His mother died in 1893, when he was 19 and his father re-married shortly after to Mary Ellen "Molly" Painter. When his father re-married, he changed the spelling of his last name from Kelley to Kelly, therefore James' half-brothers all have the Kelly spelling while his remained Kelley.
On June 5, 1894, James Holiday Kelley married Isabella "Belle" Valois Rucker in Rhea, Tennessee (Source: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.
He and Belle had 11 children.
His mother died in 1893, when he was 19 and his father re-married shortly after to Mary Ellen "Molly" Painter. When his father re-married, he changed the spelling of his last name from Kelley to Kelly, therefore James' half-brothers all have the Kelly spelling while his remained Kelley.
On June 5, 1894, James Holiday Kelley married Isabella "Belle" Valois Rucker in Rhea, Tennessee (Source: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.
He and Belle had 11 children.
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