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Josiah Shawahan Kelly Sr.

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
28 Jul 1867 (aged 42)
Ellsworth, Ellsworth County, Kansas, USA
Burial
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Josiah married Fanny Wiggins in November 1863. He was a discharged Union veteran and a prosperous farmer.

Josiah died of cholera. A few days later his widow, Fanny, gave birth to a son whom she named after his father. On May 6, 1880, Fanny married William F. Gordon.

Source: Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by Fanny Kelly, edited by Clark and Mary Lee Spence, 1990.

Note: The 1824 birth date was supplied by another Find a Grave contributor.
Josiah married Fanny Wiggins in November 1863. He was a discharged Union veteran and a prosperous farmer.

Josiah died of cholera. A few days later his widow, Fanny, gave birth to a son whom she named after his father. On May 6, 1880, Fanny married William F. Gordon.

Source: Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by Fanny Kelly, edited by Clark and Mary Lee Spence, 1990.

Note: The 1824 birth date was supplied by another Find a Grave contributor.


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