Kelly, Smith E.-[149]

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14. SMITH E.3 KELLY (JULIANA2 FALKENSTINE, LUDWIG1 FALKENSTEIN) was born 1837 in Virginia, and died 1894. He married MARY M. BROWNING, daughter of JAMES BROWNING and ISMENA BARNARD. She was born Abt. 1842, and died Aft. 1894.

Notes for SMITH E. KELLY:
SOURCE: Joyce Glover, Email: joglo@intrnet.net

1870 Preston Co., WV Census, Pleasant District, 6/6 - 1/100:

Kelly, Smith, 32, VA
Mary M., 28, VA
James A., 4, WV
Stephen F., 2
Edward A., 1


1880 Preston Co., WV Census, Grant District, District No. 58:

Kelley, Smith, W, M, 44, Farming, WV WV WV
Mary, W, F, 40, Wife, Keeping House, WV WV WV
James, W, M, 15, Son, At Home, WV WV WV
Stephen, W, M, 13, Son, WV WV WV
Edmund,W, M, 11, Son, WV WV WV
John F., W, M, 9, Son, WV WV WV
Charles, W, M, 6, Son, WV WV WV
Grace, W, F, 5, Dau, WV WV WV
Minnie, W, F, 4, Dau, WV WV WV
Loy R., W, F, 1, Dau, WV WV WV

More About SMITH E. KELLY:
Burial: 1894, Terra Alta Cemetery, Terra Alta, Preston County, West Virginia

Children of SMITH KELLY and MARY BROWNING are:
i. JAMES ALVIN4 KELLY, b. 1866; d. 1940; m. MYRTLE O. FRALEY, September 23, 1891, Preston County, West Virginia; b. 1871; d. 1932.

(MAYBE)Smith E. Kelly was born April 3, 1839, and spent all his active career as a farmer, moving to Terra Alta just a few months before his death, which occurred in 1894. He en- listed in the Union Army at the time of the Civil war, but could not meet the physical qualifications of a soldier and was discharged. He took a genuine interest in the welfare of his community, was a member of the Official Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, superintendent of the Sunday School, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and always an enthusiastic republican. His widow, who was born in November, 1840, is now in her eighty-second year. Their children were: James Albin, of Grafton; Stephen Fuller, of Terra Alta; Edward Howard, of Buck- hannon; Frank, who married Miss Laura Ouppet and died as a young man at Bruceton Mills; Charles Thatcher; Grace, wife of John Sellers of Oakland, Maryland; Lettie, Mrs. S. H. Jackson, of Oakland; and Loye, wife of M. O. Miller, of Terra Alta.

Smith married Mary M. Browning-[2442] [MRIN:810] on an unknown date in Unknown. (Mary M. Browning-[2442] was born about 1842 in Unknown and died after 1894 in Unknown.)