Husband Samuel Kelley 1
AKA: Samuel Kelly 2 3
Born: 25 Dec 1800 - County Down, Ireland 1 2
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Died: 28 Apr 1880 or 1 Apr 1881 - Butler Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
Buried: - Butler, Butler Co, PA
Marriage: 1831 2 5
Wife Eliza McKee 3 4
AKA: Elizabeth McKee 2 6
Born: 1814 - County Antrim, Ireland 4
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Died: 17 Apr 1880 or 21 Mar 1881 4
Buried: - Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: Richard McKee ( - ) 7
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1 M David M. Kelley 2 5
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Died: Bef 1909
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2 F Catherine J. Kelley 5
AKA: Catherine J. Kelly,4 Jane Kelly 2
Born: 1 Sep 1839 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Fergus Morehead Shira (1833- ) 4 5 8
Marr: 1 Jan 1857 4
3 M John C. Kelley 1
AKA: John C. Kelly 2 9
Born: 13 Feb 1840 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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Spouse: Nancy C. Gillespie (1844-1905) 2 5 9
Marr: 1865 2 5
4 F Elizabeth J. Kelley 5
AKA: Elizabeth Kelly,10 Mary E. Kelly 6
Born: 1843 6
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Died: 1897 6
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Spouse: Isaiah John McCandless (1843-1920) 6 11 12
Marr: 1869 6
5 M Samuel R. Kelley 2 5
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6 F Agnes Kelley 2 5
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Died: Bef 1895
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Spouse: A. Perry Stewart ( - ) 2 5
7 F Margaret A. Kelley 2 5
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Spouse: Dr. K. M. Kreecorian ( - ) 5
8 M William C. Kelley 2 5
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Kelley
He emigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen years. He found employment with James George, of Mercer township, Mercer County, Pennsyl-vania; was later employed in the construction of the Pennsylvania canal, obtaining a few small contracts, but subsequently became one of the prominent contractors after the completion of the Erie section, and took several large contracts on the Johnstown and Blairsville branch of the canal, but eventually met with heavy financial losses. He then retired to a large tract of land he had previously purchased in Slippery Rock township, Butler County, cleared up a farm and lived on it for forty years. In 1865 he purchased 160 acres in Butler township, where he continued to reside until his death.
When he was eighteen years old he started to America, which he reached after six months on the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing vessel, and came to Mercer Town-ship, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where he found a home with James George. He soon was given employment on the Erie Canal, then in course of construction, and he worked his way up, until he became a contractor and served as such both on the Erie and Johnstown Canals. After the completion of these public works, he retired to a large farm in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, in which he had invested his earnings, and lived there until 1865, when he sold it to advantage and bought 160 acres of land in Butler Township. He carried on farming and stock-raising and throughout the greater part of his life held some local offices. He was a strong Democrat and always interested in public matters, but the offices to which he was elected came to him entirely unsolicited. He was very charitable to the poor and his judgments during the time he served as a justice of the peace were tempered with mercy. He was a member of Harmony Church, at Harrisville, but in later years he was connected with Shiloh United Presbyterian Church of Jefferson Township.
He died April 28. [HBC 1895, 1294]
General Notes: Wife - Eliza McKee
Her death occurred March 21, 1881, just ten days before her husband passed away. [HBC 1895, 835]
She died April 17, 1880, eleven days before her husband. [HBC 1895, 1294]