Myrtle Estel 'Bessie' Keel

1897 - 1946  (49 years)

• Name	Myrtle Estel 'Bessie' Keel  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	2 Feb 1897	Ripley County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Sherley, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1910	Gatewood, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1930	Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Death	10 Jul 1946	Orange County, Texas, USA   [4, 6]
  Burial	Evergreen Cemetery, Orange, Orange, Texas, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I21858	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James Burton 'Big Jim' Keel,   b. 24 Mar 1844, Ripley County, Missouri, USA d. 1 Apr 1910, Gatewood Township, Ripley, Missouri, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Adeline Mayes,   b. 16 Apr 1864, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 4 Nov 1941, Bardley, Ripley, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Mar 1881	Iron County, Missouri, USA   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F9578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Oren Mounce,   b. 11 Jun 1893, Licking, Texas, Missouri, USA d. 22 Feb 1973, Fort Pierce, St Lucie, Florida, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1915	Ripley County, Missouri, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F11043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Feb 1897 - Ripley County, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1900 - Sherley, Ripley, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1910 - Gatewood, Ripley, Missouri, USA Marriage - 18 Apr 1915 - Ripley County, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1930 - Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA Death - 10 Jul 1946 - Orange County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• People

  KEEL-Martha and James (Family) Martha Adeline Mayes (1864-1941) and James Burton 'Big Jim' Keel (1844-1910) family (from L to r): BACK ROW: Jasper, Arthur, Myrtle, Alice - FRONT ROW: James Burton, Frank, Martha Adaline (Mayes), and Dolly L (baby)

  
  

• Sources

  [S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Sherley, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: 885; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1240885. 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Sherley, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: 885; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1240885 [S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Gatewood, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: T624_805; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0156; FHL microfilm: 1374818. 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Gatewood, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: T624_805; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0156; FHL microfilm: 1374818 [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: 1931; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0034; Image: 259.0; FHL microfilm: 2341665. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: 1931; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0034; Image: 259.0; FHL microfilm: 2341665 [S622] Ancestry.com, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;). Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S8585] Find a Grave: KEEL Myrtle Mounce 1897-1946, Myrtle Estle "Bessie" Keel Mounce. [S7032] Find a Grave: MAYES Martha Keel, Martha Adeline Mayes Keel. BIRTH 16 Apr 1864 DEATH 4 Nov 1941 (aged 77) BURIAL Bardley Cemetery Bardley, Ripley County, Missouri MEMORIAL ID 29408819 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29408819/martha-adeline-keel