James Lowry/Lowery “Jim” KEELS^[1]

1853 - 1905  (52 years)

• Name	James Lowry/Lowery “Jim” KEELS  [2]
  Birth	29 Jan 1853
  Gender	Male
  HIST	The story is that his in-laws, Elias and Jane Chandler, disapproved of Jim’s marriage to their daughter. The feeling was that Jim Keels was not of the same “caliber.”  [2]
  Occupation	He was a blacksmith and sharecropper and moved around often between Shiloh, Olanta, Turbeville and New Zion.  [2]
  _UID	2B37A7D168D4490BB6D35683A92A830C2E1D
  Death	11 Nov 1905  [2]
  Burial	Friendship Cemetery, near Pleasant Grove, South Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I112188	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William Jefferson KEELS, Sr.,   b. 30 Jan 1831   d. 14 Jun 1886/1885
  Mother	Elizabeth Janet COLE,   b. 2 Apr 1830, South Carolina
  _UID	BF197DB822E645C6AE4950E2EE32242EBB34
  _UID	BF197DB822E645C6AE4950E2EE32242EBB34
  Family ID	F83686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Olivia CHANDLER,   b. 20 Mar 1859   d. 12 Feb 1942 (Age 82 years)
  _UID	BE77AD5B43364184A931A70D3CE46F55ED2B
  _UID	BE77AD5B43364184A931A70D3CE46F55ED2B
  Children	1. Maude KEELS   2. Bessie O. KEELS,   b. 1877, South Carolina   3. Catherine KEELS   4. Isabelle “Bessie” “Aunt Jim” “Little Jim” KEELS   5. Grace KEELS,   b. Sumter County, South Carolina d. Manning Hospital, Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina   6. Frances KEELS   7. Ezekiel “Zeke” KEELS   8. Merritt KEELS   9. L. E. Lucius KEELS   10. J. G. “Gerald” KEELS
  Family ID	F77513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S2810] Rett Floyd PO Box 14, Turbeville, South Carolina 29162, page 3, 5, 14. [S2810] Rett Floyd PO Box 14, Turbeville, South Carolina 29162, page 5.