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Hole Family Tree
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 1776 - 1846 (70 years)
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| Name |
Sarah HANDLEY [1] |
| Birth |
1776 |
Monroe Co Va  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
26 May 1846 |
Alcove Spring, KS [1] |
| Person ID |
I26783 |
Hole |
| Last Modified |
1 Sep 1997 |
| Family |
Humphrey KEYES, b. 13 Nov 1764, Keyes Ferry Va d. 11 Oct 1833, Springfield Ill (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Apr 1803 |
Monroe Co Wv [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Gershom KEYES, b. 16 Feb 1804 d. 1862 (Age 57 years) |
| | 2. James W. KEYES, b. 1 Nov 1805 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Alexander KEYES, b. 1811 d. 1831, Springfiled Ill (Age 20 years) |
| | 4. Margaret Wilson KEYES, b. 31 Mar 1814 d. 25 Nov 1861, San Jose Ca (Age 47 years) |
| | 5. Robert Caden KEYES, b. 1815 d. 4 Sep 1865, San Jose, Cal (Age 50 years) |
| | 6. Elizabeth KEYES, b. 1816, Monroe Co Va d. 1832, Sangamon Co Ill (Age 16 years) |
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| Family ID |
F8268 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2011 |
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| Notes |
- died enroute to Calif as part of Donner party The following material came from a website on the Oregon- California Trails. It was submitted by Dr. Robert Munkres of Muskingum College, who gave permisssion to include in this report - it was reprinted from The Tombstone Epitaph, The Daily Jeffersonian ( Cambridge Oh ), and The Bridgeport News-Blade ( Bridgeport Neb ).
Travel on the road west was difficult for the strong, dangerous for the unprepared and frequently fatal for the infirm. Many of the latter, however, displayed the fortitude of spiritual giants. One name of the roster of that courageous company might be that of Mrs. Sarah Keyes. In the winter of 1845-46, Mrs Keyes, now 70 years old, was not surprised when doctors told her that her health was such that she had only a few months to live. Instead of sitting back and waiting for the end, Mrs. Keyes vowed she would use whatever strength remained in her in an effort to see her son one more time - a son who had emigrated to Oregon several years earlier. A son-in-law agreed to let her accompany him and his family - word was sent to the son in Oregon to meet his mother in Fort Hall, Idaho. But the reunion was not to be. Mrs. Keyes died only a matter of days after the wagon train left Westport Landing. During the early moring hours of May 29, 1846, Mrs. Keyes was buried near the Big Blue River in present day Kansas. The death of Mrs. Keyes was undoubtly commented and remembered by other members of the train, and under other circumstances might have become part of the folk ore of the trail. Sadly, the name of Mrs. Sarah Keyes was all but lost to history when the party with which she had commenced the trip west subsequently encountered on eo the most fearsome experiences in trail history - a tragedy that forever attached the name of the train's leaders to Donner Pass. A picture of her grave site is available on the website. Actual burial place is near Alcove Spring Kansas [1]
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