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.       This branch of the family arose from Albert Kegley marrying  Armilda Shreve in 1884 and John Eden Shreve  marrying Ida Kegley in 1886.  Both Shreves were  children of John Smith Shreve and both Kegleys were the children of Elias Kegley. All lived in the area of the former village of DeBello, in Greenwood Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin.

      Note - If any living relative has interesting anecdotes about specific ancestors or  about  themselves, either at Debello or those who came from there, I would be interested in preserving them before we lose even more of the information to deaths. I mentally kick myself at all the information lost when my grandfather, Arch Shreve, died.  Even after that, I could have asked questions of Winnie Bruce  regarding George Kegley. But I didn't. Don't you be this way. Put them together and e-mail me with your information at drshreve  of  gmail.com. This is an e-mail address, but written out so that the spammers stop finding it. There will be a web page waiting for your information. Snail mail is all right too, but I am  not a fast typist, so don't expect a fast turn around.

This website is a work in progress. As I get time to add to it, I will. It also seeks to show some of the history of the pioneer Shreves and Kegleys in the Vernon County area of Wisconsin and to give some understanding of the genealogies of the families.                     l     

       Other Pages

                                        Early Days with Arch and Ona Shreve                  

                        Shreve Ancestors   Kegley Ancestors

                   DeBello Cemetery  Shreve/Beaver Cemetery

          Other Local  Burials          

The History of Greenwood Township 

Early Days in Debello Shreves in the Civil War

 See the old Kegley farm.  

An 1895 Vernon County Map still showing Debello.

A List including Of Wisconsin Shreves in the Civil War.

(Elias Kegley and his children were the wrong ages for service).

Check out the understandably little known and tongue in cheek

  "Battle of Kickapoo" of 21 May 1864. Note that 

none of the horse thieves listed are Shreves or Kegleys.

The Story of Arch Shreve   An old letter  

from Irene Shreve Roach  about her and Arch's childhood.

See other links about the Shreves or Kegleys,

including a new and impressive one.

Family Deaths

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