The Wider Pioneer Community

How Buffington, Skaggs, and Keathley connect to the family line

Alongside the six families in the direct Rayfield line, three more families appear in Pioneer Families as part of the wider Buffington and Iron County community — connected through marriage rather than direct descent. This chart traces those connections separately from the main family tree. Want the six-family direct line instead? See that convergence chart →

THE WIDER PIONEER COMMUNITY How Buffington, Skaggs, and Keathley connect to the family line THE SEAL COMMUNITY · REYNOLDS COUNTY Documented via Benjamin F. Seal's 1944 obituary (note 37) John & Anna (Vance) Seal parents of Benjamin & John Polk SEAL Benjamin F. Seal 1859–1944 · direct line · Ch. 4 see full convergence chart → SEAL John Polk Seal 1850–1922 · Benjamin's brother Eva Seal Farris · Ella Seal Skaggs · Lora Seal Buffington documented in the 1954 reunion photo — exact parentage within the Seal family not established FARRIS Eva Seal Farris married into the direct-line Farris family SKAGGS Ella Seal Skaggs married into the Skaggs community family BUFFINGTON Lora Seal Buffington married into the Buffington community family Wilma Skaggs Buffington — Skaggs by birth, Buffington by marriage — further ties these two community families together THE LEWIS & KEATHLEY FAMILIES · IRON COUNTY Documented via 1892 marriage license and 1900–1950 census records (notes 38, 40) LEWIS “Uncle Billy” Lewis c.1834–1900 · direct line · Ch. 5 see full convergence chart → LEWIS Katie Lewis 1878–1946 · direct line, Ch. 7 married John Wesley Robinson LEWIS Martha Evaline Lewis 1874–1955 · sister of Katie married William Tyler Keathley, 1892 KEATHLEY William T. & Martha Keathley married Feb 19, 1892, Ironton · 13 children KEATHLEY Clarence Keathley 1907–? · Iron County historian HOW TO READ THIS CHART Direct-line family (covered in the main convergence chart) Community family member (Buffington, Skaggs, Seal, Keathley) Connection documented, but exact parentage not established Shared ancestor confirmed by a named primary source Compiled by Andrea Harter (née Rayfield) · The Rayfields — A Family History

Every name, date, and relationship is drawn from The Rayfields — A Family History and the Pioneer Families page.  Living family members are not shown.  Meet the Pioneer Families →  ·  See the direct-line convergence →