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James Asbury “Jim” Kelly

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James Asbury “Jim” Kelly

Birth
Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
Death
9 Nov 1919 (aged 76)
Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Graysville, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Jim was the fourth child & second son of James Jefferson & Elizabeth Fouts Kelly. Jim joined the Union Army in 1864. He & a Bean cousin were working in the fields when they heard the sound of a battle not too far away. They set out together northward to join the Union Army , knowing if they stayed in Dayton, they would be conscripted in the rebelling Army. He was honorable discharged due to "end of war."

Jim was a founder & the first Sunday school superintendent aof the Graysville Methodist Church. There he met his second wife, Mary Ellen Painter, a member of the Cleveland Methodist Church which was the mission church for the Graysville church. He died on his birthday. His daughter Hazel went in to wake him & she thought he was playing dead again. His 11year old son Charlie was the first to realize he was actually dead, and he summoned their mother. Jim was a lifelong Methodist & Republican. Back then Unionists & Republicans were the same thing in Tennessee.
Jim was the fourth child & second son of James Jefferson & Elizabeth Fouts Kelly. Jim joined the Union Army in 1864. He & a Bean cousin were working in the fields when they heard the sound of a battle not too far away. They set out together northward to join the Union Army , knowing if they stayed in Dayton, they would be conscripted in the rebelling Army. He was honorable discharged due to "end of war."

Jim was a founder & the first Sunday school superintendent aof the Graysville Methodist Church. There he met his second wife, Mary Ellen Painter, a member of the Cleveland Methodist Church which was the mission church for the Graysville church. He died on his birthday. His daughter Hazel went in to wake him & she thought he was playing dead again. His 11year old son Charlie was the first to realize he was actually dead, and he summoned their mother. Jim was a lifelong Methodist & Republican. Back then Unionists & Republicans were the same thing in Tennessee.

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  • Created by: BKMarler
  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95744009/james_asbury-kelly: accessed ), memorial page for James Asbury “Jim” Kelly (9 Nov 1843–9 Nov 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95744009, citing Lone Mountain Cemetery, Graysville, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by BKMarler (contributor 34673232).