John Bernard Key

4/17/1799 — 7/24/1870

Vital Records

Birth Date
4/17/1799
Birth Place
Petersburg, Virginia
Death Date
7/24/1870
Death Place
Bedford County, Virginia
Age at Death
71 years
Cause
Brain Fever
Military
No
Profession
Farmer

Marker Details

Type
Obelisk
Material
Marble
Condition
Excellent
Memorial Details
Wheat Motif
Footstone
Yes

Burial Location

Cemetery
Key Family Cemetery
Plot/Section
Not recorded
""Thy way, O God, in the Sanctuary who is so great a God as our God Psalm 77:13" "These precious ones from us are gone, there voices we loved are stilled. Their seats made vacant in our home, can never more be filled""
Other Details 9 Sons fought in the Civil War, 4 never came home

Family Lineage

Mother
Nancy Keys
Father
Thomas Keys
John Bernard Key
Spouse
Paulina C Overstreet Key (1804-1885)

Children

Thomas Henry Key
Robert N Key
Ann Elizabeth Key Beard
Charles Hopkins Key
Yelverton Peterson Key
Elmira Martha Key
Edward Willoughby Key
Celine P Key
John Singleton Key
Joseph Cephas Key
Benjamin Franklin Key
William Alfred Key
Kate Pauline Key Wheat