Mary and Will McKeown, Edith McKeown, and Laura McKeown
Date
mid-1890s
Summary
In the front row is Edith McKeowen. She moved from Chicago with a brief stay in Denver before moving to Creede, Colorado around 1897. In 1898, Edith married Thomas S. Jones, sheriff of Mineral County. To the right is her sister Laura McKeown. Laura was living with with Edith and Thomas in their home in 1900. She also taught school and later was superintentent of the Creede schools. In 1901 she married Harry Van Horn who later became superintendent of the Commodore Mine. The back row is husband and wife; Mary Cunningham and William "Will"; C. McKeown. Will worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and served as a conductor in Nebraska and Colorado and ended up as superintendent of the Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific in Cheyenne, Wyoming before he retired and moved back to Denver.
