Alonzo was a farmer, brick mason and mechanic. He owned and operated a brick factory at Garrett IL before moving to a farm just south of Boyleston IL in Wayne County in 1899. There he raised mules for the army during World War I and grew sunflower seeds. He was the father of 12 children, only four living into adulthood. Most of the other eight died from typhoid fever. Distraught over a failed second marriage after the death of Emma, he died a suicide by hanging.
Family Members
Parents
Jehiel Hull Kelley
1829–1899
Elizabeth W. Kelley
1827–1902
Spouse
Emma Matilda Oswald Kelley
1859–1923 (m. 1877)
Siblings
Franklin Leroy Kelley
1865–1937
Children
Infant Kelley
unknown–1885
Infant Kelley
unknown–1887
Gladys Kelley
unknown–1888
Orpha Kelley Grothe
1888–1950
Victor Wendell Kelley
1889–1957
Junious Brutus Kelley
1891–1930
Pearl E. Kelley
1893–1894
James Arthur Kelley
1901–1978
