Son of Henry Kelley and Catherine Hunt
Married Malinda Allison, 10 Jan 1836, Albion, Edward, Illinois
Children - Martha Jane Kelley, Catherine Malinda Kelley
History - Milton and Malinda and some members of their families, were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons. Some of them, were part of the Mormon Battalion movement. Milton is not listed with the first recruits. Some records link his name with Company A, along with his brother Nicholas Kelley. Milton was a teamster for one of Capt Jefferson Hunt's family wagons and simply a camp follower. Their wive's, Malinda Allison Kelley and Sarah Ann Price Kelley, were listed as laundresses for the Mormon Battalion.
Milton accepted responsibility to help assist the families of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt during the Mormon Battalion expedition. He and his wife, his brother Nicholas and his wife, Sarah and their son, Parley, along with several members of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt's families were among those sent with Capt. Higgins and the sick detachment into New Mexico, now Pueblo, Colorado. Milton died on 4 of November 1846 after going on a hunting expedition and contracting pneumonia.
Sgt. Daniel Tyler related that "Milton was a kind husband, good neighbor, and brave soldier having fought in the Black Hawk War". Some information comes from the book Women of the Mormon Battalion, compiled and edited by Carl V. Larson and Shirley N. Maynes. The Black Hawk War of 1833 should not to be confused with the Black Hawk War of early Utah times.
After his death Malinda gave birth to their daughter Catherine Malinda Kelley on 7 February 1847. Both mother and daughter traveled with the James Brown Company to Salt Lake City, Utah. Malinda then married Robert Dockery Covington. Catherine Malinda Kelley became the wife of Benjamin Lamoni Alexander.
Married Malinda Allison, 10 Jan 1836, Albion, Edward, Illinois
Children - Martha Jane Kelley, Catherine Malinda Kelley
History - Milton and Malinda and some members of their families, were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons. Some of them, were part of the Mormon Battalion movement. Milton is not listed with the first recruits. Some records link his name with Company A, along with his brother Nicholas Kelley. Milton was a teamster for one of Capt Jefferson Hunt's family wagons and simply a camp follower. Their wive's, Malinda Allison Kelley and Sarah Ann Price Kelley, were listed as laundresses for the Mormon Battalion.
Milton accepted responsibility to help assist the families of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt during the Mormon Battalion expedition. He and his wife, his brother Nicholas and his wife, Sarah and their son, Parley, along with several members of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt's families were among those sent with Capt. Higgins and the sick detachment into New Mexico, now Pueblo, Colorado. Milton died on 4 of November 1846 after going on a hunting expedition and contracting pneumonia.
Sgt. Daniel Tyler related that "Milton was a kind husband, good neighbor, and brave soldier having fought in the Black Hawk War". Some information comes from the book Women of the Mormon Battalion, compiled and edited by Carl V. Larson and Shirley N. Maynes. The Black Hawk War of 1833 should not to be confused with the Black Hawk War of early Utah times.
After his death Malinda gave birth to their daughter Catherine Malinda Kelley on 7 February 1847. Both mother and daughter traveled with the James Brown Company to Salt Lake City, Utah. Malinda then married Robert Dockery Covington. Catherine Malinda Kelley became the wife of Benjamin Lamoni Alexander.
Son of Henry Kelley and Catherine Hunt
Married Malinda Allison, 10 Jan 1836, Albion, Edward, Illinois
Children - Martha Jane Kelley, Catherine Malinda Kelley
History - Milton and Malinda and some members of their families, were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons. Some of them, were part of the Mormon Battalion movement. Milton is not listed with the first recruits. Some records link his name with Company A, along with his brother Nicholas Kelley. Milton was a teamster for one of Capt Jefferson Hunt's family wagons and simply a camp follower. Their wive's, Malinda Allison Kelley and Sarah Ann Price Kelley, were listed as laundresses for the Mormon Battalion.
Milton accepted responsibility to help assist the families of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt during the Mormon Battalion expedition. He and his wife, his brother Nicholas and his wife, Sarah and their son, Parley, along with several members of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt's families were among those sent with Capt. Higgins and the sick detachment into New Mexico, now Pueblo, Colorado. Milton died on 4 of November 1846 after going on a hunting expedition and contracting pneumonia.
Sgt. Daniel Tyler related that "Milton was a kind husband, good neighbor, and brave soldier having fought in the Black Hawk War". Some information comes from the book Women of the Mormon Battalion, compiled and edited by Carl V. Larson and Shirley N. Maynes. The Black Hawk War of 1833 should not to be confused with the Black Hawk War of early Utah times.
After his death Malinda gave birth to their daughter Catherine Malinda Kelley on 7 February 1847. Both mother and daughter traveled with the James Brown Company to Salt Lake City, Utah. Malinda then married Robert Dockery Covington. Catherine Malinda Kelley became the wife of Benjamin Lamoni Alexander.
Married Malinda Allison, 10 Jan 1836, Albion, Edward, Illinois
Children - Martha Jane Kelley, Catherine Malinda Kelley
History - Milton and Malinda and some members of their families, were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons. Some of them, were part of the Mormon Battalion movement. Milton is not listed with the first recruits. Some records link his name with Company A, along with his brother Nicholas Kelley. Milton was a teamster for one of Capt Jefferson Hunt's family wagons and simply a camp follower. Their wive's, Malinda Allison Kelley and Sarah Ann Price Kelley, were listed as laundresses for the Mormon Battalion.
Milton accepted responsibility to help assist the families of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt during the Mormon Battalion expedition. He and his wife, his brother Nicholas and his wife, Sarah and their son, Parley, along with several members of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt's families were among those sent with Capt. Higgins and the sick detachment into New Mexico, now Pueblo, Colorado. Milton died on 4 of November 1846 after going on a hunting expedition and contracting pneumonia.
Sgt. Daniel Tyler related that "Milton was a kind husband, good neighbor, and brave soldier having fought in the Black Hawk War". Some information comes from the book Women of the Mormon Battalion, compiled and edited by Carl V. Larson and Shirley N. Maynes. The Black Hawk War of 1833 should not to be confused with the Black Hawk War of early Utah times.
After his death Malinda gave birth to their daughter Catherine Malinda Kelley on 7 February 1847. Both mother and daughter traveled with the James Brown Company to Salt Lake City, Utah. Malinda then married Robert Dockery Covington. Catherine Malinda Kelley became the wife of Benjamin Lamoni Alexander.
Gravesite Details
Died in Colorado in 1847. Unmarked burial.
Family Members
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