1st son of Patrick and Isabelle (Hockman) Kelley. About 1880 he moved to Texas with his Uncle Ebenizer and Aunt Martha (Hockman) Kelley, but since he didn't like Texas, he returned to Virgina. On May 20, 1888 in Leechburg, Pa., he was married to Medea Sarah Shaner (Jan 16, 1864-Feb 26, 1958), the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Sober) Shaner. Medea was born in Leechburg, Pa. and died in Strasburg, Va. where she lived with her son after his retirement.
Charles was a stone mason and he moved around quite a bit--living in Pennsylyvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse and West Virginia. After working various places in the Shenandoah Valley, he moved to Pittsburg, Pa. where he became the chief Stone Mason for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central. He was the supervisor of Italian immigrant stone masons who built the massive stone retaining walls along the Monongahela River on Pittsburgh's South Side.
Charles died of Pernicious Anemia.
His child:
1) Chauncy Vernon Kelley (1889-1973)
Charles was a stone mason and he moved around quite a bit--living in Pennsylyvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse and West Virginia. After working various places in the Shenandoah Valley, he moved to Pittsburg, Pa. where he became the chief Stone Mason for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central. He was the supervisor of Italian immigrant stone masons who built the massive stone retaining walls along the Monongahela River on Pittsburgh's South Side.
Charles died of Pernicious Anemia.
His child:
1) Chauncy Vernon Kelley (1889-1973)
1st son of Patrick and Isabelle (Hockman) Kelley. About 1880 he moved to Texas with his Uncle Ebenizer and Aunt Martha (Hockman) Kelley, but since he didn't like Texas, he returned to Virgina. On May 20, 1888 in Leechburg, Pa., he was married to Medea Sarah Shaner (Jan 16, 1864-Feb 26, 1958), the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Sober) Shaner. Medea was born in Leechburg, Pa. and died in Strasburg, Va. where she lived with her son after his retirement.
Charles was a stone mason and he moved around quite a bit--living in Pennsylyvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse and West Virginia. After working various places in the Shenandoah Valley, he moved to Pittsburg, Pa. where he became the chief Stone Mason for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central. He was the supervisor of Italian immigrant stone masons who built the massive stone retaining walls along the Monongahela River on Pittsburgh's South Side.
Charles died of Pernicious Anemia.
His child:
1) Chauncy Vernon Kelley (1889-1973)
Charles was a stone mason and he moved around quite a bit--living in Pennsylyvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse and West Virginia. After working various places in the Shenandoah Valley, he moved to Pittsburg, Pa. where he became the chief Stone Mason for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central. He was the supervisor of Italian immigrant stone masons who built the massive stone retaining walls along the Monongahela River on Pittsburgh's South Side.
Charles died of Pernicious Anemia.
His child:
1) Chauncy Vernon Kelley (1889-1973)
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