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Brownback Reformed Church Cemetery, Chester Co., Pennsylvania

Brownback's Reformed Church
and Cemetery

East Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania


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Bruce's GGG Grandparents were John BROWNBACK and Margaret DEFRAIN. Their son Jesse (Bruce's GG Grandfather) married Sarah A. KEELEY, daughter of Jacob and Sophia SHULER KEELEY. In September 2001 we were contacted by another KEELEY researcher whose ancestor was a brother of our Sarah KEELEY. This contact opened up the KEELEY line for us.  Following are the KEELEY tombstones in Brownback's cemetery.

Resource: LDS microfilm 1294884, Chester County East Coventry, Brownback Cemetery extract. Title of record: Brownback's (Coventry) Reformed Church Burials. Item 7. Title page: Burials at Brownback's Reformed Church, East Coventry, Chester County. Copied summer of 1961 by Raymond E. Hollenback.

Josiah and Margaret Keeley
Josiah KEELEY
1848 - 1925 		Margaret KEELEY
1843 - 1913

Horace, Mary, Ralph, Elmer KEELEY
Horace W. KEELEY
1873 - 1963 		Mary A. KEELEY
1876 - 1953 		Ralph S. KEELEY
1899 - 1909 		Elmer M. KEELEY
1901 - 1914

Keeley Group
Levi Keeley

Levi KEELEY
December 11, 1811
December 20, 1892
Age 81 years 9 days 		Barbara Keeley

Barbara Ann KEELEY
Wife of Levi
August 5, 1813
October 20, 1873
Age 60 yrs 2 mo 15 days
Henry Keeley

Henry KEELEY
Son of Levi & Barbara
May 2, 1837
October 7, 1838
Age 17 mos and 5 days 		Enos Keeley

Enos KEELEY
Son of Levi & Barbara
July 15, 1851
May 3, 1856
Age 3 yrs 9 mos 17 days

Reuben KEELEY, son of Jacob and Sophia SHULER KEELEY
Married October 27, 1842
Catherine HARTMAN, daughter of _______________
(Reuben is Bruce's Gr Gr Granduncle, brother of Sarah A. KEELEY BROWNBACK)
Reuben and Catherine had the following children:
  • Hannah E., b Sept 27, 1843, d March 2, 1924, married ______ O'BRIAN
  • Esther, b Sept 13, 1844, d July 27, 1873, married _______ BICKART
  • Sarah Jane, b Aug 13, 1845, d April 3, 1899, married ________ McCARTY
        Buried in Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, PA
  • John S., b July 27, 1847, d April 13, 1877
  • Jacob H., b __________, d Feb 5, 1934
        Buried in Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, PA
  • William P., b Oct 20, 1857, d Feb 11, 1903
  • Allison B., b Oct 20, 1859, d Jan 20, 1899
Information from an extract of a KEELEY Family Bible. Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Reuben and Catherine Keeley
Reuben KEELEY
May 13, 1818
July 16, 1899 		Catherine KEELEY
(Nee HARTMAN)
Dec 5, 1818
Oct 12, 1907
William P. Keeley

William P. KEELEY
Oct 20, 1857
Feb 11, 1903 		Allison B. Keeley

Allison B. KEELEY
Oct 20, 1859
Jan 20, 1899

Keeley Group
Robert and Catharine Keeley
Father
Robert R. KEELEY
January 17, 1832
December 8, 1906 		Mother
Catharine P. KEELEY
September 17, 1837
March 21, 1903
John Keeley

?John S. KEELEY?
Son of Robert & Catherine
May 19, 1867
Nov 21, 1867 		Pennel Keeley

Pennel J. KEELEY
Son of Robert & Catherine
May 13, 1860
Mar 19, 1869
Age 8 yrs 10 mos 6 days 		Bertha Keeley

Bertha V. KEELEY
Daughter of
Robert R. & Catharine
Died November 1, 1899
Age 21 yrs 7 mos 25 days

Sebastian KEELEY, son of Valentine and Susannah KEELEY
Married Before April 17, 1758
Elisabeth CHRISTMAN, daughter of Daniel and ________ CHRISTMAN

(Sebastian and Elisabeth are Bruce's 5th Gr Grandparents)
Sebastian and Elisabeth had at least one son:

Jacob KEELEY, b. April 25, 1758, d. April 15, 1814
   Married 1782, Mary SHIMER, daughter of Michael SHIMER

Jacob and Mary had 9 children, one of whom was:
   Jacob KEELEY, b. 1793, d. 1828
      Married Dec 14, 1813, Sophia SHULER, daughter of William and Sarah CROLL SHULER
Sebastian KEELEY

Sebastian KEELEY
Who departed this life
November the 8, 1777
Aged 48 years 		Elisabeth KIELY

Elisabeth KIELY (KEELEY)
(Nee CHRISTMAN)
Born June 17, 1734
Died April 6, 1807
Age 72 years 9 months 20 days
Jacob KEELEY

Jacob KEELEY
Who was born the 25th day of
March in the year of our Lord
1758. Living in Wedlock
with Mary Shimer 34 Years
having born 9 Children 3 Sons
and 6 Daughters and departed
this life the 15th Day of April
in the Year of our Lord 1814
Aged 56 Years and 20 Days 		Mary KEELEY

Mary KEELEY
wife of Jacob Keeley Daughter
of Michael Shimer who
was born in the Year of our Lord
1760 and Departed this life
the 14th Day of April in the
Year of our Lord 1814
Aged 54 Years

William Horace and Ethel M. KEELEY
William Horace KEELEY
September 20, 1905
October 11, 1990 		Ethel M. KEELEY
July 15, 1908
October 11, 1988

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