Leonidas Hamman Kelly

1871 - 1938  (67 years)

• Name	Leonidas Hamman Kelly
  Born	28 Jan 1871	Sutton, Braxton Co. WV
  	West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Dec 1938	Charleston, Kanawha Co. WV
  	West Virginia Vital Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1042764&Type=Death
  Buried	Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha Co. WV
  	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&
  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."
  Person ID	I9604	Master File
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	John Kelly,   b. 14 Feb 1824, Nicholas Co. WV ,   d. 25 Nov 1872, Sutton, Braxton Co. WV  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Alzira Virginia HAMMAN,   b. 26 Feb 1837, New Castle, Botetourt Co. VA ,   d. 06 Jun 1904, Sutton, Braxton Co. WV  (Age 67 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1861
  	West Virginia and its people, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913, p. 857.
  Family ID	F6393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart