John Kelly

Notes:

He was engaged in farming and lumbering until the outbreak of the civil war, and in the hotel business at Sutton after the close of that war until his death.
Source: West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.

Note: His death record indicates he died of consumption [tuberculosis].


John McH. Kelly, son of Robert and Margaret (Hamilton) Kelly, was born Feb. 14, 1824, in Nicholas county. He made his home in Braxton county in 1850, and was married Oct. 23, 1860, to Allie V. Hamman who was born Oct. 23, 1860 at New Castle, Va., and her parents were Jacob and Amma (Ferrier) Hamman. Four children were born: Fanny F., Margaret, Sallie C., and Leonidas H. On March 9, 1863, Mr. Kelly was shot by bushwhackers while on his road as a private citizen, from Braxton to Nicholas, the dastardly deed occurring on Powells mountain. He died Nov. 27, 1873, and is interred in the Sutton cemetery.
Source: History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davis Sutton, 1919. Pg 398.

Wendy Irwin, familytree1819@gmail.com, sent the info from Sutton's book. She is a contact person for this branch of the Hammans.

Birth:
West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.

Buried:
Grave location:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kelly&GSfn=John&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=52&GScnty=3067&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=81426062&df=all&

Died:
West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.

West Virginia Vital Records

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4567122&Type=Death

John married Alzira Virginia HAMMAN 23 Oct 1861. Alzira (daughter of Jacob HAMMAN and Anna/Amma Farrier) was born 26 Feb 1837, New Castle, Botetourt Co. VA; died 06 Jun 1904, Sutton, Braxton Co. WV; was buried , Sutton Cemetery, Braxton Co.WV. [Group Sheet]

Fannie married J. W. Dyer. [Group Sheet]

Maggie married C. K. Newlon. [Group Sheet]

Maggie married Marcellus Hardman. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died in infancy. Source: West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kelly&GSiman=1&GScid=2228343&GRid=81426059&

Sallie married H. E. Bland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857."

"He received his early education in the public schools, taught in the country schools two years, served as deputy clerk of the circuit court and deputy clerk of the county court of said county and then entered the law department of Washington and Lee University, from which he graduated in 1893, and was admitted to the bar. He at once began the active practice of his profession in Sutton, and at the end of one year formed a partnership with W. E. Hines, under the firm name of Hines & Kelly, which still continues; he was prosecuting attorney of his home county from 1897 to 1900; he is a stockholder in the Home National Bank, president of the Sutton Electric Light, Power & Water Company, is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and has served two years as grand master workman of the state of the Ancient Order of United Workmen; he is a member and officer of the Presbyterian church. He married (first) in Sutton, March 3, 1897, Bertha, daughter of Amos and Saccharissa (Hall) Gorrell, who died March 5, 1904; to this union were born Robert Gorrell, born April 30, 1898, and Janet, born April 1D, 1900. He married, (second) at Buckhannon, West Virginia, June 19, 1907, Nellie, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth (Leonard) Kiddy, who was born in Buckhannon, July 8, 1882. Her father served in the Union army throughout the civil war, and was afterward a furniture dealer and undertaker in Buckhannon, where he died 1904; her mother was born in Braxton county and now resides in Buckhannon; to this union there has been born one daughter, Virginia Elizabeth, born March 5, 1910."

Birth:
West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kelly&GSfn=Leonidas&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=52&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=83384215&df=all&

Died:
West Virginia Vital Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1042764&Type=Death