Martha Alice Keel b. 9 Nov 1895 Missouri, USA d. 25 Feb 1985 Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA: Smith Family Tree

Martha Alice Keel

1895 - 1985 (89 years)

Name	Martha Alice Keel [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Birth	9 Nov 1895	Missouri, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Gender	Female
Census	1900	Sherley, Ripley, Missouri, USA [4]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Census	1910	Gatewood, Ripley, Missouri, USA [5]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Census	1920	Vernon, Kay, Oklahoma, USA [10]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of CJ Ross
Census	1930	Newby, Creek, Oklahoma, USA [9]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Henry Hensley
Census	1940	Lowe, Noble, Oklahoma, USA [8]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of John Hensley
Census	1950	Maud, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA [11]
	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to John Hensley
Death	25 Feb 1985	Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA [1, 2, 3]
Burial	Cummings Cemetery, Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA [1, 2]
	Martha Keel and Hank Hensley, buried together with her daughter, Mae Ross
		Burial-HENSLEY Alice and John Martha Keel and Hank Hensley, buried together with her daughter, Mae Ross - Cummings Cemetery, Maud OK + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107820759/ john https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107820564/ alice https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107819919/ agnes
Person ID	I22084	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 [4, 12]
Family ID	F9578	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 John Henry 'Hank' Hensley, b. 6 Dec 1900, Missouri, USA d. 8 Sep 1987, Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA (Age 86 years)

Children

1. Agnes Mae Ross, b. 15 Dec 1912, Missouri, USA

d. 27 Sep 1990, Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA

(Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F9404 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Charles Jasper 'Charley' Ross, b. 12 Nov 1891, Ripley County, Missouri, USA d. 24 Dec 1967, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA (Age 76 years)

Marriage 6 Aug 1911 Ripley County, Missouri, USA [2, 6]

Marriage End Bef 1923

Divorce of Alice and Charles Ross

Children

	1. Agnes Mae Ross, b. 15 Dec 1912, Missouri, USA d. 27 Sep 1990, Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Clyde Jerrold Ross, b. Abt 1915, Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, USA d. 8 Sep 1966 (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F7801 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 9 Nov 1895 - 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 - 6 Aug 1911 - Ripley County, Missouri, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of CJ Ross - 1920 - Vernon, Kay, Oklahoma, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Henry Hensley - 1930 - Newby, Creek, Oklahoma, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to John Hensley - 1950 - Maud, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA
	Death - 25 Feb 1985 - Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA

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Burials

Burial-HENSLEY Alice and John
Martha Keel and Hank Hensley, buried together with her daughter, Mae Ross - Cummings Cemetery, Maud OK + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107820759/ john https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107820564/ alice https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107819919/ agnes

People » Slide Show		HENSLEY-Alice and Hank Martha Alice Keel (1895-1985) and John Henry 'Hank' Hensley (1900-1987)
		KEEL-(siblings) (L-R): Jasper Marion 'Jap' Keel (1885–1962), Martha Alice Keel (1895–1985), Cordelia 'Delia' Keel (1882–1964), Tempie Patricia Keel( 1891–1967), Doll L 'Dollie' Keel (1906–1991), and Arthur Chester Keel (1893–1979)
		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

[S2170] Ancestry.com, Web: RootsWeb, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010.
[S7435] Find a Grave: KEEL Alice Hensley 1895-1985, Alice Martha Keel Hensley.
Birth 9 Nov 1895 Missouri Death 25 Feb 1985 (aged 89) Burial Cummings Cemetery Maud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Plot West Side, Block 3 Memorial ID 107820564
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107820564/alice-martha-hensley
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 441-64-6168; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: 1973.
[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
[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Lowe, Noble, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03315; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 52-11.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Lowe, Noble, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03315; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 52-11
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Newby, Creek, Oklahoma; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 2341634.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Newby, Creek, Oklahoma; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 2341634
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Vernon, Kay, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1466; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 147.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Vernon, Kay, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1466; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 147

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Maud, Seminole, Okla.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Maud, Seminole, Okla

[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

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