James Stewart Kelly

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James Stewart Kelly

Birth
Marseilles, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Apr 1938 (aged 75)
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
FVH21
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Son of James Kelly and Deborah (McCully)Kelly who came from County Down, Ireland in 1860. They had settled in Reddick and Round Grove, Livingston County, Illinois.

A young James Stewart Kelly had been a teacher of the Hidatsa Indians in the Dakotas. Earlier a Farmer, a Census Taker and a School Teacher.

James Stewart Kelly married Alice Josephine Washburn on February 21, 1895 in Gibson County, Indiana.

The young married couple lived first in Reddick, Livingston County, IL and then moved back to Alice's home in Washington Township, Gibson County, IN. About 1913 they moved into Vincennes where they resided until death.


James Stewart Kelly and Alice Josephine (Washburn) Kelly were the parents of 5 children:

1. Gladys Pearl Kelly born March 23, 1896 in Indiana, married Percy John Atkinson, she died in Michigan 1950's;

2. Basil Kelly born September 24, 1897 in Illinois, died in infancy;

3. Orvil Ray Kelly born 1 September 1898 in Livingston County,Illinois, married Katherine Inger Jacobsen, he died in Michigan December 28 2000 at the age of 102;

4. Ralph Washburn Kelly born April 30, 1900 in Livingston County,Illinois, married 1st. in 1920 Bessie Irene Shoenfeld, 2 children; married 2cd. in 1928, Ruby Marie Hinson, 10 children; he died December 15, 1977 in Vincennes, Indiana at the age of 77;

5. Verna Ione Kelly born March 12 1910 in Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana, she died August 03, 1927 in Vincennes, Indiana at the age of 17.

Son of James Kelly and Deborah (McCully)Kelly who came from County Down, Ireland in 1860. They had settled in Reddick and Round Grove, Livingston County, Illinois.

A young James Stewart Kelly had been a teacher of the Hidatsa Indians in the Dakotas. Earlier a Farmer, a Census Taker and a School Teacher.

James Stewart Kelly married Alice Josephine Washburn on February 21, 1895 in Gibson County, Indiana.

The young married couple lived first in Reddick, Livingston County, IL and then moved back to Alice's home in Washington Township, Gibson County, IN. About 1913 they moved into Vincennes where they resided until death.


James Stewart Kelly and Alice Josephine (Washburn) Kelly were the parents of 5 children:

1. Gladys Pearl Kelly born March 23, 1896 in Indiana, married Percy John Atkinson, she died in Michigan 1950's;

2. Basil Kelly born September 24, 1897 in Illinois, died in infancy;

3. Orvil Ray Kelly born 1 September 1898 in Livingston County,Illinois, married Katherine Inger Jacobsen, he died in Michigan December 28 2000 at the age of 102;

4. Ralph Washburn Kelly born April 30, 1900 in Livingston County,Illinois, married 1st. in 1920 Bessie Irene Shoenfeld, 2 children; married 2cd. in 1928, Ruby Marie Hinson, 10 children; he died December 15, 1977 in Vincennes, Indiana at the age of 77;

5. Verna Ione Kelly born March 12 1910 in Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana, she died August 03, 1927 in Vincennes, Indiana at the age of 17.

Bio by: Sandy46