Cecil in Mesa. She was treated for her cancer in Phoenix, where she died in 1970.

(Excerpted from Keith David McGuire Jr's unpublished manuscript about the McGuire family)

Ellen married Ralph Elliott Hamilton in Aug 1946. Ralph was born on 29 Dec 1897 in Ohio; died on 5 Aug 1968 in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada; was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The youngest of the McGuire sibiling, Hildred was born and raised in Dewey County, OK, with the exception of the the summer of 1914 to 1915, when she instead resided at a farm in Alexandria, LA. In 1922, Hildred moved with her mother and older sister to Oklahoma City, where they lived with brother Percy and his family. They later moved to Hurley, NM to live with her brother Elvis, moving with Elvis to Illinois in 1924.

She graduated from High School in Batavia, Illinois. In 1930, Hildred followed her parents and brothers to Idaho, where her dad and brothers found employment on the construction of an irrigation canal project.

This is where she met and married Lamar David Okelberry, and they had one daugther, Mary Ellen. Hildred and Lamar divorced.

In 1939, in Rock Spring, Wyoming, Hildred married Bert Lee Hyde. They had two children, daughter Roberta born in Twin Falls, Idaho and Sharon, born in Aurora, Illinois. The young family had moved back to Illinois after their eldest daughter was born, as Bert inheritied his parents family farm in Batavia.

After she and Bert separated in 1957, she moved into the town of Batavia with her daughters. After her girls had graduated from High School, Hildren moved to California and received an Associates Degree in Arts. In the 1970s, she moved to Albuquerque, living their until 1981, when she moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and lived their until she died in 1983.

She supported herself and her family at various times as a waitress, and as a secretary.

(Excerpted from Keith David McGuire Jr's unpublished manuscript about the McGuire family)

Hildred married David Lamar Okelberry on 3 Dec 1931 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. David was born on 5 Sep 1909 in Milner, Cassia County, Idaho; died on 4 Sep 1993 in Murtaugh, Twin Falls County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hildred married Bert Lee Hyde, Jr. on 15 Mar 1939 in Rock Spring, Alton, Madison County, Illinois. Bert (son of Bert Lee Hyde, Sr. and Agnes E. MacMahon) was born about 1910 in Illinois; died on 4 Nov 1974; was buried in West Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mabel was orphaned and adopted by her Aunt and Uncle, Joseph and Belle (Kuykendall) Jenkins.

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows her as married to William SOARKS on November 16, 1935.

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows he married twice, to a M. VanDUESSON and later to a J. GRAY. He had two stepchildren.

Chester married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Alma Ruth Arzberger on 7 May 1939 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas. Alma was born on 16 Feb 1919 in Kansas; died on 11 Sep 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows that she married second Frank Lee Adams.

ADAMS VELMA SADIE 12/25/1910 RAMSEY CLEVELAND F KANSAS LOS ANGELES(19) 02/08/1989 555-07-8480 78 yrs (Rootsweb, California Death Records)

Velma married Bob Albert Morris on 1 Aug 1925 in California. Bob was born before 1910 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He died while in the service of the United States Military during World War II.

Notes:

Keith McGuire shows that she married Jerry Lewis COOK, an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She was an interior decorator. They were the parents of two children, Claudette and Jay.

Notes:

PATRICK KELLIHER 12 Jul 1918 Oct 1978 (not specified) 90815 (Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA) 520-05-2933 Wyoming

Keith McGuire shows him as a "Foreman, Water Department."

In September, 2014 Craig Kelliher emailed: "John A Kelleher married Abbie E Sullivan, probably in Massachusetts prior to 1918, when first son, Patrick Joseph, (my Grandpa Joe) was born. Both John and Abbie emigrated from County Cork, Ireland. John was one of ten surviving children of Patrick Kelleher and Mary Lyons of Beenalaght, Co. Cork. John and second wife, Ethel, are buried next to one another in All Souls cemetary on Cherry St. in Long Beach, CA. This corroborates that Patrick Joseph, Bill and Jim were stepchildren of Ethyl. Uncles Bill and Jim were USC graduates and "confirmed bachelors" who ran real estate and escrow business in LA area. Grandpa Joe worked oil fields in WY then worked for the City of Signal Hill in Long Beach, CA. Joe's 98 y.o. widow and youngest son survive today."

Notes:

WILLIAM E KELLIHER 08 May 1922 24 Jan 1991 (V) 90815 (Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA) (none specified) 555-20-3776 California

Notes:

JAMES KELLIHER 04 Jul 1926 Mar 1977 (not specified) 90806 (Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA) 523-28-3266 Colorado

It appears that as of the 1930 census, he was living with his Aunt and Uncle, Catherine and William DONEGAN in Wakefield, Mass. He was listed as James F. KELLEHER, Nephew, 3 years 8 months, born in Wyoming. They were living in District 482.

Notes:

Assumed to be his record in the SSDI. It is noted that the SSDI shows his DOB as 24 Mar 1919, as opposed to 25 Mar 1919 shown by Keith McGuire.

WAYNE ADKINS 24 Mar 1919 Jun 1995 88201 (none specified) 458-05-1894 Texas

Keith McGuire shows that he married Adel Alma DAVIDSON on 6/21/1939 in Roswell, New Mexico, and that were the parents of Judy Ann and David Wayne ADKINS. He worked as a Driller.

Notes:

The following SSDI listing appears to be his: GRANT ADKINS 31 Oct 1924 Sep 1974 (not specified) (none specified) 525-36-8317 New Mexico

Keith McGuire shows him as an attorney, and notes that he and Marcella were the parents of four children. His Texas Death certificate shows he was a Landman in the Oil Industry, and the informant was his son, Grant Steven Adkins.

Grant married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith McGuire notes that he worked for Union Carbide as a Chemical Plant Operator. On the SSDI, he is listed as E. G. Coons. FindAGrave has a photo of him in uniform, but does not have info about any military markers.

Elmo married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sybil married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith David McGuire was born on January 30, 1932 in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Josephine Marguerite Morlas and Keith David McGuire, Sr. His parents were residents of Camargo, Oklahoma, but Josephine returned to her hometown, to be with her mother and sisters, for the birth of her first child.

Growing up in Camargo, he worked with his father, who was a welder and blacksmith. Keith was just 16 when his father-an experienced pilot-died in a plane crash in 1948. That summer, Keith, his mother and sister Pat moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They stayed there for the summer with the family of his Uncle, Elvis McGuire. While there, his mother took typing and shorthand classes to gain skills to help support her family. They later moved back to Camargo.

In May 1950, Keith graduated from Camargo High School. His graduating class included only 21 students, including his former high school girlfriend, Pearl Stephenson, senior class secretary, who was listed on the photo as Pearl Stephenson-Miller. Another classmate was Bob Moore, who Keith recalled that he met on their first day of first grade, was one of his closest friends throughout school, and one of only 4 classmates that attended school in Camargo with Keith for all 12 years. Bob later married a younger classmate, Mary Ann Hunt. Mary Ann was a lifelong friend of Keith's younger sister Pat, she and Pat were also in classes together for 12 years, and remained close friends throughout their adult lifes.

After graduating High School, Keith enlisted in the United States Air Force, in part to help support his mother and sister, as well as to build up funds for his own college education. He served at various bases in four states and was also stationed in Japan. After he completed his military service, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.

He married Daisy Marie Newnam on September 14, 1957, in Chandler, Oklahoma, a year prior to his graduation. The first home he and Daisy shared was a four room apartment that she had been living in prior to their marriage, the lower unit of a garage apartment located at 2324 1/2 NW 33rd in Oklahoma City.

Keith was a lifelong fan of the Oklahoma Sooner football team. He spent his working career in the U.S. Civil Service as a Mechanical Engineer, moving his family throughout the southwest in service of his country.

An article published in the "Prarie Pilot" Big Spring, Texas (Vol. X-No.38, Friday, January 16, 1970), noted "The establishment of a new position within Civil Engineering Division has resulted in one promotion, and has brought a new face to Webb. Stepping into the new post of associate base civil engineer is Bill G. Mims, lifetime resident of Big Spring and formerly chief of CE's engineering and construction branch. Replacing Mr. Mims in that job is Keith McGuire, formerly of Clinton-Sherman AFB, Okla.........(the) new Engineer, Mr. McGuire, a native of Oklahoma, looks forward to liking this area and the friendly people Having come from a similar position at Clinton-Sherman, he sees no particular problem in adjusting to the job at Webb. In his position, he is responsible for development of engineering data to support the base military construction and maintenance programs, design work, master planning, construction inspection, and contract development. The only problem he anticipates would be in the transation from Strategy Air Command to ATC. Also a professional engineer, Mr. McGuire is registered in Oklahoma, having earned the bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He and his wife, Daisy have three children, Keith, 10, Scott, 8, and Julia, 6" (photo of Bill Mims and Keith McGuire was provided by A1C Bob Fainter, Air Force Photo).

Seven years later, an article in the "The McANAD News," McAlester Oklahoma, Vol. 31, No. 16, dated 26 August 1977 (published by the U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot) noted that Keith recently replaced Mr. Tom Stark as Engineering Resources Management Division Chief, coming from Webb AFB, Big Spring, Texas, where he had held the position of Engineering and Construction Management Branch Chief. The article noted that Keith and Daisy had one son enrolled at the University of Texas, majoring in Music, and two children enrolled in McAlester High School in McAlester.

Keith was also an enthusiastic family genealogist and corresponded with cousins about family for many years, and spent much time researching their mutual ancestors.

Keith spent his retirement years in Bailey, Colorado, where he loved spending time outdoors with his dogs.

Obituary

BAILEY, COLORADO - Keith D. McGuire, Jr. a long time resident of Bailey, Colorado passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 88.

Keith was born January 30, 1932 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Keith David McGuire, Sr. and Josephine Marguerite Morlas McGuire. Keith married Daisy Marie Newnam on September 14, 1957, and they were married 28 years until her death.

He graduated from Camargo Oklahoma High School in 1950 and in July of that same year he enlisted in the United States Air Force. He faithfully served his country during the Korean War and completed his military service in July 1954. After his military service he attended The University of Oklahoma and in 1958 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.

He was a lifelong fan of the Oklahoma Sooner football team. He worked in numerous states as a mechanical engineer for the United States Civil Service. He enjoyed flying small aircraft. He not only had his commercial pilot license, but was also a pilot instructor. After retiring to Colorado, he enjoyed snow skiing with his kids, the outdoors and walking his dogs. He was an enthusiastic family genealogist and corresponded with cousins about family for many years.

He was preceded in death by his wife Daisy McGuire, parents and a sister, Patricia McGuire Strong.

SURVIVORS: Son, Keith D. McGuire, III and wife, Cindy Coleman; son, Clayton Scott McGuire; daughter, Julia L. Phillips and husband, Todd and numerous grandkids, nephews, nieces and cousins.

Downloaded from the Brown, Owens & Brumley Family Funeral Home & Crematory.

Keith married Daisy Marie Newnam on 14 Sep 1957 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Daisy was born on 21 Sep 1934 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma; died on 2 Oct 1985 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Pat grew up in the small town of Camargo, Oklahoma. Even though her mother was Catholic, she and her brother attended Sunday school at the First Christian Church since there was no Catholic Church in town. She remembers spending some time one summer, along with her brother, living with a priest and his mother in a nearby town learning enough catechism to receive her first communion.

Pat and Charles raised their children in the Catholic church, and most attended parochial schools, at least in elementary school. They respected their childrens views, however, and allowed those who did not want to go through confirmation to make that choice. After their children were grown, they grew disenchanted with religion, and embraced a humanist philosophy.

She was called Patsy by her parents when she was young. and Pat as an adult. When her eldest grandson, Charles Joseph, was first beginning to talk, in 1983, he had trouble saying the word "Grandma".....instead calling Pat by the name "Munga." All her grandchildren and the rest of her family began to use that name as well, and she was known as Munga to her family and loved ones for the next 35 years.

Obituary

Patricia "Pat" Marion McGuire Strong, a resident of Edinburg, Texas for over 40 years, was born on October 30, 1933 in Camargo, Oklahoma, a small farming and ranching community near the Oklahoma panhandle. She was an excellent student with many friends, active in 4-H, and played on her high school basketball team. She died March 16, 2018 in her home, surrounded by people she loved.

When Pat was 14, her beloved father, Keith David McGuire, Sr., an experienced pilot, died when the two-seat airplane he was piloting crashed.

Pat was very proud of her mother, Josephine Marguerite (Morlas) McGuire, a native of New Orleans, who rose to the formidable challenge of raising and educating Pat and her elder brother Keith as a single parent during the 1940's. Even though Josephine had not worked outside the home before, it became necessary after her husband's death. Being widowed at age 42, she had only the proceeds from the sale of her husband's welding shop, and a small inheritance from her mother, to help support her family. Josephine and her children moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama and lived briefly with Pat's Uncle Elvis McGuire, allowing Josephine to take typing and shorthand courses to prepare herself to enter the workforce. When she finished with her coursework, they moved back to Camargo and she held several different jobs over the years, many simultaneously: a newspaper clerk and social columnist, a department store saleslady, a census enumerator, and most often was employed as a waitress at restaurants and coffee shops.

The main motivation for returning to Camargo was to allow Pat, and her brother Keith to complete High School in their home town. Pat graduated in 1951 as the salutatorian of her class.

After her graduation, Pat and her mother moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma, where Pat enrolled in Southwestern State College with her mother as her roommate. Both she and her mother worked while Pat was in college to cover their daily needs, as well as the cost of college attendance. Her brother Keith, an U.S. Air Force enlistee, also contributed to their support. Pat graduated Magna Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Science in Education in 1954.

From 1954 to 1956 Pat taught High School in Mooreland, Oklahoma, where she and her mother continued to share a home. After her mother remarried Kenneth Carpenter (a friend and pallbearer at her late husband's funeral), Pat pursued and earned a Master of Science degree in Business Education from Oklahoma State University. There she met, at a Newman Club dance, fellow student and her future husband, Charles Richard Strong of Duncan, Oklahoma, and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. It was love at first kiss! They married in Stillwater on May 25, 1957. Pat graduated from O.S.U. in May 1958, two months prior to the birth of her eldest child.

Over the first ten years of their marriage, Pat and Charles had seven children, (in order of birth), Thomas Anthony, Mary Patricia, John David, Laura Ann, Karl Joseph, Paul Stephen and Anne Marie. They moved even more times than they had children. They lived and worked in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, while Charles taught at various colleges while completing his Ph.D. in Business Management at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
While busy raising her large family, Pat worked part time as an instructor in the Business Education Department at Mississippi State College for Women and assisted as proofreader and typist for her husband's doctoral dissertation. In May 1973, Charles, who was also a practicing C.P.A., was offered a position in the Accounting Department at Pan American University in Edinburg.

When her youngest daughter began school, Pat began to teach full time in McAllen, Texas, instructing her students in the subjects of English, Typing, and Shorthand. She taught 20 years before her retirement in 1994.

Pat is preceded in death by both parents, her stepfather, and four sisters-in-law: Daisy Newnam McGuire, Theresa Strong Rutledge, Betty Wehunt Strong, and Caroline Strong Brasher.

She is survived by her husband of over sixty years, Charles; four sons Tom (Melinda)-San Antonio, John (Isabel)-McAllen, Karl (Deirdre)-Boerne, Paul (Sherry)-Houston; three daughters, Laura (Ken Solomon)-Helotes, Mary Pat and Annie, both of Edinburg; twelve grandchildren, Charles Joseph (Pratistha) Strong-Jefferson City, MO.; J.H.T. "Tommy" Strong-Long Beach, CA; Michael Strong-San Antonio; Elizabeth Strong-Corpus Christi; Charles Richard Strong-Boerne; David Strong-San Antonio; William "Billy" Strong-Austin; Jacobo (Yamilet) Strong-McAllen; Katelyn Solomon-San Antonio; Joseph Strong-Boerne; Christian "Che" Strong-San Antonio; and Hannah Solomon-Helotes; three great grandchildren, Maya Strong (age 5), J. D. Alvarez (age 3), and Mateo Strong (8 months); her brother Keith David McGuire, Jr.-Bailey, Colorado; brothers-in-law, Bill Strong-Harlingen, TX; John (Brenda) Strong-Duncan, OK; Tom (Vickie) Strong-Laveen, AZ and Paul "P.D." (Jane) Strong-Duncan, OK; 18 nieces and nephews and their spouses and children; several first cousins from the Morlas family of New Orleans to whom she was particularly close, including Vivian Solares of Harahan, LA; former students; and dear friend and fellow teacher, Earlene Burney of Clarksville, Tennessee.

She was known for her love of her family, which is her proudest accomplishment, her quick wit, and her quiet intelligence. She was an ardent fan of the San Antonio Spurs. She adhered to and demonstrated the Humanist philosophy through her constant empathy and kindness to others, regardless of who a person might be.

She was also very proud that three of her children, one daughter-in-law, and four grandchildren have thus far followed her and her husband into the profession of teaching.

The family wishes especially thank Pat's special caretakers (Mary Pat Strong, Veronica Rosales, and Lilliana Herrera) for all they have done.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, P.O. Box 6251, McAllen, TX 78502; Comfort House Services, 617 Dallas Ave, McAllen, TX 78501; or the Rio Grande, or your local, Habitat for Humanity.

Cremation will be handled by Memorial Funeral Home, Edinburg. Interment will be in the McGuire family plot at the Camargo (Westside) Cemetery, where her family will gather this summer to share memories and oversee her interment.

Slightly modified versions of this obituary were published, either in print and/or online, in the following periodicals:

New Orleans (LA) Time Picayune
Woodward (OK) News
Duncan (OK) Banner
Chickasaw (OK) Times
San Antonio (TX) Express News
McAllen (TX) Monitor

The following tribute was posted, without a name attached, in her guestbook on the online version of the Woodward, OK obituary.

"My sincere sympathy is extended to Patricia's family. I fondly remember her as Ms. McGuire and as faculty sponsor of my 1955 MHS Senior class. My class was honored when she attended our 50th reunion. She inspired all of us to achieve beyond our capabilities and was always interested in helping us make good decisions. Speaking for the rest of my surviving class of '55 and as their President, we will all miss her and thank her family for allowing us the privilege of having time with this great person.."

(Medical):



An mtDNA sample supplies by her oldest son, Tom Strong, was analyzed by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. Their analysis showed the following Haplogroup assignment, along with the following differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence.

HVR1 Haplogroup
K
HVR1 differences
from CRS
16224C
16519C

The mitochondrial super-haplogroup U encompasses haplogroups U1-U7 and haplogroup K. Haplogroup K is found through Europe, and contains multiple closely related lineages indicating a recent population expansion. The origin of haplogroup K dates to approximately 16,000 years ago, and it has been suggested that individuals with this haplogroup took part in the pre-Neolithic expansion following the Last Glacial Maximum. William Hurst, on his Haplogroup K Website, writes that "Katrine," the founding mother of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K, was one of the "Seven Daughters of Eve" as listed in the 2001 book of that title by Bryan Sykes. A lot of happened since 2001, but the book is still valuable.

Katrine lived about 16,000 years ago. Perhaps the oldest known K descendant was Oetzi the Iceman whose frozen body was discovered in the Alps in 1991. Estimated at 5000 years old, the Iceman proved to have the basic mutations for a K: 16224C and 16320C. Every K is a cousin of Oetzi.

Patricia married Charles Richard Strong on 25 May 1957 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. Charles (son of Homer Richard Strong and Anna Laura Payne) was born on 24 Aug 1932 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 21 Oct 2021 in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried in Camargo (Westside) Cemetery, Camargo, Dewey County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roberta married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]