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Isa Adelle (Tharp) McKeen (1880 - 1970)

Isa Adelle McKeen formerly Tharp
Born in Murphy District, Ritchie, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 27 Nov 1901 (to about 1904) in Ritchie County, West Virginia, USAmap
Wife of — married 1919 in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at age 89 in Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 10 May 2024
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Biography

Isa was born in 1880. She was the daughter of Phineas Tharp and Sarah Moyers. She passed away in 1970.

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  • Personal acquaintance. Gravestone. She raised my father. She was like a grandmother to me. Census records. Marriage records. Death record. I remember her well.




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Aunt Isa was very short, less than 5 feet tall. Her husband Bob towered over her, even though he wasn't unusually tall. Yet she ruled the roost. Bob, a locomotive engineer had to give up his politics for her. When word got out he subscribed to The Daily Worker (a communist paper) it was bad for business for at her beauty salon.

She and Bob raised my father, after the judge issued a custody order. Grandma moved to California and Dad said he and brother Ray were hungry so they went into yards and picked oranges off the trees at night.

posted 21 May 2024 by Sandra (Moats) Moore   [thank Sandra]
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