Person:John Kelley (6)

John Kelley, son of J. L. and Joanna Kelley, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, in November, 1824, and came to this township with his parents when an infant. He was married July 28, 1844, to Matilda Price. They have nine children---John L., Ivy, Adaline, Joseph, Joanna, Levi, Harriet, Charles and Effie. Mr. Kelley has served two terms as Justice of the Peace, and as Township Trustee. He is a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Kelly’s grand- mother, Margaret Snowdon, was the first white woman in Athens County. J.L. Kelly, deceased, son of E. and Silence (Edmunds) Kelly, Was born in Cayuga County, N. Y. His father came to Athens County, Ohio, with his family, and was one of the first settlers of Carthage Township. There was a family of four sons and two daughters. J. L. resided at home until nineteen years of age. When twenty-four he was married to Joanna Price, who was born in the block house at Marietta, Ohio. He lived in Meigs County two years, and in 1825 located in Lodi Township. He had a family of eleven children---John, Louisa, Perilla, L. E., Louis, Silence, Lu- cinda (deceased), Jane, Olive, William and Joanna. John L. Kelly, son of John and Martha (Price) Kelly, was born June 18, 1845, in Lodi Township, where he was reared and edu- cated. June 20, 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twen- ty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served a year. He was married Dec. 806

21, 1868, to Lydia Burley, who died leaving one child---Rosa. Dec. 25, 1876, he married Susan Tower. They have three children--- Maud, Lucas and Dessie. Mr. Kelly owns a farm of eighty acres, well improved. Copied from: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/hocking/hvhchap28.htm

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1830. M19, 201)
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Lodi, Athens, Ohio; Roll: 126; Page: 200.

   Name: John Kelly
   Residence Date: 1830
   Residence Place: Lodi, Athens, Ohio

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2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840. M704, 58)
   Year: 1840; Census Place: , Athens, Ohio; Roll: 377; Page: 374.

   Name: J L Kelly
   Residence Date: 1 June 1840
   Residence Place: Lodi, Athens, Ohio, USA

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3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. (- Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.: United States of)
   Year: 1850; Census Place: Lodi, Athens, Ohio; Roll: M432_660; Page: 159; Image: 320.

   Name: John L Kelly
   Birth Date: abt 1803
   Birth Place: New York
   Residence Date: 1850
   Residence Place: Lodi, Athens, Ohio

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