"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 473.  Grant County.

MARSHALL S. KEENEY

     In the person of the estimable gentleman and successful business man whose
name appears above we have one of Grant county's most successful stockmen, a
keen business man possessed of excellent foresight and talents that have
demonstrated him one of the best handlers of finance in the county, while his
principles of uprightness and uniform straightforwardness have made him
respected by all and a worthy promoter of the interests of the county, having
also materially augmented its wealth by his good judgment and wise procedure and
thrift.
     Marshall S. is the son of Jonathan and Mary A. Keeney, and was born on
October 1, 1850, in Lawrence county, Missouri.  Seven years later, in the
spring, the family started across the plains, being composed of five children
and the parents.  When they landed in Healdsburgh, Sonoma county, California,
six months later, there was another child, it having been born on the way.  In
the spring of 1858 they came to Linn county, Oregon, and soon removed to Lane
county, settling near Eugene.  Our subject remained there until 1865, having
assisted his father on the farm and in the stock business.  Then he came across
the mountains with a band of sheep to Umatilla county.  In 1868 he went to San
Joaquin valley, California; later he went again to lane county, Oregon, and in
1870 came to Birch creek, Umatilla county, whence two years later he went to the
Owyhee river in Idaho with a herd of cattle.  In 1873 he went to Wallowa county,
and from there returned to his home in Umatilla county.  From there, in company
with his brother he went again to the San Joaquin valley, this time for a herd
of horses, with which they returned the same year to Grant county and settled on
their present place.  He is in partnership with his brother, Thomas B. and
together they own one thousand acres of good land, that is all fenced and well
improved.  Formerly they were handling sheep, but these were replaced with
cattle, of which stock they at the present time own large herds.  Mr. Keeney has
a good home and all the accessory improvements that make the rural life both
profitable and comfortable.
     The marriage of Mr. Keeney and Miss Carrie, daughter of Enoch and Permelia
Conger, living near Longcreek, was solemnized on December 25, 1882.  To them
were born two children, Bertha A. and Hubert C., who is deceased, having passed
away on March 12, 1889.  Mrs. Keeney died in November, 1889.  Mr. Keeney's
father, one of the prominent citizens of Umatilla county, died in 1884, and the
mother one year later.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2005 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.