Name: Thomas Kea(2)_2021-05-26

Updated: 05-27-2021 05:05:80.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Sarah Jane Kea: Birth: 10 FEB 1860 in Chambers, Texas, USA. Death: 16 AUG 1913 in New Edinburg, Cleveland, Arkansas, USA

  2. Mary Ann Kea: Birth: 14 SEP 1861 in Liberty, Texas, USA. Death: 15 JUL 1933 in Plain Dealing, Bossier, Louisiana, USA

  3. Susan Ann 'Susie' Kea: Birth: 21 SEP 1864 in Liberty, Texas, USA. Death: 12 JAN 1942 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, USA

  4. Francis Fendley Kea: Birth: 24 MAR 1866 in Liberty, Texas, USA. Death: 4 MAR 1886 in Evergreen, Avoyelles, Louisiana, USA

  5. Dora Kea: Birth: 30 SEP 1869 in Liberty, Texas, USA. Death: 22 NOV 1940 in Springhill, Webster, Louisiana, USA

  6. Turner Raymond Kea: Birth: 21 SEP 1870 in Homer, Louisiana. Death: 1892 in Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

  7. Lula Mae Kea: Birth: 1 APR 1872 in Webster, Louisiana, USA. Death: 2 APR 1936 in Lafayette, Arkansas, USA

  8. Millie Jane Kea: Birth: 11 JUN 1874 in Webster, Louisiana, USA. Death: 22 MAR 1913 in Columbia, Arkansas, USA

  9. Lee Benjamin Kea: Birth: 6 DEC 1875 in Webster, Louisiana, USA. Death: 6 AUG 1939 in New Edinburg, Cleveland, Arkansas, USA

  10. Lillie Manilla Kea: Birth: 27 JUL 1878 in Webster, Louisiana, USA. Death: 30 APR 1955 in Rye, Cleveland, Arkansas, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Green, 'Lena' Kea Hicks
2. Title:   'Eleven Generations,' page 9

Notes
a. Note:   1834: 'Franklin' was named after his mother's brother, Francis Albright Skinner.
  1858: Francis purchases tract of land in Dale County, Alabama; Section 25 & 30, Township 5N, Range 25E & 26E; Patent #22734, dated 11/1/1858. This land is located south / southwest of Echo and northeast of Newton, near Mount Enon Church, 312337N, 852824W. [also see his father's nearby tract]
  1859-62: Four of Curtis Kea's children marry in Dale County; Franklin, Nicey, Hannah, and Margaren.
  1860: Franklin's first child, Sarah Jane, born in Chambers County, Texas; 2/10/1860.
  1861: Franklin's second child, Mary Ann, born in Liberty County, Texas; 9/1861.
  1862-65: John Wesley Kea, uncle of Frank, in 57th Texas Cavalry (organized in Liberty County, Texas).
  1864: Francis served during the Civil War under General Richard Taylor and fought at Mansfield (4/8/1864); and Pleasant (4/9/1864), La.
  1864: Franklin's third child, Susie Ann, born in Liberty County, Texas; 9/1864.
  1866: Franklin's fourth child, Francis, born in Liberty County, Texas; 3/1866.
  1867: 'In 1867, Curtis Ivey and his family traveled via boat to New Orleans and Monroe, La., and by wagons to Minden, La. With Curtis and his family; Zachary Kea and his family; Winifred and her sons John and William W. and his family; Mary Ann's sons; Thomas; and Leonard Kinchen Mozingo and his family. Mary Ann lost one child at sea during the trip. There were about 50 men, women, and children in the party.' ['Eleven Generations']
  1869: Franklin and family moved from Liberty County, Texas to Claiborne, Louisiana late 1869 - early 1870.
  1870: Francis recorded in the 1870 Federal census, Claiborne Parish, La., 3 W. Homer, page 60. His father Curtis is recorded in the 1870 Federal census, Claiborne Parish, La., 4 W. Minden, page 128. [FTM CD #319]
  1878: 'Franklin (Uncle Frank), age 44, was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery. It was an awful time, 16 inches of snow and the ground frozen 12 inches deep. In order to open the grave, we had to build fires on top of the ground.' [statement of Lena's mother, 'Trona Rena.']
  1967: In a 3/6/1967 letter from 'Lena' Green to Thomas E Pipes, Lake Charles, La., 'Lena' states that her only brother, Edwin Franklin, was named after his uncle, Franklin Albright Kea. 'Lena' states that the family never knew Franklin by the name Francis, it was always 'Uncle Frank.' [Thomas Pipes married the great-grandaughter of Franklin; Ruby Cockrell.]

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